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Jul 11, 2011 · If you’re bound for Bacolod, there’s a big, big chance that you’ll find yourself in Silay. (The airport is here!) And if you do, here are the five most notable heritage houses and landmarks in Silay City that are worth a bit of your time and attention. Another ancestral house.
Mar 10, 2021 · In 1993, the National Historical Institute (now the National Historical Commission of the Philippines) declared the ancestral home a heritage house. El Ideal Bakery is at 118 Rizal Street, Silay City. It is open seven days a week, from 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. For details, call +63 34 495 4430. Maria Ledesma Golez Heritage House
More than 30 ancestral homes, built between the late 19th century and early 20th century, have been officially recognized as Heritage Houses by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) within the Silay City Heritage.
Known as the “Paris of Negros”, Silay city is famous for its ancestral houses built on a wide range of architectural designs. The city boasts to have the most ancestral houses declared by the National Historical Institute as National Treasures, a total of 29 well-preserved houses.
May 7, 2021 · Officially listed and certified by the National Historical Institute and the National Commission for Culture and Arts as heritage houses, Silay’s ancestral houses are taken with utmost care, both maintained by local residents along with the help from the local government.
Nov 8, 2011 · Manuel Severino Hofileña Ancestral House. This is the first “living” ancestral house/museum that we visited. This ancestral house is still being used by its owner (like many ancestral houses in Silay) but it’s the only one opened to the public.
SILAY CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL |While browsing around Bacolod for things to do, I came across photos of heritage houses. When I clicked the photo I found out that the place is located in Silay City which apparently is an hour away from Bacolod.
Mar 1, 2024 · Amidst these grand encounters, we breezed past other storied homes, including the Jose Benedicto Gamboa Ancestral House, a famed location in the cinematic masterpiece “Oro, Plata, Mata”. We also lingered in front of the Manuel Hofileña Heritage House, a familiar stop for many.
The Hofileña Heritage House belongs to one of the principal families of Silay City, which was once called the “Paris of Negros.” The ancestral residence in Negros Occidental has since become a repository of fine and rare art collections of the Hofileñas.
Hofileña Ancestral House is the residence of the late Manuel Severino Hofileña and his family located in Cinco de Noviembre Street, Silay City, in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. The home was built by Hofileña for his wife Gilda Ledesma Hojilla, a former Miss Silay, and their nine children.
