The museum was set up in memory of both Congressman Floro Crisologo - shot dead in Vigan's cathedral in 1970 - and his wife, Governor Carmeling Pichay Crisologo, in what was the ancestral house of ...

While most people are familiar with ancient capitals like Athens and Rome, the world is filled with cities that are smaller in size, but no lighter on historical significance. Here we've ranked 51 ...

The finalists include Francois Furet and Mona Ozouf's A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution, Delphine de Vigan's novel Children Are Kings, which addresses the pitfalls of social networks ...

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 ...

A northern Wisconsin bishop accused Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganó, former apostolic nuncio to the U.S., of defamation, while seeking clarification of an allegedly illicit priest ordination that ...

The Philippines’ own Historic City of Vigan, a World Heritage site, however, is the strongest point of comparison as the perspective and background of the city is exactly the same perspective that ...

Residents of Vigan City have found a new way to showcase items they want to sell this Christmas season - displaying them in their car trunks at a newly opened bazaar. Situated between Plaza Burgos and ...

Meanwhile, the town of Vigan in North Luzon has an astounding concentration of heritage sites within its borders: Just take a kalesa (horse-drawn carriage) along cobblestoned Calle Crisologo for a ...

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 ...

The Sisters of the Missionary Catechists of the Sacred Heart (MCSH) pray at the tomb of their founder, Servant of God Bishop Alfredo Verzosa, at the Vigan Cathedral on the 69th anniversary of his ...

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, ...