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ILOILO
CITY :
Best of the Islands Philippines
Philippines Southern Gateway
Iloilo province, and its beautiful
city, ranks as one of the country's foremost centers of culture,
industry and trade. Located on the southwestern tip of Panay
Island between the Iloilo River and the Guimara Strait, its attributes
as the repository of architectural and artistic legacies, as
the promising point of progress in aquaculture, and as a trove
of unexplored tourist attractions give it an allure so bewitching
as not to be missed.
Iloilo is the cradle of early
Philippine civilization. The telltale marks of such cultural
influences live on in the century-old houses, the period churches,
the colorful festivals, and in the enterprising bloodline of
its people. Iloilo has a glorious past as the land's great sugarbowl
and the locale of the haciendas of the old rich - whose scions
and daughters turned down the centuries into the dons and donas
of powerful economic dynasties.
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Source of Information:
Department of Tourism, Philippines
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ILOILO
CITY : Philippines Southern Gateway Iloilo province, and its beautiful city, ranks as one of the country's foremost centers of culture, industry and trade. Located on the southwestern tip of Panay Island between the Iloilo River and the Guimara Strait, its attributes as the repository of architectural and artistic legacies, as the promising point of progress in aquaculture, and as a trove of unexplored tourist attractions give it an allure so bewitching as not to be missed. Iloilo is the cradle of early Philippine civilization. The telltale marks of such cultural influences live on in the century-old houses, the period churches, the colorful festivals, and in the enterprising bloodline of its people. Iloilo has a glorious past as the land's great sugarbowl and the locale of the haciendas of the old rich - whose scions and daughters turned down the centuries into the dons and donas of powerful economic dynasties. |
Source of Information: Department of Tourism, Philippines |
Some of the testimonies to this
awesome heritage are the churches. Nowhere else can church tours
prove so rewarding. The Miag-ao Fortress Church is a grand example
of a medieval bastion church with onrnate floral designs on the
facade; another colossal monument is the San Joaquin Church and
cemetery known for its bas relief featuring the Castilian and
Moorish wars, while its cemetery is picturesque for its hexagonal
chapel with rose windows and twin-tiered balustrades that lead
to its entrance; meanwhile, three staircases lead to the historic
rock; whereas the Rennaissance - inspired Molo Church and orphanage,
the Asilo de Molo, are unique for their architecture as well
as for a rare product, hand-embroidered barong Pilipino in pina
cloth; the Pavia Church is a red brick and coral windows cases
and rightfully deserves a place in one's travelogue. These churches
are no farther than two hours' distance from each other.
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