20 Facts About the "Oldest" in the Philippines
20 FACTS ABOUT THE “OLDEST” IN THE PHILIPPINES
I went to Cebu City last weekend to visit some friends and some reunion activities there in Mactan Seafront and I found out that Cebu City is the oldest city in the country. So from there, I started to do a research on some of the “oldest” in the country.
Here are the 20 facts about the “oldest” in the Philippines:
Oldest Steel Church
Despite the discrepancies in the dates of its founding, the San Sebastian Church is the only steel church in Asia built in the late 18th century. It should have celebrated its centennial around 1991. Yet, it seems that not even the Catholic administration paid any interest in its historical significance or in the fact that it was Alexander Gustave Eiffel who designed it.
Image Credit San Sebastian Church
Oldest Restaurant
New Toho Food Center (1888, 422 Tomas Pinpin Street, Binondo, Manila) Five Chinese friends set this up in Binondo, Manila, where the restaurant still stands, in a newer structure also on Tomas Pinpin (formerly San Jacinto) Street which was built after a fire razed the wooden building back in 1984. That explains the slight change in the name. It used to be called the Toho Antigua Panciteria.
Oldest Province
Aklan, originally known as Minuro it Akean, is considered as the oldest province in the country and believed to have been established as early as 1213 by settlers from Borneo. Its first ruler was Datu Dinagandan. In 1399, Datu Kalantiaw grabbed the throne. In 1433, Kalantiaw III formulated a set of laws that is known today as the Code of Kalantiaw.
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Santisima Trinidad de Mayor in Malolos City the oldest Image in the Philippines enero 10 1500
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omg! the university of san carlos never claimed to be the oldest university! it is the ust.... usc was not a university yet in 1595!
I've been to Cebu a couple of times, and haven't visited some of those places yet. I'am sure I am going to added them to my list.