Comments on: Old cemetery and mortuary chapels in Cebu

By: estan

estan — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:36:19 +0000

micah,

its really sad on what they did to the calamba cemetery chapel. ang pangit ng ginawa nila. they don’t really know how to appreciate these structures, and in your case, don’t have respect for the departed. welcome to the current state (and pinoy’s consciousness) of heritage structures.

By: micah

micah — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:54:03 +0000

hello,
I wish they restored the chapel in the san nicolas cemetary…my grandmother took me there as a kid and on the right side of the entrance of the chapel were two tables of stone with alot of my ancestors names on it…when i visited on kalag kalag this year briefly i cudent even see because they put a lil fence and roof and people werent allowed in the chapel and instead i dont know why they had students in there sleeping?????so i approached them and said i need to go on bec my ancestors are on the inner wall of the chapel…i was sad to see they removed one of the tables of stone that had the other half of names of my ancestors on the outer right side wall off the entry…my grandmother would have never allowed it

By: leso

leso — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:20:14 +0000

estan,
the gold coating is there….we can’t do nothing but we assure that all feature renovations inside and outside the church will be done according to the process set by NHI and NCAA upon the consultation of the people, LGU na dthe church authorities….. its so sad that the retablo was ‘vandalize”….very sorry for it….GOD BLESS

By: estan

estan — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:21:51 +0000

leslie, it’s really commndable for the town of Argao to set an example in making your heritage treasures work for the government. I do believe that these can be of tourism importance for the local government.

can something still be done to the retablo mayor of the church was was defaced with gold paint?

By: leso

leso — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:35:57 +0000

mga amigo kumusta…..i’m leslie obiso one of the curator of the st. michael liturgical museum (museo de la paroqquia de san miguel arcangel argao, cebu. thanks for featuring the cemetery chapel and the mortuary of the town. the church itself is now on its work of restoring the cemetery chapel. likewise the LGU of argao is revitalizing its tourism industry that include structures and site worthy of conservation for the tourist…. again thanks….

By: estan

estan — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:53:24 +0000

bai, gamay pa lang gani ni

alex, i’ve visited the cemetery in La Loma and also Paco but unfortunately, I can’t find the photos

By: alexander de leon

alexander de leon — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:37:49 +0000

you should visit the mortuary church of La Loma cemetery the cemetery at the back or adjacent to the North Manila Cemetery. La Loma Cemetery is a mid 19th century cemetery and inside you can still see the stunning musoleum of the spaniards, the illustrados and the religious friars and nuns circa 1800s.

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