Casa Gorordo in Cebu : urban residence in a Philippine province, 1860-1920 / Resil B. Mojares

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cebu City, Philippines : Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc., c1983Description: viii, 148 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS 688.C4 .M65 1983
Contents:
Introduction -- Rise of urban Cebu -- Urban residence in Cebu -- The Gorordo residence -- The Residential complex in the Philippines
Summary: The historical importance of Cebu has long been acknowledged. It was a major entrepot trade in pre-Hispanic times, a way-station of the historic Magellan and Legazpi expeditions, the initial base of the Spanish colonization and Christianization of the islands, and the site of the first permanent European settlement in Asia. It was - and still is - a premier Philippine settlement.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex Filipiniana Special Collection FIL DS 688.C4 .M65 1983 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000020006

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Rise of urban Cebu -- Urban residence in Cebu -- The Gorordo residence -- The Residential complex in the Philippines

The historical importance of Cebu has long been acknowledged. It was a major entrepot trade in pre-Hispanic times, a way-station of the historic Magellan and Legazpi expeditions, the initial base of the Spanish colonization and Christianization of the islands, and the site of the first permanent European settlement in Asia. It was - and still is - a premier Philippine settlement.

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