Statue of St John the Baptist, Church of St. John, Igbaras, Iloilo
To all our friends from around the world it’s June 24th and the feast of St John the Baptist. Continue Reading
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It is only 27 kilometres from our jumping off point at the SM City Mall parking lot in Iloilo to the Church of St John of Sahagun in Tigbauan. It’s an easy 35 to 40 minute drive.
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It is difficult to establish exactly when the Church in Tigbauan was originally built. It appears that an original church may have been built in the late 16th century (possibly between 1575 and 1580 when Friar Luis de Montoya was assigned as Prior). There had been no ‘resident’ parish priest at Tigbauan until his arrival. Continue Reading
We are quite excited about having been graciously granted permission by Britain Express, The UK Travel and Heritage Guide to use their Heritage Rating System and we are very pleased to introduce it today.
Here’s what David McGruther, a founding partner of Britain Express Limited, had to say when he launched the system which he developed for Britain Express:
“You are probably familiar with accommodation rating systems, like the star ratings for hotels.
That’s all very well, but what about historic attractions? Wouldn’t it be really nifty if there was a similar system to help gauge the historic interest of towns, villages, stately homes, historic buildings, castles, and so on?
Well there is now!
Its called the Britain Express Heritage Rating. The heritage rating is NOT a reflection of the quality of the attraction, nor a review of a visit! It is a very subjective assessment of the historic interest of an attraction”.
We have re-christened it as the HistoricPhilippines or HP Heritage Rating System and here’s what it will look like.
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- Little Heritage Interest
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- Some Heritage Interest
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- Good Heritage Interest
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- Very High Heritage Interest
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- Exceptional Heritage Interest
The actual rating for a church or other facilities we visit will be placed at the top left of the page immediately below the locator map and will look like this:
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And there’s a hint for you of what’s to come at HistoricPhilippines…other facilities…starting this “fall” in September or October we’ll be introducing as whole new historical dimension in addition to our work with the churches…watch out for it!
As always, we’d be happy to receive your comments on the ratings system and the ratings we assign to the various churches and other historical properties we visit.
[The Heritage Rating System is Copyrighted© by Britain Express Limited 2012. All Rights Reserved. The system is used by HistoricPhilippines with permission of the copyright owner.]
Well, scenery pictures don’t seem of any interest. So, because we concentrate on churches here are some of my favorite pictures from the 20 churches we have visited. You pick the ones you’d like to see featured in our proposed calendar for 2013.
For your troubles, we’ll send you a copy of our e-book – either Volume 1 or Volume 2 – your choice. Simply nominate at least one photo by sending us a comment at the bottom of this page and we’ll send you a link to download the book of your choice.
Let’s see just how many books we can give away!
Here are the 20 candidates for the 2013 calendar.
[left click on a photo to view it in larger format]
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- Cabatuan
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- Tubungan
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- Miagao
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- Alimodian
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- Tigbauan
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- Lambunao
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- Passi City
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- Pan-ay
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- Janiuay
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- Igbaras
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- Dingle
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- Anini-Y
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- Duenas
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- Leon
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- Dumangas
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- Guimbal
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- Pototan
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- San Joaquin
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- Oton
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- Calinog
The driving distance from our jumping off point at the SM City parking lot in Iloilo to the McArthur Memorial Monument near Tigbauan is approximately 27 kilometres. Which translates into a driving time of about 35 minutes to 40 minutes.
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Memorial of the MacArthur return to Panay at Tigbauan March 18, 1945
The driving distance from our jumping off point at the SM City parking lot in Iloilo to Oton’s Immaculate Conception Church is approximately 11 kilometres. Which translates into a driving time of about 20 to 30 minutes.
This is one of only two ‘modern churches’ in our study.
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UPDATED: 25 June 2012
The Augustinian Friars first arrived in Oton as early as 1572 under Friar Martin Rada from Dumangas where he had established ‘the church’ in southern Panay having been sent there from the town of Pan-ay in Capiz in 1566, because of his success in evangelizing the population and his ability in the languages of the region. According to history the first Church built by Friar Rada (date unknown) was destroyed in 1614 when Oton was attacked by Dutch Privateers who razed the church in one of their raids. Continue Reading
The driving distance from our jumping off point at the SM City parking lot in Iloilo to St Julian’s in Janiuay is approximately 27 kilometres. Which translates into a driving time of about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
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This Church was built in 1869, we believe by the Augustinians since their trademark seal appears on the front of the church. With the first mass being said in 1873. Continue Reading
We’ve updated and republished the article on Santo Tomas Church in Miagao with some new information and photos. Don’t miss this revised version, read the rest of the story by pressing here…
We have just re-posted the rest of the story on Janiuay’s historic and unique Church of St Julian of Cuenca. It contains new information and photos not seen before. To read the rest of the story press here.
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