Ancestral Houses

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I would love to come to this house and travel back in time. I love old stuffs.

I want my house to still look like our bahay na bato with a little bit twist of modern architecture & small nipa hut 'bahay kubo' at the backyard

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Leona Florentino Ancestral House in Vigan Ilocos Sur (Cafe Leona Restaurant)


Leona Florentino (19 April 1849 - 4 October 1884) was a Filipino poet in the Spanish and Ilocano languages. She is considered as the "mother of Philippine women's literature" and the "bridge from oral to literary tradition".

Born to a wealthy and prominent family in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Florentino began to write her first verses in Ilocano at a young age. Despite her potential, she was not allowed to receive a university education because of her gender. Florentino was instead tutored by her mother, and then a series of private teachers. An educated Ilocano priest taught her advanced Spanish and encouraged her to develop her voice in poetry.

Florentino married a politician named Elias de los Reyes at the age of 14. They had five children together. Their son Isabelo de los Reyes later became a Filipino writer, activist and senator. Due to the feminist nature of her writings, Florentino was shunned by her husband and son; she lived alone in exile and separately from her family.She died at the age of 35.

Her lyrical poetry in Spanish, and especially that in Ilocano, gained attention in various international forums in Spain, Paris and St. Louis, Missouri. Her literary contributions - particularly 22 preserved poems - were recognized when she was included in the Encyclopedia Internationale des Oeuvres des Femmes (International Encyclopedia of Women’s Works) in 1889. She is believed to be the first Filipina to receive this international recognition, an homage that occurred after her death at a young age.


Leona Florentino Statue in Vigan Plaza

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Heritage Ancestral Houses


Montenegro Ancestral House in Taal Batangas

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More Ancestral house in Taal, Batangas




Asinas Ancestral House

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Ancestral Houses in Boac, Marinduque










Emilio Ancestral House in Boac Marinduque




Bahay na bato looks like before

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The Syquia Ancestral Mansion in Ilocos Sur
former President Elpidio Quirino's Birthplace, He's one of the descendant










Arce Ancestral House in Vigan Ilocos Sur

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Old Ancestral House in Guimaras Island





^this one Looks like Abandoned

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Old School building that looks like Bahay na bato in Cebu



^looks haunted house lol

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Ancestral House in Batac Ilocos Norte