Casa Bernedo

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Casa Bernedo
Balay Bernedo
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Casa Bernedo facing Arellano Street
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Location of Casa Bernedo in the Philippines
Alternative namesBernedo Ancestral House
Dipolog City Center for the Culture and the Arts
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeMansion
Location Zamboanga del Norte
AddressArellano Street corner Ranillo Street
Town or city Dipolog
CountryPhilippines
Coordinates 8°35′17″N123°20′21″E / 8.58806°N 123.33917°E / 8.58806; 123.33917
CompletedPre-20th century
OwnerBernedo-Macias family
Technical details
Material
  • Stone
  • Wood
Floor count2
DesignationsAncestral house

Casa Bernedo, also known as the Bernedo Ancestral House, is a two-storey ancestral house in Dipolog, Zamboanga del Norte in the Philippines. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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History

The house was the residence of the then-influential Bernedo family of Dipolog. It was built by the turn of the 20th century by a Spaniard named Justo Bernedo and his wife Isabel Macias, a Filipina from Dipolog, where they raised their nine children together. The Bernedo house largely retained its original structure, only undergoing a minor renovation shortly after the end of World War II. Known to be an influential and a religious family in Dipolog's earliest days, the Bernedos hosted numerous dignitaries and VIPs who visited Dipolog in the house, [6] including the town's Catholic church clergy and Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay.[ citation needed ]

Following the death of the last of the nine surviving Bernedo-Macias siblings in 2008, the Bernedo house was closed permanently. On July 1, 2012, the Bernedo house, now named Casa Bernedo, was reopened to the public as the Dipolog City Center for the Culture and the Arts in time for the city's centenary to be observed exactly a year later. [6]

The house today

Today, Casa Bernedo serves as a museum and art gallery. The lower floor, which was said to be a small storage house or warehouse (commonly known as a bodega), serves as a venue for visual art and photography exhibits. [7] [8] Another room on the lower floor was used as a local gun store, until that space is currently occupied as the city's tourism office by the City Government of Dipolog.

The second floor, where the Bernedo-Macias family once lived, serves as a museum preserving the family house's interior and arrangements. The floors and their home appliances were all made out of Philippine hardwood, and their kitchen appliances were all imported from the United States. It was said that the kitchen, also on the upper floor, had a story on Dipolog becoming the Spanish sardine capital today when Isabel Macias Bernedo would make Spanish-styled sardines which she learned from her sister Concepcion Macias Montaño every summer. Casa Bernedo is open to the public free of charge. [2] [3]

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  1. ↑ "Family-friendly adventures in Dipolog: A 'Biyahe ni Drew' itinerary". GMA News Online . June 24, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  2. 1 2 Ong, Kenneth Irving (April 15, 2014). "Dipolog's Casa Bernedo (page 12)". issuu.com. Edge Davao. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Ong, Kenneth Irving (April 15, 2014). "Dipolog's Casa Bernedo (page 16)". issuu.com. Edge Davao. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Murang pagkain at mayamang kultura ng Dipolog, tampok sa 'Biyahe ni Drew'". GMA News Online . June 13, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  5. ↑ Salvador, Jinggoy I. (February 22, 2014). "Ta ama yo contigo Zamboanga". SunStar . Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  6. 1 2 Casa Bernedo (Marker). Casa Bernedo. n.d.
  7. ↑ Te, Maria Victoria Tenido (April 14, 2019). "Mother-daughter tandem depicts 'essence' of women in art exhibit". Rappler . Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  8. ↑ Taghoy, Emmanuel D. (April 14, 2019). "'Essence' art exhibit promotes women empowerment; showcases ZamPen indigenous culture". Philippine Information Agency . Archived from the original on November 2, 2020. Retrieved November 2, 2020.

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