Established in the 16th century, Vigan is the best-preserved example of a planned Spanish colonial town in Asia. Its architecture reflects the coming together of cultural elements from elsewhere in ...

Located in Northern Luzon in the Province of Ilocos Sur, the city of Vigan is famed for its Old Spanish Architecture. Few towns in the Philippines retain the architecture of old Spanish ...

World Heritage partnerships for conservation. Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites ...

Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999, the historic city of Vigan in Ilocos Sur is noted to represent “a unique fusion of Asian building design and Skip to content OCTOBER 27, 2022 ...

That’s what’s written on the Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) inscription naming the Historic Town of Vigan a World Heritage Site in 1999. A good balance of ...

The findings of the two pilot sites assessments will be shared with the local government, the ancestral homeowners and the Vigan Conservation Council through a series of lectures, training-workshops ...

Vigan in Ilocos Sur has advanced to the next round of an international search for the world's new seven wonder cities, the organizers disclosed this week. New7Wonders Cities said Vigan is among the 21 ...