Historical and Heritage Tours (Cavite and Batangas Provinces)
I. Places of Interest
1. CAVITE
□ Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo Shrine □ Geronimo B. delos Reyes (GBR) Museum □ De La Salle Lifestyle Museum
2. BATANGAS
□ Taal Heritage Village
II. Lunch Places
□ Josephine’s Restaurant – Tagaytay City □ Tagaytay Highlands – Talisay/Tagaytay City □ Antonio’s Fine Dining – Alfonso, Cavite □ Taal Vista Hotel Coffee Shop – Tagaytay City □ Sonia’s Garden – Alfonso, Cavite
III. Brief Description of Sites
1. CAVITE
□ Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo Shrine
The town of Kawit played an important role in Philippine history. The proclamation of the Republic of the Philippines was made on the balcony of the home of General Emilio Aguinaldo in Kawit. Now a National Shrine, it was from this house where the Philippine flag was first unfurled. Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo became the first President of the Philippine Republic. Philippine Independence from Spain was proclaimed on June 12, 1898.
□ GBR Museum
Mr. Geronimo delos Reyes, Jr. is the Chairman and President of Gateway Property Holdings, which owns the 174-hectare industrial estate in Barangay Jalavera, General Trias, Cavite. His collection of pictures recapture for the present and future generation of Filipinos, the glorious past of the Philippines. The entire collection has a composite collection of photographic works from the 1880s to the 1930s. One of them is the original picture of the execution of Dr. Jose Rizal at the Luneta. Part of the collections on display is the collection of pottery and porcelain were dating back to the Ming and Sung periods.
□ Museo De la Salle
A lifestyle museum located in the De la Salle University campus in Dasmariñas, it is dedicated to the preservation of certain aspects and material culture of the 19th century Philippine ilustrado. The Museo has been realized to encourage its own use in cross-disciplinary learning and growth in an academic environment and to provide a living space illustrating Philippine culture that is linked to its immediate community.
2. BATANGAS
□ Taal Heritage Village
Taal reigns as one of the two most culturally preserved sites of the Spanish colonial era. The other is Vigan in Ilocos Sur. The village conforms to the old town layout combining municipal hall-school-church and houses of prominent citizens. The village consists of the following tourist attractions:
Escuela Pia
This centuries-old Spanish colonial edifice used to be an educational institution in Hispanic times. It is now an architectural legacy left standing in the plaza complex.
Taal Basilica (San Martin de Tours)
San Martin de Tours is the patron Saint of Taal in whose honor is a feast celebrated every November 11. The church was built by Father Diego Espina in 1575 in San Nicolas. It was destroyed when Taal Volcano erupted in 1754. It was rebuilt at the present site in 1755 but was destroyed by an earthquake in 1849. Construction of the present church was started in 1856, which was supervised by an architect, Lucina Oliver. It was once noted to be the biggest church in South East Asia.
The church is unique since it combines patriotic, religious and artistic influences. Writers point to its “theatrical exuberance”. Its façade is baroque and consists of a single mass of stone shaped into rich and complex designs. The church, however, is a fusion of styles with arched openings, alternating segmental canopies and arches of asymmetric shapes.
Marcella Agoncillo Shrine
This ancestral house belonged to Marcella Agoncillo, the distinguished Taaleña matron who helped sew the first Philippine flag.
Leon Apacible House
The ancestral house of Leon Apacible, with the family collection of relics and memorabilia.
Our Lady of Caysasay Shrine
This church is one of Batangas’ distinct cultural artifacts for housing some of the priceless relics of the Spanish colonial period. Among those relics are: the 27-centimeter image of the Virgin which was fished out of the waters in 1603. The Augustinian emblems engraved on the communion rails, the ornately carved holy water receptacle, and the few baroque motifs which remain on the external freeze. The church has been renovated, but many interesting details of the period art can still be appreciated.
* Other Activities *
□ Craft demonstration of fine embroidery on linen piña (pineapple) and jusi (banana) fabrics
□ Shopping at the local market for embroidered crafts like table linens, women’s fashion fabrics, barong tagalog for men and balisong or sharp knives
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