The following is a list of destroyed heritage in the Philippines. This includes sites which has been totally destroyed either deliberately or through a natural disaster. These were considered as heritage sites at the time of their destruction.
List
editPresumed Important Cultural Properties
editThe following are noted by reliable sources as presumably Important Cultural Properties due to their old age (50+ years at the time of their destruction) or a work by a National Artist.
Site | Picture | Location | Built | Destroyed | Notes | Ref. |
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BDO Corporate Center Makati | Makati, Metro Manila | — | 2022 | Work of National Artist of the Philippines, Leandro Locsin | [1] | |
Capitol Theater | Manila | 1930 | 2020 | [2][3] | ||
Don Tio Bonpu Heritage House | Oslob, Cebu | 1919 | 2017 | Local Heritage Site | [4] | |
Philippine National Bank Building | Manila | 1965 | 2016 | [5] | ||
Relief Map of the Philippines | Manila | Late-1960s | 2023 | [6] | ||
Sta. Cruz Building | Manila | 1948 | 2021 | Fenced in April 2019 reportedly for demolition. Fire razed the site in October 2019. | [7] |
Reconstructed
editThe following a heritage (with official designation at the time of their destruction) which were destroyed and later rebuilt.
Site | Picture[a] | Location | Built | Destroyed | Reconstructed | Designation | Notes | Ref. |
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Loon Church | Loon, Bohol | 1864 | 2013 | 2021 | National Cultural Treasure (2010) National Historical Landmark (2010) |
Destroyed by the 2013 Bohol earthquake | [8] | |
Maribojoc Church | Maribojoc, Bohol | 1872 | 2013 | 2021 | National Cultural Treasure (2010) | Destroyed by the 2013 Bohol earthquake | [9] |
Notes
edit- ^ Photograph of original structure
References
edit- ^ Cabalza, Dexter (September 4, 2022). "NCCA orders stop to Makati landmark demolition". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- ^ "'Cultural vandalism': What really happened to the Capitol Theater?". Lifestyle.INQ. Philippine Daily Inquirer. October 9, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ Adel, Rosette (August 13, 2022). "Heritage advocates issue call to save façade of Escolta's Capitol Theater". The Philippine Star. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ "Oslob loses heritage house". Cebu Daily News. Philippine Daily Inquirer. August 14, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ Sembrano, Edgar Allan (January 25, 2016). "Experts Condemn PNB Building Demolition, Laugh Off Erap's Claim That Structure Is Unsafe". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
- ^ "Why PBBM should act on the destruction of the Relief Map of the Philippines". Manila Bulletin. June 14, 2023. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ Adel, Rosette (April 14, 2022). "Endangered: Saving Manila's remaining heritage structures comes with roadblocks". The Philippine Star. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ Patinio, Ferdinand. "21 churches damaged in 2013 Bohol quake restored". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ Udtohan, Leo (December 14, 2021). "Maribojoc Church reopens". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved February 18, 2023.