VIGAN CITY

SUBMITTED BY:
BISNAR, KRYSTAL CLAIRE G.
FOURTH YEAR – BLOCK B
PLA 412
 INTRODUCTION
➢ VIGAN CITY IS ONE OF THE BEST PRESERVED SPANISH
COLONIAL TOWNS IN THE PHILIPPINES.

➢ ITS NAME “BIGA” COMES FROM THE NAME OF A

GIANT TARO PLANT THAT GROWS IN ABUNDANCE ON
THE BANKS OF THE RIVER MESTIZO.

➢ I T W A S E S T A B L I S H E D I N 1 6 TH C E N T U R Y D U R I N G T H E
DOMINATION OF SPANISH COLONITY AND AN
IMPORTANT TRADING POST IN PRE COLONIAL PERIOD.

➢ IT IS INCLUDED IN THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE

LIST AS IT HAVE RESIDENTIAL, RELIGIOUS
BUILDINGS, COMMERCIALS, INSTITUTIONALS FROM
THE PAST.

➢ ITS ARCHITECTURE INCLUDES CULTURAL ELEMENTS,

AUTHENTIC GRID STREET PATTERN AND HISTORIC
URBAN LAYOUT THAT HAVE NO PARALLEL ANYWHERE
IN ASIA.
 TOWNSCAPE
➢ THE ARCHITECTURAL FUSION OF COLONIAL SPANISH
AND PHILIPPINE’S DESIGNS RESULTED THE UNIQUE
TOWNSCAPE OF VIGAN.

➢ THE BUILDINGS USED THE MATERIALS OF

TERRACOTTA, SHELLS, WOOD, LIME AND STONE.

➢ THEY HAVE FIRE RESISTANT BUILDING MATERIALS BY

ALSO APPLYING LIME MORTAR AND WITHSTAND
OTHER CALAMITIES.

➢ THE URBAN PLANNING OF VIGAN CITY IS DESCRIBED

AS THE RENAISSANCE GRID PLAN OR GRID STREET
PATTERN THAT PIERCES THE ENTIRE MESTIZO
DISTRICT WITH BROAD AXIAL VIEWS TOWARDS THE
TOWN PLAZA.

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➢ THE STREETS ARE DESIGN WITH CHEQUERBOARD
STREET PLANNING OF EUROPEAN DESIGN.

➢ ITS STREET IS LAID OUT WITH WHITE WALLS AND

PICTURESQUE BALCONIES.

➢ MANY STREETS MAINTAIN A COMPACT PROFILE WITH

NO SETBACKS.

➢ DESIGNED WITH COBBLED STONE PAVEMENT.

➢ IT PRESERVED MUCH OF ITS HISPANIC COLONIAL

CHARACTER.

➢ IT IS BLENDED TO CREATE A HOMOGENOUS

TOWNSCAPE.

➢ THE URBAN PLANNING OF THE TOWN TELLS ITS

HISTORY THAT IT ONCE THE POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS,
ECONOMIC AND ARTISTIC CENTER OF THE REGION.

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 HOUSES
➢ THE TRADITIONAL HOUSES REFLECTS THE RICH CULTURE FUSION
OF NATIVE, CHINESE, SPANISH AND MEXICAN STYLES.

➢ THE HOUSES WENT FROM FIVE STAGES OF EVOLUTION. FIRST IS

USING BAMBOO AND ROOFED THATCH. SECOND IS USING WOOD
ON BOTH FLOORS AND THATCHED ROOF. THIRD WAS THE USE OF
BRICK MASONRY AND WOOD FLANK WALLS. FOURTH WAS A
HOUSE MADE OF BRICK MASONRY LASTLY ON FIFTH STAGE WAS
A NEW TYPE OF HOUSE DESIGN WAS CREATED DURING THE
AMERICAN PERIOD.

➢ IT IS MADE TO HAVE MORE NATURAL VENTILATION AND

LIGHTING SO FULL OPENINGS WERE MADE.

➢ CEILING HEIGHTS WERE 3 TO 3.5 METERS

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➢ THEY MADE ROOF OVERHANGS AND CANOPIES FOR
SHADING

➢ THEY HAVE AZOTEA TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR SUN DRYING.

➢ A BIG STAIRCASE LEADS TO LIVING AREAS IN THE UPPER

FLOORS CONSISTING OF LIVING ROOM, DINING AREA,
KITCHEN, BEDROOMS AND TOILET ROOM.

➢ THEIR FAÇADE WAS MADE WITH WOOD, BRICK, LUSH

FACADE AND VOLADA FACADE.

➢ VIGAN HOUSES ARE A BIT BIGGER THAN USUAL ASIAN

HOUSES.

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 CALLE CRISOLOGO

➢ CALLE CRISOLOGO IS THE MOST FAMOUS STREET IN VIGAN WITH MOSTLY HOUSES OF
WEALTHY FAMILIES AND FILIPINO CHINESE TRADERS.

➢ TOURIST CAN RIDE A KALESA AND HAVE A TOUR OF THE HERITAGE HOUSES.

➢ THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATE THE NIGHT OF THE CORNERS OF THE STREET.

➢ COMMERCIALIZED RESTAURANTS HAVE SPANISH TOWN FAÇADE.

 VIGAN CATHEDRAL
➢ ALSO KNOWN AS METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL OF THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL THE
APOSTLE.
➢ IT IS PART OF THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE DECLARATION FOR THE HISTORIC
TOWN OF VIGAN IN 1999.
➢ THE STYLE IS NEO-GOTHIC, ROMANESQUE AND CHINESE INSPIRED EMBELISHMENTS.
➢ PREDOMINANTLY IN BAROQUE STYLE WITH LARGE BUTTRESSES ON ITS SIDE .
➢ THE INTERIOR IS DESIGNED WITH SILVER PANELED MAIN ALTAR, THREE N AVES, 12
MINOR ALTARS AND BRASS COMMUNION HANDRAILS.
 MUSEUMS

SYQUIA MANSION PADRE BURGOS HOUSE CRISOLOGO MUSEUM

➢ SYQUIA MANSION WAS ONCE REISED BY THE SYQUIA FAMILY SHOWS THE HIGH SOCIETY
VIGAN LIFE IN 1800S. IT WAS PRESERVED AS AN ARTIFACT FROM SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD.
THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATS EXTEND TO ITS INTERIORS WITH ITS UNIQUE STONE WALLS AND
WINDOWS THAT IS DECORATED WITH SHELLS. IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF BAHAY NA BATO.
➢ PADRE BURGOS HOUSE IS THE ANCESTRAL HOUSE OF PRIEST PADRE BURGOS. IT IS A TWO
STORY STRUCTURE AND A COLONIAL HOUSE.
➢ CRISOLOGO MUSEUM IS THE ANCESTRAL HOME OF STATESMAN FLORO S. CRISOLOGO. IT
CONSIST OF A LARGE OLD SOLIDLY BUILT 2 STOREY STRUCTURE WITH A GROUND FLOOR MADE
OF BRICK. THE WALLS OF THE GROUND FLOOR ARE THICK AND THE WINDOWS HAVE IRON AND
STEEL GRILLS.
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