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Vigan, officially the City of Vigan (Ilocano: Siudad ti Vigan; Filipino: Lungsod ng Vigan), is a component city and capital of the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 53,935 people.
Vigan Provincial Jail (now National Museum Vigan branch), Vigan City: English 1949 Isabelo F. de los Reyes (1864 - 1938) English 1939 Isabelo F. de los Reyes (1864 - 1938) Established the Union Obrera Democratica de Filipinas, the first labor movement in the Philippines. Florentino Ancestral House (Cafe Leona), Calle Crisologo, Vigan City: Filipino
The Father Burgos House, built in 1788, [1] is a historic house in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. [2] It was the residence of the Filipino Catholic priest Jose Burgos (1837–1872), [3] a leader of the secularization movement, referring to the full incorporation of Filipino priests into the Catholic hierarchy in the Philippines, which was dominated by Spanish friars in the past. [4]
The Metropolitan Cathedral and Parish of the Conversion of Saint Paul, commonly known as Vigan Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. It contains the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia cathedra. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site declaration for the Historic Town of Vigan in 1999. [1]
Quema house before renovations. The Quema House is the ancestral home of the Quema family in the Philippines.Built in the 1820s, it is a historic landmark in the town of Vigan, Ilocos Sur in the Philippines.
Located on the mouth of the Mestizo River is the capital of Vigan while Candon is the most-populous city. Ilocos Sur is bordered by Ilocos Norte and Abra to the north, Mountain Province to the east, La Union and Benguet to the south and the West Philippine Sea to the west. Ilocos Sur was founded by the Spanish conquistador Juan de Salcedo in 1572.
The see of the archdiocese is the city of Vigan. [2] [3] The archdiocese was erected in 1595 in the city of Nueva Segovia (modern-day Lal-lo, Cagayan). The see was moved in 1758 to Vigan because of its relative distance, at the request of Bishop Juan de la Fuente Yepes, during the pontificate of Benedict XIV. It became an archdiocese in 1951.
Vigan is the capital of Ilocos Sur Province, in northwestern Luzon, about 220 miles north of Manila on the coastal Route 3. It is bordered on the east by the Cordillera Mountains which separate it from the Cagayan Valley. The city is about three miles from the coast, and is served by the port of Pandan on the mouth of the Abra River.