Rizal Memorial Library and Museum
Along the modern urbanscape of Osmena Blvd. stands the pre-World War II neo-classical building the Rizal Memorial Library and Museum or commonly known to Cebuanos…
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#TBT: Compañia Maritima or the Shamrock Hotel
We know this building today to be Compañia Maritima, but in the 1930s it operated as the Shamrock Hotel. Built in 1910, this structure named…
TBT: Did you know the capitol was once located across Plaza Independencia?
Before the Cebu Provincial Government transferred to the current location of the Capitol, the provincial governor held office at the Casa de Gobierno or the…
#TBT Cebu Autobus Company
When in Cebu, the full page advertisement in the Cebu Trade Directory of 1962 said, always take the “Autobus” for safe and comfortable travel. The…
#TBT: Old Opon Church or the Nuestra Señora Virgen de Regla parish
Since the devotion to her started in Africa, this church’s patron – the Patroness of the Rule of St. Augustine – has been depicted as…
TBT: Fuente Scandal
It’s hard to imagine today but the Fuente Osmeña circle was considered dangerous in the 1900s because it was far from the city center. Fuelling…
#TBT: Traffic much? Colon traffic and the 'Best Trafficman of the Year'
This photo taken in about 1930 shows trafficman Pio Alo manning traffic on Colon Street. According to the information that accompanied this photograph at the…
San Juan Bautista Parish Church, once Cebu’s most opulent church
DIONISIO Alo stood seething with anger as authorities tore down the magnificent San Juan Bautista Parish Church in Parian in the late 1870s. “His heart…