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The Vigan Cathedral, officially the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle, is a beautiful old church near the Plaza Salcedo.
VIGAN CITY, Philippines – The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle or the Vigan Cathedral, which almost split in half after a strong earthquake hit Luzon in 2022, is ...
In the first part of this two-part series, Fast Times featured six popular tourist sites in Vigan City, A UNESCO World Heritage Center These are Calle Crisologo, National Museum of the Philippines, ...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte — The St. Paul Metropolitan Cathedral in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur province, is leading a fund-raising campaign on Saturday, October 8, to restore the historical structure ...
Unfortunately, the magnitude 7 earthquake of July 27, 2022 damaged many of its heritage buildings, including heritage houses, the Vigan Cathedral and belfry, Archbishop’s Palace and Colegio ...
Infrastructure was damaged across northern Luzon, including more than 400 homes, dozens of schools, several hospitals and bridges, and the centuries-old Vigan Cathedral and Banta Bell Tower, state ...
We were also brought to churches such as the Conversion of Saint Paul Cathedral (also known simply as Vigan Cathedral) and to the nearby Shrine of Our Lady of Charity and bell tower in Bantay.
It’s the ‘vintage village’ of Vigan. Well-preserved remnants of the Spanish colonial era, classic architecture of century-old casas, resonant brick roads, all in an old place north of the ...