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  2. Architecture of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    In this era, the nipa hut or bahay kubo gave way to the bahay na bato (stone house) and became the typical house of noble Filipinos. The bahay na bato, the colonial Filipino house, followed the nipa hut's arrangements such as open ventilation and elevated apartments. The most obvious difference between the two houses would be the materials that ...

  3. History of early and simple domes - Wikipedia

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    The earliest evidence for dressed stone domes with voussoirs comes from the first century BC in the region of Palestine, Syria, and southern Anatolia, the "heartland of Oriental Hellenism". [38] A stone pendentive dome is known from a first century BC bath in Petra. [51] The Scythians built domed tombs, as did some Germanic tribes in a ...

  4. Bahay kubo - Wikipedia

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    A large bahay kubo with walls made of thatch, c. 1900. The Filipino term báhay kúbo roughly means "country house", from Tagalog.The term báhay ("house") is derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay referring to "public building" or "community house"; [4] while the term kúbo ("hut" or "[one-room] country hut") is from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kubu, "field hut [in rice fields]".

  5. List of oldest buildings and structures in Metro Manila

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    First built of thatch and bamboo by the Augustinian priests in Chorillo (now Barangka), 1572. Moved to Jesus de la Peña when the visita was transferred under the supervision of the Jesuit priests, 1630. The first mass was inaugurated and held, April 16, 1630. It was again relocated to its present site, 1687.

  6. Indigenous architecture - Wikipedia

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    The sweat lodge is a hut, typically dome-shaped and made with natural materials, used by Indigenous peoples of the Americas for ceremonial steam baths and prayer. There are several styles of structures used in different cultures; these include a domed or oblong hut similar to a wickiup , a permanent structure made of wood and earth, or even a ...

  7. Ancestral houses of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Ancestral houses of the Philippines or Heritage Houses are homes owned and preserved by the same family for several generations as part of the Filipino family culture. [1] It corresponds to long tradition by Filipino people of giving reverence for ancestors and elders. Houses could be a simple house to a mansion.

  8. History of domes in South Asia - Wikipedia

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    The use of small domed pavilions later called chatrīs first appear around the drum of a larger dome under the Sayyid or Lodī dynasties (1414-1526). [ 21 ] Under the Lodi dynasty there was a large proliferation of tomb building, with octagonal plans reserved for royalty and square plans used for others of high rank, and the first double dome ...

  9. Timeline of Philippine history - Wikipedia

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    The arrival of the first Homo species to the early Chibanian. [1] 400,000 People belonging to the species Homo erectus set foot on the Philippines. 250,000 Human habitation is said to be began. [2] [clarification needed] 55,000 The first Homo sapiens in the Philippines. [citation needed] 50,000 Early humans made stone tools in the Tabon Caves ...