Few towns in the Philippines retain the architecture ... Founded in 1572 by Spanish conquistador Juan de Salcedo, Vigan; a ...

On 23 October 2023, the first Heritage Emergency Fund (HEF) activity in the Philippines was launched in the City of Vigan, Philippines, to support post-earthquake technical standard enhancement on the ...

Roughly 250 miles north of the capital Manila, Vigan is a small, charming city in the northern Philippines. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the city has survived a plethora of challenges within the ...

Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999, the historic city of Vigan in Ilocos Sur is noted to represent “a unique fusion of Asian building design and construction with European colonial ...

The event, organized by the city government in partnership with the Association of Cucheros de Vigan, celebrates local creativity, cultural heritage, and the sustainable tradition of the kalesa. This ...

Vigan City's historical center called the heritage village is listed as one of the UNESCO's world heritage sites since December 1999 for its well-preserved monumental buildings. The National Museum of ...

Vigan will put up a tranvia or streetcar system that will go around the heritage city as well as its four neighboring towns VIGAN CITY, Philippines – Vigan City is one of the few tourist cities ...

Civil engineers from the University of the Philippines — Diliman evaluated the concrete structures of Vigan City Hall, Vigan Cathedral, and other structures in the city. The Cultural Heritage Act of ...