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PLANNING LITERATURE CAPIZ BAY

LAND USE PLANNING CAGAY

The rational and judicious approach of TALON

MUNICIPALITY OF
PANAY

allocating available land resources to different land MUNICIPALITY OF

PANITAN

using activities and for different functions consistent MUNICIPALITY OF

IVISAN

with the overall development vision/goal of a

particular city.
EXISTING LAND USE MAP OF MANILA MUNICIPALITY OF
SIGMA
MUNICIPALITY OF
PANITAN

HLURB Land Use Categories and Color Coding

2014

NATIONAL LAND USE AND ALLOCATION SCHEME

Land Classification which involves the assessment of

unclassified lands under the public domain which include
surveying, classifying, studying and mapping areas.

Land Reclassification is the subsequent classification,

allocation and disposition of lands of the public domain
Classified as alienable and disposable into specific uses.

Land Sub classification is the act of determining and assigning

the uses of classified public lands.
Zoning is the legislative act of delineating areas or districts
within the territorial jurisdiction of cities and municipalities that
may be put to specific uses and their regulation.
Land Conversion is the act of putting a piece of land into a type
of use other than that for which it is currently being utilized.
CONCEPTS RELATED TO LAND USE
1. Reversible Uses
2. Irreversible Uses
3. Multiple Land Use
4. Compatible/Incompatible Land Use
5. Best Use of Land
6. Comprehensive Land Use Plan
REVERSIBLE USES: Cases when the inherent features and
characteristics of the land have not been considerably altered or
modified such that the soil horizon, landform, and structure
remain intact so that the land can be reverted to its former use
or original condition.
IRREVERSIBLE USES: When land is subject to applications
which bring about changes, alteration or modifications so much
so that it preempts the original use or it is physically impossible
to restore the land to its previous state or condition.
MULTIPLE LAND USES: Combining different land uses,
whether reversible or irreversible, in an orderly and desirable
pattern because:
 Land is finite, and supply is finite
 Demand is ever increasing
 Competition is there
 Land can indeed have more than one use, and uses can be
combined in different ways.
COMPATIBLE/ INCOMPATIBLE LAND USE: A related
concept of multiple uses of land is the compatibility of uses
Some land uses are innately incompatible, while others are
completely compatible. Compatible uses can coexist
harmoniously and effectively in an orderly management
Best Use of LAND: The use of land that generates the
maximum profit without negative consequences, especially on
the environment.
 Land should be used in a manner consistent with its natural
qualities to maximize productivity and adhere to the
principles of sustainable development.
 Simply put, it is utilizing the land in a manner that is
beneficial to both man and the environment.
COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN: A document embodying
specific proposals for guiding, regulating growth and
development of a city or municipality.
MAPS is a graphical representation of a place or particular
phenomena in an area It is a convenient visual form of special
data, their distribution and relationships
PARTS OF MAP
0. Border Line
1. Map Title
2. Map Legend
3. North
4. Map Scale Bar
5. Data Frame
6. Meta Data
TYPES OF MAPS
 GENERAL PURPOSE: It shows the suite of the physical
and cultural features at the same time, the two types of
General Purpose:
 Reference Maps: It shows the simple properties of
map such as world map, road map or sketch map.
 Base Maps: It is the working map for the preparation
of various map such as general base map and urban
base map.
 THEMATIC: Depicts one (1) single feature of the earth’s
surface representing one (1) or two (2) themes.
 Topographic Maps: It shows the limited set of
features including terrain, streams, boundaries, and
roads.
 Climate Map: It gives the prevailing type of rainfall in
the area.
 Hydrogeologic Map: It shows existing geologic
features of rock types, ground and surface water.
 Slope Map: Groups area exhibiting a particular range
or degree of inclination.
 Soil Map: It shows the spatial distribution of different
soil classification units in a locality.
 Land Classification Map: Categories of land by the
Forest Management Bureau such as:
1. Forest preserved
2. Mossy forest 10-15m
3. Commercial Forest
4. Logged Over Areas
5. Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries
6. Swamp lands/ Water bodies
7. Alienable and Disposable Land
 Population Density Map: Shows concentration of
population by class intervals in relation to land area.
 Cadastral Map: It is the public record of land
ownership which probably can be seen in the register
of deeds.
 Land Values Map: It indicates relative prices and
values of land in an area.
 Land Use Map: It shows spatial distribution of
different land uses.
 General Land Use: it is the distribution of land uses
covering the entire town.
 General Land Use Map:
 General Land Use Plan:
 Reflects the planned distribution of land uses.
 Urban Land Use Map: Distribution of land uses in
urban center.
 Urban Land Use Plan: It indicates planned
distribution of urban land uses.
  Zoning Map: it shows the zones or district according involves assessing current and future needs, identifying
to present and potential uses of land. priorities, and making decisions regarding the construction,
 ANALYTICAL MAP: It illustrates the derived results from maintenance, and improvement of infrastructure.
the analysis of two (2) or more variables according to
desired outputs. PUBLIC WORKS
 Erosion Hazard Map: it is the analysis of soil and Applied term to facilities that require substantial capital
slope of an area. investments provide public services or solve problems perceived
 Flooding Hazard: It shows the areas where flooding to be the public’s responsibility
usually occur.
 Land Capability Map: it indicates the suitability of AGENCIES INVOLVED
areas for cultivation
 Soil Suitability Map: it provides information on the 1. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
degree of soil suitability for urban development. 2. LOCAL WATER UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION
 Development Constraints Map: illustrates the (LWUA)
obstacles to development in the physical sense like 3. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPOTATION (DOTr)
subsidence, flooding risk, or fault lines. 4. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND
 Land Management Unit: a land resources inventory HIGHWAYS (DPWH)
map describing the shape of land in terms of relief, not 5. PAMBANSANG PANGASIWAAN SA KABUHAYAN
slope; an input map to land suitability map. AT PAGPAPAUNLAD/ NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND
 Land Suitability Map: Classifies land into categories DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (NEDA)
based on the degree to which the characteristics of the 6. HOUSING AND LAND USE REGULATORY BOARD
land can satisfy the environmental requirements of (HLURB)
specific crops without deterioration.

