Casa Manila

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Casa Manila
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Casa Manila
Coordinates 14°35′23″N120°58′31″E / 14.58966°N 120.97514°E / 14.58966; 120.97514
Type History museum
Director Guiller Asido [1]
CuratorRamil B. Tibayan [1]
Building details
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Location in Manila
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Location in Metro Manila
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Location in Luzon
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Location in the Philippines
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeMansion
Architectural style Filipino Colonial (Bahay na Bato)
Location Intramuros, Manila
Completed1980s
Technical details
Floor count3
Design and construction
ArchitectRamon Faustmann

Casa Manila is a museum in Intramuros depicting a colonial lifestyle during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines.

Contents

The museum part is an imposing stone-and-wood structure, built c. 1850, one of three grand houses in Barrio San Luis (one of the four original villages of Intramuros) and located across the historic San Agustin Church and bounded by Calle Real, General Luna, Cabildo and Urdaneta streets. The other two grand houses in the barrio are the Los Hidalgos, c. 1650, and Cuyugan Mansion, c. 1890.

Casa Manila is a copy of the 1850s San Nicolas House that was once located in Calle Jaboneros. The architect of Casa Manila was J. Ramon L. Faustmann. [2] It was reconstructed by Imelda Marcos during the 1980s, modeled on Spanish colonial architecture. [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Key Officials Intramuros Administration website Accessed 20 April 2020
  2. "Intramuros: Revisit the Past in Casa Manila". Philippine Headline News Online. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. Greg Bloom (2009). Philippines. Lonely Planet. p. 81. ISBN   978-1-74104-721-9 . Retrieved 13 August 2011.