BUILDER'S JOURNAL: ANGELES CITY'S HISTORICAL LANDMARKS AND HANGOUTS

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

ANGELES CITY'S HISTORICAL LANDMARKS AND HANGOUTS

May 1, 2017
MABUHAY!

This photo journal features some magnificent historical landmarks that are travel points of interest in Angeles City, Pampanga.

When I hear the name Angeles City, just 45 minutes away from the barrio where I grew up in Pampanga, the red light district where bar girls invite foreign customers in the street as early as 9am, Clark Airbase, and lots of casinos and the good time immediately spark within my childhood memory. I remember my grandfather and my uncles, who were plumbers at Clark Air Base, bringing along their American friends to their house for a weekend of a drinking spree.

In March 2013, when I together with my family finally moved to the "City of Angels", I began to fall in love with my newfound home. It also amazes me that in spite of its modern booming metropolis and westernized culture as influenced by the Americans, some historical landmarks were preserved to look back at the city's historical roots.

HOLY ROSARY CHURCH

An evident landmark in Sto. Rosario Street, the Holy Rosary church, or Sto. Rosario church was constructed from 1877 to 1896. It was said to be constructed by "forced labor" of Filipino peasants during the Spanish regime.

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PAMINTUAN MANSION

General Emilio Aguinaldo waved the Philippine Flag in this house to celebrate the first anniversary of Philippine Independence on June 12, 1899.

BALE MATUA (OLD HOUSE)

Probably the oldest building in Angeles City, it was built in 1824 by the city founder, Don Angel Pantaleon de Miranda, and his wife, Dona Rosalia de Jesus, and was inherited by their only daughter, Dona Juana de Miranda de Henson.

BALE HERENCIA (ANCESTRAL HOUSE)

Constructed in 1860, this is now a banquet hall located at Lakandula St corner Santo Rosario Street. It was rumored to be built for a mistress of a parish priest.

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MUSEO NING ANGELES (ANGELES CITY MUSEUM)
This building was constructed in 1922 along Sto. Rosario Street served as the municipal town hall up to 1998. It has become a venue for the city's cultural activities.

CAMALIG RESTAURANT

Constructed by Don Ciriaco de Miranda, the first governor of Angeles City, as a grain storehouse in 1840. It was restored in 1980 as Armando's Pizza and the Historic Camalig Restaurant.

BAYANIHAN PARK'S SALAKOT (WIDE BRIMMED HAT)

Formerly known as Astro Park, this place is a favorite spot for various sports and recreational activities.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Now named Clark International Airport, located in Clark Freeport Zone, formerly Clark Air Base, a military airbase of the United States of America which was abandoned at the height of Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption in 1991.

Discover ANGELES CITY - the Entertainment Capital of the Philippines

Angeles City is a vibrant historical city full of life, night and day. It is also home to some of the country's renowned culinary spots catering authentic Kapampangan prized delicacies, snacks, and other international recipes, perfect for food trips while roaming around the city.
Our family's favorites are:
APAG MARANGLE at Marquee Mall