THE KEY HOUSING AGENCIES

AGENCY FUNCTION
HUDCC An office mandated to coordinate & supervise
Housing and the government’s housing agencies. It is also
Urban tasked in monitoring the performance of the
Development housing sector, & involved in policy formations.
Coordinating The highest policy- making and coordinating
Council office on shelter program
(EO90)
NHA  The National Housing Authority is the sole
National government agency engaged in direct
Housing shelter production focused on providing
Authority housing assistance to the lowest 30% of
urban income-earners through slum
upgrading, squatter relocation,
development of sites and services, and
construction of core housing units.

 Undertakes the programs for the

improvement of blighted urban areas and
provides technical assistance for private
developers undertaking low-cost housing
projects
HGC HGC mobilizes all necessary resources to
Home broaden the capital base for the effective
Guaranty delivery of housing and other related services,
Corporation primarily for the low-income earners through a
(formerly viable system of credit insurance, mortgage
HIGC) guarantee, and securities.
HLURB  HLURB is the sole regulatory for housing
Housing and and land development.
Land Use  Ensures rational land use for the equitable
Regulatory distribution and enjoyment of development
INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING Board benefits.
(formerly  Charged with encouraging greater private
It refers to the process of strategically designing, Human sector participation in low-cost housing
developing, and managing the physical and organizational Settlement through liberalization of development
structures and facilities necessary for the functioning of a Regulatory standards, simplification of regulations,
society, community, or system. This planning process typically Commission)
 and decentralization of approvals for • Provide adequate base for social and economic
permits and licenses. development
 Extends comprehensive and productive • Upgrade quality of services and facilities to desired
planning assistance to provinces, cities, standards
and municipalities toward the formulation
of Comprehensive Land Use Plans RELATED LAWS
(CLUPs).
 A national government agency tasked as • PD1096: National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP)
the planning, regulatory and quasi judicial (revising R.A. No. 6541)
body for land use development and real • BP 220: Economic and Socialized Housing Projects
estate and housing regulation. These roles • PD957: The Subdivision and Condominium Buyers’
are done via a triad of strategies namely, Protective Decree
policy development, planning and • RA7279: Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992
regulation. • PD10121: Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and
NHMFC  NHMFC is the major government home Management Act of 2010
National Home mortgage institution.
• PD1067: The Water Code of the Philippines
Mortgage  Initial main function is to a viable home
Finance mortgage market, utilizing long-term funds • RA9003: Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000
Corporation principally provided by the Social Security • RA7160: Local Government Code of 1991
System, the Government Service
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
Insurance System, and the Home
Development mutual Fund to purchase TRANSPORT PLANNING is the process of understanding,
mortgages originated by both public and assessing and designing transport systems to provide for the
private institutions that are within
safe and efficient movement of people goods and services in an
government-approved guidelines
 Charged with the development of a system environmentally responsible manner.
that will attract private institutional funds
SCOPE OF TRANSPORT PLANNING
into long-term housing mortgages.
HDMF  HDMF focuses on the administration of a Time Frame
Home nationwide provident fund for the
Developmental government's housing program, and  Short Term
Mutual Fund formulates other investment strategies  Medium Term
relative to housing as well as improve its  Long Term
collection efficiency.
 (more commonly known as the Pag-Ibig Geographic Coverage
Fund)
SHFC The lead agency to undertake social housing  Urban Level
Social Housing programs that will cater to the formal and  District Level
Finance informal sectors in the low-income bracket and
Corporation shall take charge of developing and  Regional Level
(EO273) administering social housing program schemes,
particularly the Community Mortgage Program Transportation Mode
(CMP) and the Amortization Support and
Developmental Financing Programs of the  Land
Abot-Kaya Pabahay Fund (AKPF)  Water
PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS
 Air
Regional Planning
TRAVEL DEMAND ANALYSIS: Person-trips and goods
• NEDA - National Economic Development Authority movement generated by and attracted to a site depending on
• NLUC- National Land Use Committee type of development.
• RDC - Regional Development Council
• PDC - Provincial Development Council
• PLUC- Provincial Land Use Committee
• Sanggunian Panlalawigan

