"I am really glad that I am living in a city wherein our living heritage and rich culture is a part of my daily life. I am living with the past that is truly meeting the future and I literally see structures as old as 400 years old everyday!"
I am creating this series not to promote a religion, but to promote tourism and appreciation of our heritage and culture. Never mind what's happening inside if you are not a Roman Catholic follower. All I wanted is to highlight the beauty that comes from old structures. At the end of the tunnel, I don't believe in religion but I believe in Christ as our Savior. I am just here to appreciate our heritage.
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| Vigan Cathedral | One of the largest and oldest in the Philippines |
I am really glad that I am living in a city wherein our living heritage and rich culture is a part of my daily life. I am living with the past that is truly meeting the future. On the other hand, this blog also aims to promote my province Ilocos Sur in terms of tourism - that there are many reasons to visit Ilocos Sur.
Being a proud Ilocano living in Ilocandia, I know how tourism has helped the lives of the people here and the economy as well. For example, my city Vigan only has a population of about 40, 000 (which is equivalent to a barangay population in Metro Manila) which is too small for a city but big investments are attracted because they know there is a BIG future in this SMALL city.
Vigan has been consistent in the Top 10 list of cities with the highest per capita income in the Philippines for the past years and I do believe tourism has a big contribution to this.
Hotels are popping out everywhere like mushrooms, fine-dining restaurants too and big department stores and shopping centers are built outside the core of the heritage district that provide employment to the people.
Of course, I won't stop here, there's more to see in Ilocos Sur and the rest of the Northwestern Luzon coast and they are the old churches scattered to every town.
If you are a fanatic of old churches, go to Northern Luzon and in a region called Ilocos, old churches are concentrated.
As part of my goal to allure travelers and tourists to the heritage of the north, I will be featuring the old churches of Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte, Abra, La Union and I will try my best to include Pangasinan, Tarlac and Cagayan too in my list (uh, wish me luck). There's no time frame. Just expect me to post old churches in this blog at any time (as long as I have the time, lol).
Three churches has been posted here. Expect many more with their history, stories and my personal point of view.
As part of my goal to allure travelers and tourists to the heritage of the north, I will be featuring the old churches of Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte, Abra, La Union and I will try my best to include Pangasinan, Tarlac and Cagayan too in my list (uh, wish me luck). There's no time frame. Just expect me to post old churches in this blog at any time (as long as I have the time, lol).
Three churches has been posted here. Expect many more with their history, stories and my personal point of view.
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