Yap San Diego Ancestral House

PHILIPPINE ARCHITECTURE

BY: ARNOLD A. DABAY

For centuries, the Parian District of Cebu was home to the crème de la crème and founding families of the Queen City. Clustered in this historic district were the stoned-wall ground floor, wood-paneled second floor and tiled-roof ancestral houses. Sadly, only a few of these antique structures survive to this day or at least have been restored with their original configurations intact. One of them is the Yap-San Diego Ancestral House.

Val restored his ancestor’s 300 hundred year old ancestral house and converted it into a lifestyle museum to showcase his teeming collection of antiques.

The Silong

The Caida

smooth old balayong floor.

the comedor

banggera or dish rack

The Sala and Comedor

The second comedor has a dining table with a set of carnival glass.

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