Urban Planning

• HUDCC - Housing and Urban Development Coordinating

Council
• HLURB - Housing & Land Use Regulatory Board
• RLUC- Regional Land Use Committee
• M/CDC-Municipal/City Development Council MODAL SPLIT: The step in transport modeling that can be
• BDC- Barangay Development Council considered as behavioral
• Sanggunian Panglunsod/Bayan
• Barangay Council It involves assigning trips from an origin zone to a destination
zone onto specific transportation links (roads, public transit lines,
OBJECTIVES etc.) in a transportation network.
TRIP ASSIGNMENT: The modelling stage of transport planning
that places O-D flows for each mode on the specific routes of
travel through the respective model networks
BRIEF HISTORY
 March 2, 1978 Ferdinand Marcos signed into law PD 1308
 June 25, 1993 First board of Environmental Planning was
constituted by Fidel Ramos
 1996 first Environmental Planning board exam
 2013 Benigno Aquino III signed into Law RA 10587

PRC BOARD OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING

RESOLUTION NO. 04, S. 1994, September 02, 1994

Chairman: (SGD.) SERAFIN G. AQUINO, JR.

It involves assigning trips from an origin zone to a destination

zone onto specific transportation links (public transit lines, etc.
in a transportation network This process is crucial for
understanding how traffic flows through a network and for
evaluating the performance of different transportation
infrastructures and policies. Members: (SGD.) CESAR H. CONCIO

CAPACITY DETERMINATION: Capacity refers to maximum (SGD.) LUIS T. TUNGPALAN

hourly number of persons or vehicles that may traverse a point
or a uniform section of a facility.
TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT: Is the process of assessing
and analyzing traffic impacts of urban and regional
developments
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER: A person who is registered and
licensed to practice environmental planning and who holds a
valid Certificate of Registration and a valid Professional
Identification Card from the Board of Environmental Planning
and the PRC.

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SCOPE OF PRACTICE

1. Technical consultation, technical advice, plan

monitoring and preparation, capability building,
evaluation of implementation.
2. Preparation of studies
3. Curriculum/syllabi development in licensure
examinations; teaching in academic institutions;
conduct of review centers.
4. Conduct of hearings, competition, exhibits, and other
public fora
5. Compliance with environmental laws including
acquisition of regulatory permits

TOURISM PLANNING: Process of economic coordinating

development land use planning, and community participation to
develop or improve tourism in a nation, region and /or a
destination.

Urban & Refers to the multi-disciplinary art and LEVELS OF TOURISM PLANNING
Regional science of analyzing, specifying, clarifying,
International National Regional Sub
Planning harmonizing, managing and regulating the -Transportation -Tourism policy and -Regional regional
Town & use and development of land and water services physical structure policy -Tourist attraction
Country resources, in relation to their environs, for -Flow and -Accommodation -Access and -General location of
programming of and other facilities internal accommodation
Planning the development of sustainable tourist and services transport -Access and
City Planning communities and ecosystems -Multi country required network internal transport
Human marketing -Major routes -Location network
-RA 10587 strategies -Tourism tourism
Settlements organizational development
Planning structure, -Marketing
legislations and strategies
investment policies
FACILITY OR SITE LEVEL: Involves planning, design and
development of individual attractions, services or facilities.
TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PLAN: A plan that outlines how a
location will serve visitors, adapt to their growing numbers, and
protect local cultures and environments in a sustainable manner.
TOURISM MASTER PLAN: A long range plan for the promotion
and development of tourism in the Philippines where priority
tourism development areas are indicated. The plan identifies
broad goals, objectives, tourism targets, and strategies.
BASIC ELEMENTS OF A TOURISM PLAN
National Cultural Heritage Act (RA10066)
 Preserves and enriches the nation’s cultural heritage,
its histories and properties.
 Aims for the coexistence of historic past with modern
society to maintain filipino identity.
 Strengthens cultural institutions to protect cultural
workers ensuring their professional development and
well being.
Q. A survey technique used in moderate to large scale projects
involving understanding the genus loci as a key to charting the
direction for future development?

