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The Rizal Shrine in Calamba is an example of bahay na bato.. Báhay na bató (Filipino for "stone house"), also known in Visayan languages as baláy na bató or balay nga bato, and in Spanish language as Casa de Filipina is a type of building originating during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines.
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 ...
Camiña Balay Nga Bato (lit. ' Stone House '), formerly known as Avanceña House, is a 159-year-old bahay na bato in the Arevalo district, Iloilo City, Philippines.It was built in 1865 and was designed by the first parish priest of Molo, Anselmo Avanceña, for Don Fernando Avanceña and his wife, Eulalia Abaja.
It corresponds to long tradition by Filipino people of giving reverence for ancestors and elders. Houses could be a simple house to a mansion. The most common ones are the "Bahay na Bato". Some houses of prominent families had become points of interest or museums in their community because of its cultural, architectural or historical significance.
Facade of Kapitan Moy Building, a Bahay na bato with its structure of nails and adobe and big capiz windows on the second floor.. Kapitan Moy Building, also known as Cultural Center of Marikina situated in Marikina, Metro Manila, the Philippines, is the 200-year-old house of Don Laureano Guevarra (July 4, 1851 – December 30, 1891), known as the founder of the Marikina shoe industry.
The large bahay na bato, built in the twilight of the Spanish occupation of the Philippines, was a gateway landmark for San Pablo, then still under the jurisdiction of the province of Batangas. [2] The house was a hiding spot for Miguel Malvar , a Philippine Revolution General and brother of Potenciano Malvar, husband of Eusebia Fule [ 3 ] and ...
The house is a typical three-bayed bahay na bato. Its ground-floor walls of adobe blocks support an upper story of carved acanthus consoles of molave seemingly supporting the window sills. The ventanillas or "little windows" beneath the window sill are typical of the 1850s.
The Nakpil-Bautista House (Filipino: Bahay Nakpil-Bautista) is a bahay na bato ancestral home found in the district of Quiapo, Manila, the Philippines. It was built in 1914 by Arcadio Arellano. The house originally sat on two lots, having a total area of 500 square metres (5,400 sq ft).