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🇵🇭 BADOC • I Discovered a Beautiful Ruin in Badoc, Ilocos Norte

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Edmar del Castillo Guquib at Tuesday, June 26, 2012 6

Stories of town explorations.

"Ruined structures mean beauty before my eyes. Each ruined structure has its own story to tell and beauty to share."

I have to say that you don't need to go far to consider yourself a traveler because being a traveler doesn't mean you have to set foot to the farthest island, most remote community, the 81 provinces of the Philippines or to the 7 continents of the world.

Sometimes, many individuals get excited too much in going to places far from their homebase without being excited first to discover and explore the destinations near them -- and that doesn't make them cool travelers (just my two cents).

Personally, I have been wanting to explore and discover the 32 towns of my province and the towns of nearby provinces that 's why the #112on2012 goal was born earlier this year.

Right now, I am halfway of the goal and will be posting the summary of that 112 towns at the end of the year.

With my urge to explore and discover the things that are not considered "mainstream" in the travel industry, I roamed around the town of Badoc for several hours and found out some interesting landmarks like the La Virgen Milagrosa Church of Badoc and the Juan Luna Shrine, the birthplace of Juan Luna.

As I always do, I prefered to walk in roaming around the poblacion area with the hope to discover more spots that are not mainstream and not considered as a tourist spot. I am not a tourist though, so I was not looking for a tourist spot but anything that might interest me.

I don't even consider myself as a traveler because what I am doing these days is a hobby. So I have to better say this is really me. I am not a traveler, not a tourist, but it is simply me. I travel and explore because it is a part of me.

During my walk, I was energized that instant when I saw an old house and it made my effort worthy. I don't know what is the name of that ruin and what is the story behind that but the mere fact that I am seeing it made the day complete.

I love the past... the good things of the past. Ruined structures mean beauty before my eyes. Each ruined structure has its own story to tell, and beauty to share.

The ruin I discovered in Badoc was wonderful! I noticed the doors, it was sank to the ground. But I saw some modifications in it.

The old arched doors were blocked with hollow blocks so I can not enter. At the leftmost part of the ruined structure, there was a roof. I landed into conclusion that there was an effort to preserve the remaining "functional" parts of the structure.

Some parts are totally dilapidated. This structure must have been a big one! The growing aerial plants are evidence that the bricks are so old.

It is not known to many. However, whether it is famous or not, it is already a great contenmment that I have seen it before it is totally gone because once an old structure is gone, it is gone forever. /end

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🇵🇭 BADOC • Church of La Virgen Milagrosa: Black Belfry, White Façade

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Edmar del Castillo Guquib at Saturday, June 02, 2012 7

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"Looking at the façade, there is always a sudden gush of instinct that the façade is only superficial and that the real worth of the church is seen within and in between the walls."

I was on a part where the road is about to curve to an angle where I can see the glaring white façade of a historical structure called the Badoc Church in the province of Ilocos Norte. It is a church made up of bricks and stones. The interesting feature here that caught my attention is the physical appearance and I believe you know what I mean.

La Virgen Milagrosa

The blackish belfry and the church aren't from different generations. They are the same with the age.

The only difference is that the age gap seems to widen because of the contrasting color.

Badoc church is the home of La Virgen Milagrosa which was seen floating at the shore of Dadalaquiten in Sinait (near the Badoc-Sinait boundary).

So why it was floating? History tells us that the image (together with the Black Nazarene in Sinait) was sent floating in the sea by missionaries operating in secret in Japan (for fear of persecution during the Tokugawa Regime).

Before entering the church premises, there is an arch which looks very old, and seeing it closely, it is about to give up because of oldness. There was a crack showing me that anytime, this arch made of bricks can fall anytime and that the crack has served as a good warning.

Looking at the façade, there is always a sudden gush of instinct that the façade is only superficial and that the real worth of the church is seen within and in between the walls.

I tried to see the east side of the church and what I saw was just pleasing before my eyes!

It was a very classic elegance that made me feel so in love with old structures. I must say, that sudden gush of instinct that I felt while seeing the church's façade can not be easily overriden by paintings or any superficial designs.

I stayed here and enjoyed Badoc Church in 30 minutes. It was a 30-minute full of ideas and thoughts clinging in my brain and seeing an old stucture that truly makes as proud. /end

Related post: Daraga Church: A Heritage Hidden by a White Paint

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🇵🇭 BADOC • Juan Luna Shrine: Birthplace of the Man Behind Spolarium

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Edmar del Castillo Guquib at Thursday, May 10, 2012 14

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"As I explored the different parts of the house, it brought me back in time with strange feeling, a feeling that money can't buy."

Juan Luna is a prominent name in Philippine history textbooks because of his award-winning painting called Spolarium that earned a gold medal during the 1884 Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts. He is an Ilocano born in the town of Badoc in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines and I'm proud of that.

The Juan Luna Shrine, birthplace of Juan Luna

Bearing a famous name and unparalleled reputation in the history of Philippine arts, visiting the birthplace of the latter gives an opportunity to see where this famous man came from.

The town of Badoc is just a quiet town, laid back and unhurried. It is often just passed on road trips going to the main attractions of Ilocos Norte up north and casually, only few are aware that this municipality is the hometown of a great person who took part in shaping the history of the Philippines.

This town must have a big role -- it houses the birthplace of Juan Luna, a great artist that we can not afford to forget in our history.

Based on how I look to this old house, I can say that Juan Luna belonged to a family of middle class to elite bracket those days.

Although it has been recently renovated, the grandeur of the house is evident being made of bricks in massive walls and huge azotea, truly a huge house.

It is good to know especially for weekend backpackers that the shrine is open on weekends. Opening time of the shrine is 8am and closes at 4pm from Tuesdsay to Sunday.

This old house has been converted as a repository of Juan Luna memorabilia among with few paintings. Unfortunately, the Spolarium is not housed here, it is now under the custody of the National Museum in Manila.

Inside this old structure, there is an old charm. It contains vintage touch. The color of the bricks and the floor show a classic elegance. There is no entrance fee, but they accept donations.

Juan Luna Shrine just stirred my heart. As I explored the different parts of the house, it brought me back in time with strange feeling, a feeling that money can't buy. It is a feeling you can not explain -- seems like a mixture of awe, pride and nationalism. /end

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THE TOWN EXPLORER

Born and Raised in Vigan, Philippines. Travel blogging since 2010. Hardcore Ilocano-Cordilleran.

I created this travel blog as a platform for my long-form storytelling.

My goal is to explore all the towns in the Philippines. I don't think I could explore them all in my lifetime, but it is still a goal regardless of the result. I will write my town exploration stories in this blog.

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