Tourist A. Historical Analysis

Attraction B. Permeability Analysis
C. Visual Survey
Product D. Townscape Analysis
Development Republic Act 10066 of 2009
Market/
Facilities
Visitor  Provides protection and conservation of national cultural
heritage.
 Strengthens the Authority of National Commission for
CULTURAL TOURISM: is that form of tourism whose object is, Cultural and Arts (NCCA) and its affiliated cultural agencies.
among other aims, the discovery of monuments and sites.  Composed of 15 articles divided into 54 sections
CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES  Each article contains a series of rules that are each
designated with regard to the protection and preservation of
 Man made the National Cultural Heritage in the Philippines
 Natural Sites
Cultural Heritage: As part of Human activity Cultural Heritage
 Scenic Beauty or unusual formations
Produces tangible representations of the value systems, beliefs,
 Part of folklore or mythology
traditions and lifestyle. As essential part of Culture as a whole,
 Historic significance
Cultural Heritage, Contains these visible and tangible traces
RA 4846: An Act to Repeal RA 3874 and to Provide for the form antiquity to the recent pass
Protection and Preservation of Cultural Properties June 18,
TANGIBLE HERITAGE
1966 and amended by PD 374 January 10, 1974

RA 4368: Established the National Historical Commission,  National Heritage

defines its powers and functions, authorizes funds therefor and  Environment
for other purposes, June 19, 1965 Natural Landscape
ECOTOURISM: An environmentally sound tourism activity in a Landforms
given ecosystem yielding socioeconomic benefits and
enhancing natural and cultural diversity conservation. Coastal and Inland Water Resources

NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT OF 2009  Flora and Fauna

An act providing for the protection and conservation of Terrestrial

the national cultural heritage, strengthening the national
commission for culture and the arts (NCCA) and its affiliated Marine
cultural agencies, and for other purposes.
TANGIBLE HERITAGE
INTRODUCTION

