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Cabatuan, Camposanto, Iloilo, Regions, Visayas »

7 Aug 2009 | One Comment
Archival photos of Cabatuan cemetery

From the collection of archival photos of the San Agustin Museum courtesy of Fr. Pedro Galende, three old photos of the beautiful Cabatuan cemetery are featured here. Above, is the capilla or chapel sans the vegetation that now blocked the view from the entrance. This chapel has the most stylized skull and crossbone bas relief in the country.

Camposanto, Carcar, Cebu, Regions, Simbahan, Visayas »

25 Mar 2009 | 3 Comments
The dead inside Carcar Church

Like most old churches in the country, one can find many tombs of notable people of the town inside Carcar Church. Creepy as it may sound but it has been the practice especially for those individuals and their families who contributed greatly to the church through it’s construction or donated something for the church’s use.

Camposanto, Carcar, Cebu, Regions, Visayas »

10 Jan 2009 | No Comment
Remnants of Carcar’s old<em> camposanto </em>

The Catholic cemetery in Carcar is the oldest cemetery in the municipality. I haven’t got information when this was constructed but it might be 19th century as it is located far from the current church, following the decree of King Charles IV in 1787. It is still in use with modern niches tightly crowding any available space. It might have lost it’s original chapel but there are still remnants of the perimeter fence.

Cabatuan, Camposanto, Chapel, Ilocos Sur, Iloilo, Laguna, Lost & Ruins, Lucban, Luzon, Malabon, Metro Manila, Miag-ao, Nagcarlan, Quezon, San Joaquin, Sta. Maria, Tabaco City, Tayabas, Vigan »

30 Oct 2008 | 2 Comments
Some mortuary chapels in Luzon and the Visayas

Extant mortuary chapels in the country are hard to find. Except maybe if you are in the province of Iloilo where there are a few excellent examples. However, beyond that province and Cebu, there are also scattered across the rest of the regions but not all and I haven’t seen one from Mindanao. During my travels, I was able to find some that are now posted here.

Argao, Camposanto, Cebu, Cebu City, Chapel, Dalaguete, Lost & Ruins, Oslob, Regions, Sibonga, Visayas »

24 Oct 2008 | 11 Comments
Old cemetery and mortuary chapels in Cebu

The cemetery and mortuary chapels in Cebu are not as grand as those in Iloilo and are in different degrees of condition with most having been renovated and one in near collapse. In this post, I am presenting the eight cemetery and mortuary chapels that can be found in Cebu: Calamba (Cebu City), Sibonga, Argao, Dalaguete and Oslob.

Argao, Boljoon, Camposanto, Cebu, Cebu City, Oslob, Visayas »

5 Oct 2008 | 10 Comments
Death in Stone: Relieves of old cemeteries in Cebu

Cebu doesn’t have the impressive colonial era cemeteries of Iloilo. There’s no ornate polygonal cemetery chapels like that of San Joaquin, Cabatuan and Janiuay. However, it does have its own surprises that would also delight lovers of these heritage structures.