| Item Call Number |
CH00464 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
CH00464 |
| Local Free-text Call Number (oclc) |
- Classification number - CH00464
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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 - Cordova Church
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Ayala Museum Research Team
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| General Note |
- General note - This is a reconstructed church originally built in 1864. Cordova is one of the two towns in the island of Mactan. Originally, it was a part of Opon, now Lapulapu City, the only town on the island. But prominent residents of the place which is now Cordova demanded its separation from Opon and its establishment as an independent municipality. Cordova was once a barrio called Day-as. The first attempt to secede it from Opon was in 1863. In view of prevailing circumstances then existing the people of Day-as could not perform their duties towards the church of Opon; a resolution was therefore drafted requesting its separation from Opon. A certain Padre Simon, parish priest of Opon at that time, initiated the move. The resolution was signed by one Claudio Dico, a prominent resident, and by all the "cabezas de barangay", and was sent to Spain for approval. The petition was granted many years later and the new town was named after the Moorish city in Spain-Cordoba. The decree from Spain directed provincial Governor Cumela to organize the town. A meeting was held in the barrio plaza attended by officials of Opon and the inhabitants of the barrio. On that year, 1864, Benedicto Wahing was unanimously chosen as the "capitan" of the new town. The church of Cordova was erected, through the free labor and materials furnished by the inhabitants. Its first parish priest was Father Jose Salazar. In 1898, Cordova came under the jurisdiction of Opon because it could not finance its municipal expenditures. Ten years later, its leaders -Bernardo Nuñez, Lope Baguio, Claudio Ligan, Serapio Bentulan, Nicolas Canete, and others- appealed to the Philippine Assembly for its separation. Speaker Sergio Osmeña, Sr., Governor Manuel Roa and Opon officials attended the inaugural meeting wherein Bernardo Nunez was unanimously elected Municipal President. YYY
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| Additional Physical Form Available Note |
- Additional physical form available note - With prints
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| Immediate Source Of Acquisition Note |
- Source of acquisition - Filipinas Heritage Library
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| Ownership And Custodial History |
- History - Filipinas Heritage Library
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| Subject Chronological Term |
- Chronological term - 1970
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Catholic churches
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Cordova, Cebu
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| Subject Faceted Topical Term |
- Focus term - 1970
- Focus term - amrt
- Focus term - architecture
- Focus term - cebu
- Focus term - church facades
- Focus term - lapu-lapu city
- Focus term - mactan
- Focus term - moorish-influenced architecture
- Focus term - opon
- Focus term - visayas
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