History plays a vital role in every country and also it

helps us to develop a better understanding of not just the country
but also of the world. It is an honor for every constituent to give
importance to history through preserving it, however, some
people have already taken these important things for granted the
destruction of structures and artifacts that has a deep
importance in connection with our history ethnicity beliefs and
culture are inevitable nowadays.
 Man-made Built Heritage
 Cultural Landscape
 Archaeological Sites
 Historic Urban Sites/Heritage Groups
 Monuments, Buildings, or Structure
 Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park
 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Heritage
Park, 2015
 United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site, 1993
 Location: Middle of the Sulu Sea, 181 kilometers southeast
of Puerto Princesa, Palawan
Tubbataha is every diver's heaven. It is, after all, right
smack in the center of the Coral Triangle, the global center of
marine biodiversity. Housed in almost 100,000 hectares of the
reef ecosystem are over 350 species of coral, almost 500
species of fish, and various kinds of whales, dolphins, sharks,
and turtles. It also protects one of the few remaining colonies of
breeding seabirds. It was the first-ever national marine park to
be declared in the country after it was established in 1988 by
former President Corazon Aquino.
 Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary
 United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site, 2014
 Location: Mati, San Isidro, Davao Oriental, Philippines
Forming a mountain ridge running north-south along the
Pujada Peninsula in the south-eastern part of the Eastern
Mindanao Biodiversity Corridor, the Mount Hamiguitan Range
Wildlife Sanctuary has an elevation range of 75-1,637 m above
seas level and provides critical habitat for a range of plant and
animal species. The property showcases terrestrial and aquatic
habitats at different elevations, and includes threatened and
endemic flora and fauna species, eight of which are found only
at Mount Hamiguitan. These include critically endangered trees,
plants and the iconic Philippine eagle and Philippine cockatoo.
 Mayon Volcano
 Location: province of Albay in Bicol Region, Philippines
Beautifully symmetrical Mayon volcano, which rises to 2462
m above the Albay Gulf, is the Philippines' most active volcano.
The structurally simple volcano has steep upper slopes
averaging 35-40 degrees that are capped by a small summit
crater. The historical eruptions of this basaltic-andesitic volcano
date back to 1616 and range from strombolian to basaltic plinian,
with cyclical activity beginning with basaltic eruptions, followed
by longer term andesitic lava flows. Eruptions occur
predominately from the central conduit and have also produced
lava flows that travel far down the flanks. Pyroclastic flows and
mudflows have commonly swept down many of the
approximately 40 ravines that radiate from the summit and have
often devastated populated lowland areas. Mayon's most violent
eruption, in 1814, killed more than 1200 people and devastated
several towns.
 Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park
 Inscribe in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1999
 Location: Saint Paul Mountain Range on the northern coast
of Palawan
The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park
features a spectacular limestone karst landscape with its
underground river. The river is unique because it flows directly
into the sea, and its lower portion is subject to tidal influences.
The area also represents a significant habitat for biodiversity
conservation. The site contains a whole ecosystem -- from
mountain to the sea; and protects forests, which are among the
most significant in Asia.
 Chocolate Hills
Location: Bohol, Philippines
The Chocolate Hills form a rolling terrain of haycock-
shaped hills - mounds of a generally conical and almost
symmetrical shape. Estimated to be from 1,268 to about 1,776
individual mounds, these cone-shaped or dome-shaped hills are
actually made of grass-covered limestone. The domes vary in
sizes from 30 to 50 metres (98 to 164 ft) high with the largest
being 120 metres (390 ft) in height. Bohol's "main attraction",
these unique mound-shaped hills are scattered by the hundreds.
During the dry season, the grass-covered hills dry up
and turn chocolate brown. This transforms the area
into seemingly endless rows of Hershey's "chocolate
kisses". The branded confection is the inspiration
behind the name, Chocolate Hills
 Historic Town of Vigan
Inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1999
Location: Vigan,
locos Sur, Philippines
The 16th century town of Vigan is "an exceptionally intact and
well-preserved example of a European trading town in East and
East Asia." Its architecture reflects the fusion of cultural
elements from the Philippines, China and Europe, resulting in a
culture and townscape that has no parallel anywhere in East and
Southeast Asia.
Seemingly impervious to time, spared from rebellion and the
ravages of war, Vigan has remained unchanged and its many
preserved historic sites - more than 180 edifices - make it look
like "a piece of Spain." With its grand cathedral, massive
mansions with red-tile roofs and spacious balconies, narrow
cobblestone streets, horse drawn carriages, and friendly faces
peering out of large windows, Vigan is a place where "time stood
still."
 Rice Terraces
Inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1995
Location: fugao Province,
Cordillera Region, Philippines
The 2,000-year old Banaue Rice Terraces - the most extensive
anywhere in the world - were carved into the mountains of Ifugao
by ancestors of the Batad indigenous people. The terraces are
located approximately 1,500 meters (5,000 feet) above sea level
and cover 10,360 square kilometers (about 4,000 square miles)
of the mountainside.
Known as the "eight wonder of the world," the terraces were
carved with only simple tools and bare hands. They are fed by
an ancient irrigation system, an ingenious complex of bamboo
pipes and canals, drawing water from streams created by
bubbling springs located in the mountain rainforests.
Considered as a monument to man's genius in turning a rugged It is the only church in the Philippines exuding the ambience of
and forbidding terrain into a source of sustenance, the rice a Mediterranean hill town with its convent built parallel to the
terraces stand to be the most awe-inspiring man-made church façade and its bell tower detached from the main church.
landscape in the Cordilleras. They are also invariably called Evoking a Chinese pagoda, the bell tower of octagonal shapes
"The Stairway to the Sky." of decreasing diameter is crowned by a small dome, tapering to
the sky with an oriental grace.
Baroque Churches of the Philippines
 Church of San Agustin
Inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1993
Location: Paoay, locos
These four churches, the first of which was built by the Norte, Philippines
Spanish in the late 16th century, are located in Manila, Santa
Maria, Paoay and Miag-ao. Their unique architectural style is a Paoay's San Agustin
reinterpretation of European Baroque by Chinese and Philippine Church, built in 1604, is one
craftsmen. of the most outstanding
variants of "earthquake
1. Church of the Immaculate Conception of San Agustin (Manila) baroque" in the Philippines,
where the primary
2. Church of La Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion
consideration was to design the structure for earthquake
3. Church of San Agustin (Paoay) protection.

