Iloilo in Pictures

When me, pacific_leopard, and iamme of Skyscrapercity (SSC) had one of our first SSC meets, we set out to explore the towns of Miagao and San Joaquin.


We visited the usual spots like UPV Miagao and the Miagao Church. A “tourist guide” by the name of “rod” err… “rodeline” pala, who was stationed at the Miagao Church, had a conversation with us, offered to take pictures of the three of us with the church in the background, and even endorsed his hablon cloths and pastries he was selling.

We were from San Joaquin and had visited their beautiful cemetery and it made us curious what the cemetery of Miagao looks like. Mr. Rodeline told us the directions to the cemetery and said that a “pre-hispanic” structure can be found there.

We haven’t heard about the capilla of the Miagao Cemetery before so we really didn’t know what to expect. When we finally saw the capilla, we were quite ecstatic about discovering a “hidden” (or ignored) heritage site of Miagao. The brick dome of the capilla was the first thing that captivated me. Though it looks that it’s already in an unmaintained state, it’s quite amazing how the early Ilonggos were able to construct it despite utilizing only crude tools.

Beside the capilla was what looks like ruins, this is probably what Mr. Rodeline referred to as the “pre-hispanic” structure, but I haven’t verified if it indeed is as such.

I have visited the Miagao Cemetery lately and I’m quite glad that there are already information materials mounted on the wall, proof that the Miagaonons do care about the heritage value of their cemetery.

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• San Joaquin Cemetery Capilla
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• UPV Miagao Oblation
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• Miagao Church at Night
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