As a delegate of the event of National Commission for the Culture and the Arts and the Philippine Information Agency, the Eco-cultural Heritage Caravan Seminar with Onsite Immersion NCCA-PIA Culture & Arts Promotion in Luzon April 25-30, 2017, I experienced a heritage walk and visited the historical City of San Fernando, Pampanga.
San Fernando railway Station
It is a part of the Ferrerocarril de Manila-Dagupan, the first railway system in the Philippines built in 1892, spanning 195 kilometers from Tutuban in Manila to Dagupan in Pangasinan. This National Historical Commission of the Philippines site is one of the five stations which can be found in the province of Pampanga. The other four stations are located in Apalit, Sto. Tomas, Angeles City and Mabalacat City.
On the 27th of June 1982, Dr. Jose Rizal disembarked at this station to meet the new members of La Liga Filipina from Pampanga. After 50 years, in 1942, this place became the final stop of the 102 kilometer death march of Filipino and American prisoners of war from Bataan, before being transferred to their last destination, Camp O'Donnel in Capas, Tarlac. The San Fernando Railway Station is now the office of the Tourism staff of the city at the same time, it housed the museum that showcased the historical events that occurred in the railway station and personalities who have a significant role in their history.
A visit in the City of San Fernando will not be complete without a heritage walk around the city proper where you can see some old houses that are full of historical significance.
Consunji House, located in A. Consunji St., Sto. Rosario, City of San Fernando, Pampanga that served as residence of Don Antonio Consunji, Gobernadorcillo of San Fernando in 1892, who was removed from office by the Spanish authorities as a result of his presence during the visit to San Fernando of Dr. Jose Rizal in June 1892.He became the Presidente Municipal of San Fernando during the Philippine Revolution from 1898-1899.
Augusto P. Hizon House, located in A. Consunji St., Sto. Rosario, City of San Fernando, Pampanga. The house was built at the turn of the century by the couple, Teodoro Santos and Africa Ventura. Later purchased by Maria Singian Hizon, a nurse of the Pampanga Chapter of the Philippine Red Cross during the Philippine Revolution.The house was inherited by her nephew Augusto Hizon and is currently owned by his heirs.
This ancestral house exemplifying the architecture prevalent during the American Colonial Period, is an important edifice of the city.
Lazatin House, located in A. Consunji St., Sto. Rosario, City of San Fernando, Pampanga. It was built by the couple, Serafin Lazatin and Encarnacion Singian in 1926, it served as the residence of the Japanese General Masaharu Homma during the Japanese occupation of San Fernando. The Lazatins are among the pioneers if the PASUDECO and SFELAPCO. A perfect example of the architecture prevalent during the American colonial period, it is listed as a Heritage House in the registry of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines.
Hizon-Ocampo House, A. Consunji St., Sto. Rosario, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, originally owned by the couple Victoria Singian and Don Anacleto Hizonm, the house was later given to their daughter, Leoncia Hizon when she married Dr. Basilio Ocampo. Among the children of the latter couple who were born here were Aurea Ocampo Escaler, mother of the well-known businessman Ernesto Escalerand Bishop Federico Escaler SJ., Architect Fernando Ocampo, the Father of Modern Architecture; Sr. Maria Asuncion RGS, the first Filipina nun of the Religious of Good Sheperd; twins Pilar OCampo Feliciano and Rosario; Ricardo Ocampo and Purita Ocampo Gamboa, to whom the house was finally passed on. The house was indeed a place that produced personalities in the history of the country.
Tabacalera House, A. Consunji St., Sto. Rosario, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, a house designed by Architect Fernando Ocampo and rented to Tabacalera. During the 2nd World War, it was appropriated by the Japanese Imperial army to serve as headquarters of the Kempeitai from 1943-1944. This ancestral house, exemplifying the architecture prevalent during the American Colonial Period, is an important heritage edifice of the city.
Hizon-Singian House, located in A. Consunji St., Sto. Rosario, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, was built in 1870 by Capitan Anacleto Hizon, Gobernadorcillo of San Fernando and Victoria Singian de Miranda y de Ocampo. It served as headquarters of Spanish General Antonio Ruiz Serralde during the 1896 Philippine Revolution, as military hospital and barracks of the Japanese Imperial Army in 1943-1944, and as headquarters of American General Walter Krueger of the 6th American Army in 1945.
A perfect example of a bahay na bato, it is listed as a Heritage House in the registry of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines.
Metropolitan Cathedral, founded by the Augustinians in 1754 and placed under the avocation of the Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion while the town was under the patronage of San Fernando III. Fr. Sebastian Moreno, OSA was named prior-vicar in 1756.
The stone church may have been built by the end of the 18th century. Both church and convent were burned by the Philippine Revolutionary Army on orders of Gen. Antonio Luna on May 5, 1899. IT was restored by Kapampangan Architect Fernando Hizon Ocampo in 1948.
Elevated to a cathedral on December 11, 1948 as the seat of the newly created Diocese. On October 1, 1981, it was established as Metropolitan Cathedral under the Titularship of St. Ferdinand and the Patronage of our Lady of the Assumption.
The heritage walk in A. Consunji St., Sto. Rosario, City of San Fernando, Pampanga was indeed full of history and lessons to ponder that it is a big salute to the people of San Fernando for their contributions in the history of our country but also for knowing to value the heritage of the city just by simple preserving historical sites and heritage houses. The heritage walk is like a visit to a lifesize museum.
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