4. Church of Santo Tomas de Villanueva The façade of San Agustin Church is astounding but its most
prominent feature is the phalanx of buttresses that juts out
 San Agustin Church perpendicularly from the sidewalls, purposely to strengthen the
walls - and the entire structure - against earthquake damage.
Location: Intramuros,
Fourteen massive S-shaped buttresses rise in rhythmic cadence
Manila, Philippines Built in
from the ground to the roofline.
1587, the San Agustin
Church is the oldest stone The church is an eye-catcher as it emerges from a beautiful
church in the Philippines, the open space, unlike many other churches located within urban
only one that remains as the settings.
original evidence of the 16th
century Spanish  Miag-ao Church or Church of Santo Tomas de
architecture. It has defied several earthquakes and the heavy Villanueva
shelling of both Japanese and American forces in 1945 and now
Location: Iloilo, Philippines
stands as a reminder of the grandeur of the past.
Built in yellow-
The structural design of the church is extraordinary. It
orange sandstone, the
boasts of the only example in the country of a barrel vault, dome
large fortress-church of
and arched vestibules, supporting its choir loft, all made of
Miaga-ao was completed
stone. Its façade is notable for its two pairs of columns - the
in1797. It served as a
lowest pair in Doric style, the upper pair in Corinthian topped by
fortress against raids of marauding Moro pirates.
a pediment surmounted by a Cross. The main door, carved out
of Philippine molave, has a bas-relief of St. Augustine and his The church is amazingly beautiful because of its two
mother, Santa Monica. San Agustin Church represents the art asymmetric pyramidal towers and its finely sculptured, yellow
and technology of Spanish, Chinese, and native cultures fused sandstone façade. Its façade’s carving is the pinnacle of Filipino
together "to suit human sentiments and faiths that found naive art, in which craftsmen abandon all restraints to interpret
expression in customs and traditions that were evolved through Western decorative styles in the local folk idiom. The central
the centuries." element in the façade is Saint Christopher, clad like a Filipino
farmer with rolled-up trousers. He carries the Christ Child on his
 Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion Church
back while holding on to a lush coconut tree for support. Beside
Location: Santa Maria, him are guava and papaya trees, flanked by ornamental urns.
Ilocos Sur The Church The scene merges Western Catholic iconography with a folk
of Nuestra Senora de la interpretation of coastal Iloilo countryside.
Asuncion in Santa
INTANGIBLE HERITAGE
Maria is unique for its
utter disregard for the CULTURE
traditional Spanish
urban plan of  Traditions
constructing the church  Customs
to face the plaza, and less imposing religious and official  Values
buildings grouped around. It also has a citadel appearance as  Trade and Skills
the church, with its convent and bell tower, stands alone on the  Ati-Atihan Festival
crown of a solitary hill encircled by a stonewall, with stone
stairways leading to the church. The Ati-Atihan festival is celebrated every January, culminating
on the month's third Sunday. 800 years old, the festival is known
as the oldest festival in the country and the precursor to both Important Articles and Sections
Cebu's famous Sinulog festival and Iloilo's Dinagyang - all of
which are held today in honor of the Santo Niño (a statue of The Article II: Section 3
Child Jesus). But despite its Catholic affiliations today, the roots Definition of Terms
of this festival had nothing to do with religion at all.
1. Archives- public and private records in any format selected
 Buklog, thanksgiving ritual system of the Subanen for permanent preservation.
2. History – a written record of past events relating to
Inscribed in 2019 (14.COM) on the List of Intangible Cultural Philippine history.
Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding National Commission 3. Museum – a permanent institution that researches,
for Culture and the Arts of the Philippines, 2018 acquires, conserves, communicates, and exhibit the
material evidence of humans and their environment for
Buklog is an elaborate thanksgiving ritual system of the purpose of education or leisure.
Subanen, an indigenous people: in the southern Philippines.
The head of a host family, usually a village chief called "timuay", Article III: Section 4
plans the ritual system to express gratitude to the spirits. The Categories of Cultural Properties
rituals ensure harmony among family, clan and community (a) National cultural treasures;
members, as well as among the human, natural and spiritual (b) Important Cultural Property;
worlds. They include asking the spirits for permission to gather (c) World Heritage sites
materials from the forest, presenting coin offerings inviting the (d) National Historic Shrine;
spirits of the departed to feast, invoking spirits of water and land, (e) National Historical monument; and
and music and dance. Afterwards, participants dance on an (f) National historic landmarks
elevated wooden structure called the 'Buklog" - a sacred and : Section 5
social space - which resonates with a sound believed to please Cultural Property considered important Cultural
the spirits. This is followed by a community dance marking the property - declared by the Commission, National Museum,
renewal of spiritual and social relationships within the National Historic Institute and National Archives
community. Though the ritual system remains the community's
strongest unifying force, there are several social, political and a) Works by a Manlilikha ng bayan
economic threats that compromise its viability, notably the influx b) Works by a National Artist;
of bother cultures into the Subanen's traditional homeland. c) Archaeological and traditional ethnographic materials
changes in family dynamics and economic constraints. d) Works of National heroes
Therefore, although the Subanen have developed highly e) Marked Structure
adaptive mechanisms to ensure their culture survives, the f) Structures dating at least fifty (50) years old and,
Buklog is now regarded as highly vulnerable, facing several g) Archival materials/documents dating at least fifty (50) years
