TRAVEL & ADVENTURE as a military hospital and by the Japanese Army as a troop barracks, officers’ quarters and arsenal in early 1942.
Across the cathedral, at the corner of Miranda and Sto. Entierro St., is the two-storey Pamintuan Residence which served as the temporary presidential palace of Pres. Emilio Aguinaldo’ s from May 7 to July 1899. Aguinaldo watched the Philippine independence parade from here. The building later became the headquarters of Gen. Arthur MacArthur. It now houses the Central Bank of the Philippines Clearing House. The Angeles Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Center, a center for polio and stroke patients in Brgy. Sto. Rosario, was formerly the City Post Office from February 6, 1967 to 1986. Before that, it was built in 1899 as the deposito for religious statues and carriages and was then utilized by the U. S. Army as a jail from 1899 to 1901 for recalcitrant U. S. troops and as headquarters of U. S. Army 11th Film Exchange from 1946 to 1947. Bale Matua, in Brgy. Sto. Rosario, is the oldest building in the city. Also known as the Founder’ s House, it was built in 1824 by city founders Don Angel and Doña Rosalia using materials salvaged from their older house built around 1811. Inherited by their only daughter, Doña Juana de Miranda de Henson, it has high stone walls and an ornate gate
Bale Herencia
and was declared as a Historical Site by the National Historical Institute. The Nepomuceno Ancestral House along Sto. Rosario St. was the home of Don Ciriaco de Miranda, the first gobernadorcillo of Angeles. Built in 1840, it was inherited in 1868 by Don Ciriaco’ s niece, Doña Agustina Henson de Nepomuceno. A restored grain storehouse( kamalig), along Sto. Rosario St., between these two old houses, was also built in 1840 by Don Ciriaco. In 1980, it was restored by Armando L. Nepomuceno and is now the site of Armando’ s Pizza and the Camalig Restaurant( read our article about it on page 8).
Bale Herencia at the corner of Lakandula and Sto. Rosario Street was built in 1860 by carpenters from Vigan( Ilocos Sur). Built for the mistress of a parish priest, as rumors say, the current owners now use it as a banquet hall.
MUSEUM TOUR
If you are interested in museums, visit the two-storey Museo Ning Angeles, the former City Hall located adjacent to the cathedral. This museum showcases Kapampangan lifestyle and culture. The Juan D. Nepomuceno Center for Kapampangan Studies houses a research center, museum gallery, and theatre that provide access to materials on Kapampangan culture and history.
The Kamikaze Museum, at the Villa Gloria Subdivision residence( and a neighbor of Claude) of noted Pampango artist, Dan H. Dizon, is the only museum outside of Japan dedicated to the Kamikaze pilots. On display are the earliest Kamikaze bombs( 40 and 60 kgs.), a genuine white and red headband and pilot uniform worn by Kamikaze pilots, a special steel sword issued only to Kamikaze volunteers, portraits of the five Kamikaze pilots who died first in suicide attacks, a last farewell letter to home, war paintings( by Dizon), never-before published war photos and different helmets used by the Allied and Axis powers during World War II. However, visits to this unique museum are by appointment only. •
Dan Dizon at his Kamikaze Museum
Holy Rosary Cathedral
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