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  2. Ancestral houses of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Oldest house in Batanes a Sinadumparan. In Central Luzon, There are two historical town centers declared by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines as historic town centers in the region namely the Malolos Heritage Town in Bulacan [14] declared on August 15, 2001, and San Fernando Heritage District in Pampanga declared in 2004.

  3. Architecture of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Designed in the most respectable manner, these government houses resembled Greek or Roman architecture., [24] Classicism stopped being popular after World War 2. The revival period, popular at the turn of the century, became the foremost architectural parlance of the era as seen in such buildings particularly in Manila under the Philippine ...

  4. Bahay na bato - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Category:Heritage Houses in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Heritage Houses — declared by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines. Pages in category "Heritage Houses in the Philippines" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total.

  6. Precolonial barangay - Wikipedia

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    The term originally referred to both a house on land and a boat on water, containing families, friends and dependents. [10] [11] Anthropologist F. Landa Jocano defines this period of the barangay states' dominance — approximately the 14th to the 16th centuries — as the "Barangic Phase" of early Philippine history. [4]

  7. Prehistory of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The prehistory of the Philippines covers the events prior to the written history of what is now the Philippines.The current demarcation between this period and the early history of the Philippines is April 21, 900, which is the equivalent on the Proleptic Gregorian calendar for the date indicated on the Laguna Copperplate Inscription—the earliest known surviving written record to come from ...

  8. List of oldest buildings and structures in Metro Manila

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    The first Philippine plenary council was held here in 1953. Chosen as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1993. San Pedro Macati Church: Makati: 1620 [4] The Franciscans were the first missionaries here in 1578. The Jesuits built this church in 1620. Adjoining were the novitiate for the Jesuits and a house of retreat.

  9. Bahay kubo - Wikipedia

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    A large bahay kubo with walls made of thatch, c. 1900. The Filipino term báhay kúbo roughly means "country house", from Tagalog.The term báhay ("house") is derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay referring to "public building" or "community house"; [4] while the term kúbo ("hut" or "[one-room] country hut") is from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kubu, "field hut [in rice fields]".