The Heritage of Cebu

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• La Petite France
  on Mar 15, 2013 in Around Town alliance francaise de cebu la maison rose
  La Maison Rose, or The Pink House, is what some call as the new “Petite France,” or Little France that is. This house along Gorordo street just beside the Mormon temple is dramatically set on a sprawling lawn and provides an atmosphere re...
• Visita Iglesia 2013
  on Mar 11, 2013 in Around Town cebu visita iglesia cebu
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• It’s Normal
  on Feb 21, 2013 in Around Town cebu normal university
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• Downtown Cebu after the Dawn Mass
  on Dec 15, 2012 in Around Town Photo Essay
  It has been a while since I last posted in this blog and this latest post will be my last for this year. Anyway, after attending the first of nine dawn masses in Talamban, I headed straight to the old downtown of Cebu after remembering a friend telli...
• Happy 43rd Charter Day to the City of Mandaue!
  on Aug 30, 2012 in Vintage Photographs mandaue mandaue presidencia old mandaue city hall old photo vintage photo
  The old Mandaue Presidencia or municipal building, photographed above by Tomas-Chiong Osmeña, was originally an L-shaped building. A project of Governor Sotero Cabahug, it was inaugurated on September 12, 1937. It will be celebrating its 75th annive...
• Dante Guidetti’s Legacy in Cebu
  on Aug 21, 2012 in Around Town Arts & Culture dante guidetti sculptures works
  The nude sculptures in Greek-style at the frieze of Vision Theater (above) in Colon street is the most famous of all of Professor Dante Guidetti’s works in Cebu. At the plaza of the Santa Catalina de Alejandria church in Carcar lords a statue o...
• Dante Guidetti: Artist, Soldier and Teacher
  on Aug 16, 2012 in Around Town Arts & Culture cebu dante guidetti osmeña mausoleum vision theater
  Some of Professor Guidetti’s works were funerary monuments. My deepest appreciation goes to Mr. Damian Danti, the great-grandson of Professor Dante Guidetti, for sending me copies of the professor’s military records, curriculum vitae, a marri...
• Who was Dante Guidetti?
  on Aug 15, 2012 in Arts & Culture cebu professor dante guidetti
  Professor Guidetti at his studio in Mabini street. Somewhere near the corner of Colon and Mabini streets was the studio of an Italian sculptor named Professor Dante Guidetti or Guidetti Dante (Note: His first name may have actually been Guidetti). To...
• A Walk to the Heart of Downtown
  on Jul 10, 2012 in Around Town Photo Essay colon downtown
  A cyclist whisks his way into the wee hours of the morning while the streets are devoid of vehicular traffic. Old rundown buildings. Narrow roads. A red light district. Horse-driven carriages. Crowded streets. Chinese drugstores. Hardware stores. Ven...
• Cebu in My Mind: A Photographic Essay
  on Jun 15, 2012 in Photo Essay around cebu progress queen city of the south skyscrapers
  The capital of the province of Cebu is a dynamic city in central Philippines. Founded on progress and prosperity, the city’s skyline has never been the same before as more buildings are added every year. Even as progress creeps into the city an...

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