Fort San Pedro

Entrance of Fort San Pedro

Photo by: Robert Hobel

(from the book The Philippines)

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FORT DETAILS:
The gate of the fort bears the date 1738 together with the arms of Castile and Leon.
Official Filipino Name: Kuta ng San Pedro
Type: Bastioned fort
Architectural style: Italian-Spanish school of fortification
Constructed: Started in 1565
Location: Barangay San Roque, Cebu City, Philippines


DECLARATION/CLASSIFICATION:
Tangible Immovable Cultural Property
Marked Structure (Unveiled: 1939), National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)
Registered Property, Cebu City

Philippine High School for the Arts

Philippine High School for the Arts

National Arts Center of the Philippines complex

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SCHOOL DETAILS:
"..a building dominated by a huge, truncated, pyramidal, tiled roof supported at the four corners by eight triangular buttresses." (Arkitekturang Pilipino, Gerard Lico, p. 470)
Official Filipino Name: Pambansang Sentro ng mga Sining ng Pilipinas
Type: Public arts high school
Architectural Style: Contemporary (Uses bahay kubo as a sub influence)
Architect: Leandro V. Locsin

Established: June 11, 1977 (by virtue of Presidential Decree 1287)

Location: Mount Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

DECLARATION/CLASSIFICATION:
Tangible Immovable Cultural Property
Work of National Artist for Architecture Leandro V. Locsin
Registered Property, Municipality of Los Baños, Laguna

Sayaw ed Tapew na Bangko

Sayaw ed Tapew na Bangko 

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DANCE DETAILS:
Official Filipino Name: Sayaw sa Bangko
Type: Folk dance
Origin: Pangasinan

Performers dance on top of a narrow bench that is normally six inches wide, inching and hopping from one end to another. It is performed by a couple who shows skill in staying up the bench as they exchange places by moving their way around or the girl thrown in the air while the boy moves to the other end.

Philippine Military Academy

Melchor Hall (Main Building)

Philippine Military Academy (PMA)

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SCHOOL DETAILS:
Official Filipino Name: Paaralang Militar ng Pilipinas
Type: Military academy
Motto: Courage, Integrity, Loyalty
Established: October 25, 1898 (as Academia Militar de Malolos)
Location: Fort General Gregorio del Pilar, Baguio City, Philippines


DECLARATION/CLASSIFICATION:
Tangible Immovable Cultural Property
Marked Structure (Unveiled: May 21, 2019), National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Baguio Cathedral

Our Lady of the Atonement Cathedral

(Baguio Cathedral)

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CATHEDRAL DETAILS:
The cathedral has a distinctive pink façade with a rose window and twin square belfries with pyramidal roofs.
Status: Cathedral
Architectural Style: Neo-Romanesque
Architect: Rev. Leo Valdemans, CICM
Materials: Gravel, Cement, Steel, Concrete
Construction: 1920 - 1936

Dedication: Our Lady of Atonement (Blessed Virgin Mary)

Location: Baguio City, Philippines