Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines

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Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines is a historic city in northern Luzon renowned for its well-preserved Spanish colonial and Asian architecture and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Vigan, Ilocos Sur 4
Vigan (Ilocos Sur) 1
Vigan (of Ilocos Sur) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
local government unit ⓘ
provincial capital ⓘ
capitalOf Ilocos Sur ⓘ
colonialPower Spain ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
culturalHeritageType historic urban landscape ⓘ
governingBody City Government of Vigan ⓘ
hasLandmark Calle Crisologo ⓘ
Plaza Salcedo ⓘ
St. Paul Metropolitan Cathedral (Vigan Cathedral) ⓘ
hasTourismActivity cultural tourism ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
heritageDesignation Historic City of Vigan ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage City ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfDevelopment Spanish colonial period ⓘ
knownFor calle crisologo ⓘ
linked to: Calle Crisologo

cobblestone streets ⓘ
empanada ⓘ
fusion of Spanish colonial and Asian architecture ⓘ
heritage houses ⓘ
historic urban layout ⓘ
kalesa (horse-drawn carriage) rides ⓘ
longganisa (local sausage) ⓘ
traditional pottery (burnay) ⓘ
well-preserved Spanish colonial architecture ⓘ
locatedIn Ilocos Sur ⓘ
locatedInPartOfCountry northern Luzon ⓘ
locatedInRegion Ilocos Region ⓘ
locatedNear Abra River ⓘ
South China Sea ⓘ
locatedOnIsland Luzon ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ
Ilocano ⓘ
partOf Ilocos Region (Region I) ⓘ
linked to: Ilocos Region

Ilocos Sur province ⓘ
linked to: Ilocos Sur
preservationStatus well-preserved historic city ⓘ
religionMajority Roman Catholicism ⓘ
timeZone Philippine Standard Time ⓘ
traditionalCraft burnay pottery ⓘ
traditionalFood Vigan empanada ⓘ
Vigan longganisa ⓘ
transportMode kalesa ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite yes ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1999 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteType cultural ⓘ
urbanPlanType Spanish colonial grid plan ⓘ
UTCOffset +8 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elpidio Quirino → placeOfBirth → Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines ⓘ
Region I → capitalProvince → Vigan (Ilocos Sur) ⓘ
linked to: Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
Bahay na bato → typicalLocation → Vigan, Ilocos Sur ⓘ
linked to: Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
Diocese of Nueva Segovia → locatedIn → Vigan, Ilocos Sur ⓘ
linked to: Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
Diocese of Nueva Segovia → cathedralLocatedIn → Vigan, Ilocos Sur ⓘ
linked to: Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
Diocese of Nueva Segovia → seeTransferredTo → Vigan, Ilocos Sur ⓘ
linked to: Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
Alilem → provinceCapital → Vigan (of Ilocos Sur) ⓘ
linked to: Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines