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Jose Acuzar, the owner of New San Jose Builders, Inc., started to rebuild Spanish colonial-era mansions in Bagac in 2003.In January 2010, the area was opened to the public as the Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar, [4] although the area was already being used as taping location of the GMA Network series Zorro ten months earlier by March 2009. [2]
It was transferred and reconstructed in 2009 at Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar, Bagac, Bataan. It was designed by the Catalan architect Joan Josep Jose Hervas y Arizmendi, in 1890. It is the only existing building designed by Arizmendi in the Philippines. In addition, it was cited by Tribune magazine in 1939 despite its neglected state.
Acuzar is the owner of Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar, a resort in Bagac, Bataan known for incorporating heritage structures from other parts of the country. [1] [4] The Alonzo clan allowed for the house's full relocation to the Bataan resort but the move was opposed by the city government of Biñan. [5]
At present, the house was re-located at Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar, Bagac, Bataan. [1] It won the House Beautiful Award in 1917 by the Sunday Tribune. Other houses that have won the award were the El Nido, or Eugene Arthur Perkins residence in 1927 and La Casona, or Jacobo Zobel Mansion in 1928 - all designed by Andres Luna de San Pedro. [2]
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However, a carving on king post, stating "1807", indicates that the house was built before Rafael Enriquez occupied the house. This was discovered in 2006 – wherein the house was dismantled and relocated at Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar, Bagac, Bataan. [1]
The area where the Bataan Death March ended was proclaimed as "Capas National Shrine" by President Corazon Aquino on 7 December 1991. [1] The shrine encompasses 54 hectares (130 acres) of parkland, 35 hectares (86 acres) of which have been planted with trees each representing the dead, at the location of the former concentration camp.
The Day of Valor or locally known as Araw ng Kagitingan, is a national observance in the Philippines to commemorate the Defenders of Bataan. It falls every 9th day of April. The Bataan Foundation Day is a local holiday falling every 11 January to celebrate the founding of the Province of Bataan, through the virtue of the Republic Act No. 11138 ...