severe interrelated threats and constraints old
: Section 7
 Tugging rituais and game
All cultural properties declared as important cultural
Inscribed in 2015 (1O, COM) on the Representative List of the
property receive government FUNDING for protection,
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
conservation and restoration.
Tugging rituals and games in the rice-farming cultures
Article IX: Section 35-37
of East Asia land Southeast Asia are enacted among
communities to ensure abundant harvests and prosperity. They The private owner of the considered important cultural
promote social solidarity, provide entertainment and mark the property will receive incentives such as ‘Tax Exemption and
start of a near agricultural cycle. Many tugging rituals and games Donations’, ‘Awards and citations’ upon acknowledgement for
also have profound religious significance. Most variations having important contributions.
include two teams, each of which pulls one end of a rope
attempting to tug it from the other. The intentionally Article XIII: Section 48
uncompetitive nature of the event removes the emphasis on
winning or losing, affirming that these traditions are performed Prohibited Acts
to promote the well-being of the community, and reminding - relocation, rebuilding or alteration of the cultural property
members of the importance of cooperation. Many tugging which would destroy the property’s dignity shall not be
games bear the traces of agricultural rituals, symbolizing the done, except for the reason that the disturbance of the
strength of natural forces, such as the sun and rain while also cultural property is due to natural causes.
incorporating mythological elements or purification rites.
Tugging rituals and games are often organized in front of a : Section 49
village’s communal house or shrine, preceded by
commemorative rites to local protective deities. Village elders Penal Provisions
play active roles in leading and organizing younger people in
- Intentional alteration, destruction or demolition of a cultural
playing the game and holding accompanying rituals. Tugging
heritage is punishable by provision law.
rituals and games also serve to strengthen-unity and solidarity
- offender shall be subject to a fine of not less than Two
and sense of belonging and identity among community
hundred thousand pesos (P200,000.00) or imprisonment
members.
for a term not less than ten (10) years, or both, upon the
discretion of the court
Salient points:
 Creation of the National Commission for Culture and
the Arts (NCCA)
The NCCA is designated as the lead agency
responsible for implementing the provisions of the law. It has the
authority to formulate policies and guidelines for cultural
preservation.
 Definition of Cultural Property
The law defines cultural property broadly to include buildings,
monuments, sites, objects, and artifacts that have cultural,
historical, artistic, or scientific significance.
 Preservation and Conservation
The law mandates the conservation and preservation
of cultural properties. This includes measures to protect them
from natural disasters, vandalism, and unauthorized alterations.
 Heritage Zones
The law provides for the establishment of heritage
zones, which are areas of cultural or historical significance.
These zones may be subject to special regulations to ensure
their preservation.
 Penalties
The law imposes penalties on those who violate its
provisions. Penalties may include fines, imprisonment, or both,
depending on the nature and severity of the offense.
 Protection of Indigenous Peoples' Cultural
Communities
The law recognizes the rights and cultural heritage of
indigenous peoples and their communities. It seeks to protect
their cultural traditions and ancestral domains.
Standards/Procedures establish of the National Cultural
Heritage Act of 10066
 Public Education and Awareness
RA 10066 encourages public education and
awareness programs to promote the appreciation and
understanding of cultural heritage. It aims to instill a sense of
pride and responsibility among Filipinos for their heritage.
 Restoration and Rehabilitation
The law provides guidelines for the restoration and
rehabilitation of cultural properties, ensuring that these activities
are carried out by trained professionals and in accordance with
established conservation principles.
 Exportation and Importation
The law restricts the exportation of cultural property
and allows for the imposition of temporary export bans on items
of cultural significance. It also regulates the importation of
cultural property.
SAN SEBASTIAN CHURCH, Bacolod City
Considered the oldest colonial-era church in the entire
diocese for it was built towards the latter part of the 19th
century, it is declared a heritage church by the National
Historical Commission of the Philippines. Located in Bacolod
City, Negros Occidental, Philippines, it is placed under the
patronage of St. Sebastian and its second patron is Our Lady of
the most Holy Rosary
Source: theoldchurches
TAOIST TEMPLE, Beverly Hills, Cebu
Cebu is known for its rich cultural tourist destination
that is also considered as important cultural property (ICP) in
which once you enter that place, you’ll feel the spirit of history to
name one, in Beverly Hills Cebu, the Taoist Temple is located,
that is declared by the National Museum as an ICP in 2016. The
temple is built by the Chinese people in the city in 1972 with an
elevation of 110 meters (360ft) above sea level the temple is a
towering, multi-tiered, multi-hued attraction accessible by three
separate winding routes, according to Wikipedia.com. The
entrance to the temple was a replica of the Great Wall of China.
The temple includes a chapel, a library, a souvenir shop and a
wishing well. The spacious balconies offer a scenic view of the
downtown Cebu. The entrance was modelled after the Great
Wall of China and the 81 steps leading to one of its three temples
symbolizes the 81 chapters of Taoist scriptures
HISTORY
The Ruins was the ancestral mansion of the family of
wealthy sugar businessman Don Mariano Ledesma Lacson built
on a 440 hectare sugar plantation in Talisay City, Negros
Occidental, in the early 1900s in memory of his Portuguese wife
