| Item Call Number |
GE01873 |
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| Barcode |
GE01873 |
| Local Free-text Call Number (oclc) |
- Classification number - GE01873
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| Main Entry |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - Ayala Museum Research Team
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Bangued, from Casamata Hill
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Ayala Museum Research Team
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| General Note |
- General note - A view from Casamata Hill, where the Victoria Park is located. Distinct structure is that of the cathedral. The town is both the provincial capital and the center of the Prelature of Bangued, created in 1955. Completely surrounded by mountain range, Bangued lies in the center of a small plain which has connection with the west only through the valley where the Abra River breaks through the mountains. The town is about the only place in this frontier country with the trappings of modernization. The main streets are comparatively well-paved. Motor vehicles, mostly tricycles, have gradually taken the place of oxen-drawn carts and calesas. Nipa roofs are now of galvanized iron. It has its mini-commercial spots. With the advent of the government beautification program, it has built a modest square surrounded by the major government, industrial, educational and religious institutions. But little has changed in the town''s body and spirit since its bombing during the last World War, when some 500 people were killed and left its important edifices incomplete ruins. Spanish-type houses as old as colonization are still evident. Bangued is still very much rural with conveniences like electricity and tap-water wanting of improvement. There is an abundance of untapped resources because of the mountain barriers that separate it from Ilocos. Bangued (variously spelled: Bangues, Banguet, Banget, Bengued) dates back its foundation to the year 1598, the first certain date in the mission history of Abra. At that time a detachment of Spanish soldiers was garrisoned there. The purpose of this military measure was to protect the Christians (Ilocanos) who lived as far to the west as the coast. They were in danger of attack and invasion by the head-hunters.(the Tinguians) of the hinterland. Bangued was administered from Vigan, Ilocos Sur. Thhe first highpoint in the missionary history of Abra is reached with Father Juan de Pareja, O.S.A. In the years 1614 and 1615, he penetrated into Abra. Working out of Bangued, he made the first forays into the interior. He was called the conquistador espiritual of Bangued. He founded a whole series of "pueblos" with newly-baptized Christians, the most important of which was Bangued. To Bangued belonged three dependencies: Sabangan, Tayong, and Bucao. The steadfastness displayed in the subsequent mission work produced such excellent fruit in Abra that this section, Bangued and its environs, was numbered among the best Christian communities in the Ilocos province.
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| Additional Physical Form Available Note |
- Additional physical form available note - With prints
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| Ownership And Custodial History |
- History - Filipinas Heritage Library
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| Subject Chronological Term |
- Chronological term - 1973
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Provinces and cities
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Bangued, Abra
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