Travel and Places

Known today as the Sanson-Montinola House, this house was built around the turn of the 20th century for Don Gregorio Montinola y Lozada and Doña Matilde Jalandoni y Habana. Their daughter, also named Matilde, became Mrs Alfredo Sanson y Araneta. Gregorio Sanson is the third-generation owner of the house, which […]

Art Moderne flourished in a time of peace and plenty in the Philippines. It found expression in the houses of Filipinos, who brimmed with self-confidence. The Márquez Lim House is named after Mr. José Márquez Lim. But it was his parents, Don Pedro Lim and Doña Concordia Asensi, who had […]

Banker-agriculturist Don Ramón Javellana built a house on Sta. Isabel Street in Jaro some 200 years back. Today it is better known as Casa Mariquit, after Doña Mariquita Javellana, Don Ramón’s granddaughter. She was born and raised in Casa Mariquit until at the tender age of 16, she eloped with […]

The house of Don Eugenio López and Doña Pacita Moreno in Jaro is better known as the Boat House on account of its nautical Art Moderne style. It was created by Architect Fernando H. Ocampo in 1935. The house features round, porthole-style windows and an expansive upper story deck like […]

Great Britain was the first country to establish a vice-consulate in Iloilo. The first vice-consul, Nicholas Loney, arrived in Iloilo on July 31, 1856. Through his firm, Loney, Ker & Company, he financed sugar production. He was responsible for introducing sugar cane seeds from Sumatra and sugar machinery from England […]

Fronting the Iloilo River, La Paz was once known as llawhod, It was a barrio of Jaro until 1865 when it became an independent municipality. Since 1937, it has been a district of Iloilo City. The Jaleco family, owning substantial tracts of swamplands and grasslands in the district, are among the principal families […]

The Celso Ledesma House A Beaux Arts Victorian mansion stands in the heart of Iloilo’s commercial district, unperturbed by the bustle of Calle Ortiz and the pier nearby. It is the house that Engineers Mariano Cacho and Mariano Salas built for Don Celso Ledesma in 1922. The Japanese imperial forces […]

We might often see some of Iloilo City’s cultural heritage spots. Often, when we are having our daily routines. Guilty speaking, we seldom recognize them. Less of what we know, these are actually the proof and silent evidences of how the city of Iloilo has progress through the years. The […]

Arevalo Convent is located at the back portion of the Santo Niño de Arevalo Parish, Villa de Arevalo, Iloilo City. It has a Spanish colonial style and serves as the priests’ residence, activity hall for church organizations, and administrative office. Convents have a long history in the Philippines, dating back […]

Rizal Elementary School is a primary school in Iloilo City located along Ledesma and Rizal Streets. This is across Tanza Church and surrounded by the community of Tanza. Rizal Elementary School is one of the few schools around the country which has a remaining Gabaldon building. Rizal Elementary School – […]