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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.
Torogan is a traditional ancestral house built by the Maranao people of Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines for the nobility, serving as a home to a sultan or datu in the Maranao community. They are massive structures built entirely without using nails - instead using fitted joints and fiber lashings - and are elevated from the ground on large wooden ...
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.
A funeral procession in the Philippines, 2009. During the Pre-Hispanic period the early Filipinos believed in a concept of life after death. [1] This belief, which stemmed from indigenous ancestral veneration and was strengthened by strong family and community relations within tribes, prompted the Filipinos to create burial customs to honor the dead through prayers and rituals.
The Americans continue the Neoclassical tradition in the Philippines through a much grandier Beaux-Arts Architecture which was imported from the French and was very popular in America at that time. Designed in the most respectable manner, these government houses resembled Greek or Roman architecture ., [ 24 ] Classicism stopped being popular ...
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The Diaz de Rivera family is a prominent Filipino family known for their contributions to the arts, culture, and heritage conservation in the Philippines. They have a long and storied history in Santa Ana, Manila, where they own several ancestral homes and properties.
It was the home of Maria Dolores Gomes-Trias, sister of Fr. Gomes, one of the martyred priest of the 1872 Cavite mutiny. [17] Cavite: General Trias: Upload Photo: PH-40-0023 Site of the Battle of Imus: The former site of the Estate House (Casa Hacienda de Imus) of the Recollects, now the Imus Cuartel (Barracks) of the Cavite Provincial Police ...