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The site is a declared National Cultural Treasure of the Philippines due to the Tabon Man discovery in the area. It was listed by the World Monuments Fund. [27] Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary Tawi-Tawi: ix, x (natural) 2015 The site is a major green sea turtle breeding and hatchery zone in the Asia-Pacific. [28] Mayon Volcano Natural Park: Albay
Batangas: Calabarzon: Apo Island [83] Dauin: Negros Oriental: Central Visayas: Cited as one of the best diving spots in the world. [84] Apo Reef [85] Sablayan: Occidental Mindoro: Mimaropa: World's 2nd largest contiguous coral reef system and the largest in the country. [86] Banaue Rice Terraces: Banaue: Ifugao: Cordillera Administrative Region ...
The Bamboo Organ is the only known oldest and largest bamboo organ existing in the world today with a unique and distinct sound as compared to other pipe organs, built by Fr. Diego Cera: Las Piñas Bamboo Organ National Cultural Treasure plaque NMP Declaration No. 01-2003: 2003 [17] Cape Bojeador Lighthouse Historical Landmark Burgos, Ilocos ...
According to legend, the house is haunted by members of the Laperal family and victims of Japanese soldiers who occupied the house during World War II. In 2007, it was purchased by Filipino-Chinese business magnate Lucio Tan, and it became a museum showcasing locally-made Filipino artworks based on bamboo and wood. Since 2022, it houses an ...
Cape Santiago Lighthouse, also known as Faro de Cabo Santiago (Filipino: Parola ng Cabo Santiago), is a historic lighthouse located about 130 kilometres (81 mi) southwest of Manila in Barangay Bagong Silang, Calatagan, Batangas, Philippines. It is the oldest working lighthouse in Batangas and one of the oldest working lighthouses in the ...
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The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras were named as a World Heritage Site [8] [23] [24] by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in 1995. It has passed by UNESCO's standards [ 8 ] due to the blending of the physical, socio-cultural, economic, religious, and political environment as a living cultural landscape.
The 10 barangays comprising the proposed parish were under the pastoral care of the St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in the poblacion of Santo Tomas, Batangas. Months after the canonization of Padre Pio in 2002, the first of his first-class relics was entrusted to the proposed parish by Fr. Cesar Acuin, O.F.M. Cap.