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Yap Sandiego Heritage House
2017-07-16
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EXPERIENCE THE GLORIOUS PAST OF PARIAN, CEBU CITY

TRAVEL BACK IN TIME

SOUL OF OLD CEBU

The Yap-Sandiego Heritage House is one of the oldest houses in the Philippines. Built-in the late 17th century, the ancestral house has remained in its original state even though it already shows weather-beaten but unyielding structures made of molave and coral stones due to time. This was the house of Don Juan Yap and Doña Maria Florido with their 3 children: Maria, Eleuterio and Consolacion.

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ABOUT OUR HOUSE

During the 1880s, Maria Florida Yap, the eldest daughter of Don Juan and Doña Maria, married Don Mariano Sandiego who was that time the Cabeza de Barangay of Parian...

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OWNER

The heritage house was turned over under the care of Val Sandiego and his wife, Ofelia. Val Sandiego, one of Cebu’s famous choreographers, heritage icon and art collector, is the great great grandson of Doña Maria Yap-Sandiego

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SERVICES

After an expensive restoration work on the structure in 2003, it has since opened with antique collections to the public.

The house is open for visits from Monday to Sunday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., for P50 per person

ABOUT US

The Yap-Sandiego Ancestral Home holds the distinction of being one of the oldest houses in the Philippines and possibly the oldest Chinese home outside of China.

ADDRESS

(032) 266 2833

 

Mabini St, Cebu City, Cebu

Opens Daily from 9am - 8pm

 

info@yapsandiegoHH.com

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