Blog Posts on cebu cathedral

Viewing Catholic Heritage at Cebu Cathedral Museum – Part II by Before the Eastern Sunset on Mar 27, 2012In the first part of this post, I talked about the Carmen Collection and other pieces located in the first floor of the Cebu Cathedral Museum. Our tour guide then took us to the next part of the museum, which contains the most precious images and rel...

Viewing Catholic Heritage at Cebu Cathedral Museum – Part I by Before the Eastern Sunset on Mar 24, 2012The City of Cebu is not only the first Spanish colony in the Philippines but it is also the first Catholic outpost in the archipelago. It is in this city that Christianity took root and spread in the Philippines and the neighboring countries in South...

Basilica Minore Del Sto Nino & Cebu City Cathedral by The Adventures of AdventuRoj! on Mar 9, 2012Cebu’s historical Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño is the oldest Catholic Church in Cebu. Located at the heart of downtown Cebu, the Basilica is a house of prayer and pilgrimage to hundreds of thousands of people each year. It houses the image of the...

Heritage of Cebu Monument: a Historic Tourist Spot in Cebu by on Nov 27, 2011Right in the middle of the Colon Marker and the Yap Sandiego Ancestral House and Museum is the Heritage of Cebu Monument. It is truly a must see for those who are on a historical field trip here in Cebu. This site The Heritage of Cebu Monument shows...

Yap-Sandiego Ancestral House: Cebu’s Living Monument by on Nov 18, 2011The Yap-Sandiego Ancestral House in the Parian District of Cebu City is probably the most popular, if not the oldest house in this part of town. No clear evidence when the house was actually built, but some experts tell that it was probably built in...

Colon Street, Cebu: A Walk in the Past by on Oct 27, 2011Walk in time at Colon Street in the heart of Cebu City. Colon Street is the Philippines’ Oldest Street. The street was named after the world famous navigator, Christopher Columbus (Cristobal Colon). Colon Street was also known as Parian in the...

Cebu Itinerary, Day2, Part 2 by To Be, To Be. Tutubi. on Aug 25, 2011This is a continuation of my posts about our Cebu itinerary on our recent trip. First entry was our Day 1 and this is the second post of our Day 2. I also posted about some things I learned in Cebu and I will soon post about our food trip as soon as...

Cebu Itinerary, Day 2 by To Be, To Be. Tutubi. on Aug 22, 2011This is a continuation of my post on our Cebu Itinerary when we visited the city last August 8-11. As I was saying on my last post about the things I learned in Cebu, we didn't rent a van to take us around the city. Again, it would have cost us P450...

Cebu Getaway: Cebu City Tour by Maude's Avenue of Thoughts on Aug 7, 2011After filling ourselves up with a delicious lunch, we went back to SM Cebu to buy some snacks and a big bottle of water in preparation for our next activity: Cebu City Tour!3:30 pm. As soon as we're done with our little shopping, we took a cab and to...

Ciscara’s Plan for the Cebu Cathedral by on May 7, 2011Juan Ciscara’s plan for the Cebu Cathedral Sometime in the early 18th-century Juan de Ciscara, a Spanish engineer, drew a plan for the remodeling of the Cebu Cathedral. It was an ambitious project that because of its size and grandiosity was de...