Friday, May 8, 2009

I was there in Vigan

The City of Vigan [spanish: La Ciudad de Vigan / ilocano: Siyudad ti Vigan] is a third class city in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. It is the capital of the Province of Ilocos Sur. The city is located on the western coast of the large island of Luzon, facing the South China Sea.
It is a
World Heritage Site in that it is one of numerous Hispanic towns in the Philippines, and is well-known for its cobblestone streets, and a unique architecture that fuses Philippine building design, and construction with colonial European architecture.
According to the 2007
Philippines census, it has a population of 47,246 people.
Former Philippine president
Elpidio Quirino, the 6th president of the Philippines, has a residence in Vigan, the Syquia Mansion

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