Maria Braga Lacson, who died during the birth of their 8th child.
Filipino guerillas burned it down during the Second World War
as a countermeasure to prevent the invading Japanese forces
from using it as a military headquarters. It burned for three days.
The intention was to burn it to the ground.
The National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009 gave us the
confidence to embody our pride in our very own cultures and
histories depicted in the painting. We came from many
backstories and backgrounds. No wonder, Filipinos are so
amazingly unique. Mixed with a bittersweet past and hopeful
future is the image of how beautiful we are in the present
because of the National Cultural Heritage Act, we were able to
preserve national heritage some of which we even had visited in
artifacts.
If a building is declared to be a national cultural
treasure or a national historical landmark, what gives?
But what if my building/family ancestral house was
declared to be a national historical landmark? Am I not its
owner anymore?
GUIDELINES ON THE IDENTIFICATION,
CLASSIFICATION AND RECOGNITION OF HISTORIC
SITES AND STRUCTURES IN THE PHILIPPINES 2011
NHCP – TIMELINE
 Philippine Historical Research and Markers Committee
(1933)
Markers Committee was created by U.S. Governor
General Frank Murphy, by Executive Order 451, to identify and
mark "historic antiquities" in Manila as a first step towards their
preservation. Church of San Agustin, Fort Santiago, Plaza
McKinley, Roman Catholic Cathedral of Manila, San Sebastian
Church, Concordia College, Manila Railroad Company, Dr.
Lorenzo Negrao, and University of Santo Tomas (Intramuros
site) were among the first structures to be granted markers.
 With the establishment of the Philippine Commonwealth in
1935, the PHRMC was replaced by the Philippines
Historical Committee (PHC)
 National Historical Commission (1965)
In July 1965, Congress passed Republic Act No. 4368
that created the National Historical Commission (NHC) and
effectively abolished the Philippine Historical Committee and the
National Heroes Commission whose functions were delegated
to the NHC
 National Historical Institute (1972)
In 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos' declaration of
martial law resulted in a reorganization of government and the
renaming of the NHC as the National Historical Institute.
 National Historical Commission of the
Philippines (2010)
May 12, 2010, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
signed Republic Act No. 10086, or the law reverting the National
Historical Institute into its original form as the National Historical
Commission of the Philippines.
The National Historical Commission of the Philippines
(NHCP), by virtue of Republic Act 10086, is responsible for the
conservation and preservation of the country’s historical
legacies. Its major thrusts encompass an ambitious cultural
program on historical studies, curatorial works, architectural
conservation, Philippine heraldry, historical information
dissemination activities, restoration and preservation of relics
and memorabilia of heroes and other renowned Filipinos.
CHAPTERS:
I. Statement of Principles
II. Identification of Historic Sites and Structures /Related
Term and Its Definition
III. Classification of Historic Sites and Structures
IV. Declaration and Marking of Historic Sites and
Structures
V. Delisting Declared/Marked Historic Sites or Structures
I. STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES
a. It is the responsibility of the State to deepen understanding,
promote, popularize our country’s history, both national and
local, and safeguard our historical treasures, strengthen our
people’s nationalism, love of country, respect for our
heroes, and pride in our people’s achievements. NHCP
shall recognize, support, protect and conserve sites and
structures of demonstrated historical significance.
b. The NHCP recognizes that historic sites and structures also
oftentimes possess cultural value. NHCP shall
collaborate with the National Museum and other cultural
agencies in recognizing sites and structures with historical
and artistic, scientific, or cultural value. Such collaboration
may take the form of joint declarations of important sites
and structures and joint installation of markers in these
sites.
c. NHCP shall focus on the historical significance of the site or
structure being considered for inclusion in or delisting from
the National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures.
d. Historical significance shall be determined in terms of
the following:
 Whether the person, event, site or structure led to or
resulted in profound changes in the lives of the
community, the country, or a
considerable segment of our population;
 If the changes are durable or lasting (as distinct from
short-lived);
 Whether and how much the event, person, site or
structure reveals something
 meaningful or important about our past;
 Whether the event, person, site or
structure resonates or concerns us to this day.
Location: Jaro Public Plaza, Jaro, Iloilo City
Category: Buildings/Structure
Type: Structure, Belfry
Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark
e. The Commission shall support to the
greatest extent possible, financially and/or through
technical assistance, the maintenance, conservation and
restoration of historic sites and structures listed in
the National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures.
Location: Miag-ao, Iloilo Category:
Buildings/Structures
Type: House of worship Status: Level
II - Historical marker Marker date: 16
February 1963
 2. Be at least fifty (50) years old and seventy (70)
f. The Commission shall comply with international percent authentic.
principles and standards of conservation as set forth in b. Historic sites and structures shall be classified
the following: according to the recognition conferred by the NHCP,
 International Charter for the Conservation and as follows:
Restoration of Monuments and Sites, 1. Level I: Declaration of a historic site or structure
 1964/1981 (Venice Charter) and installation of a marker
 Charter on the Conservation of Historic Towns and 2. Level II: Installation of a historical marker
Urban Areas, 1987 (Washington Charter) c. Level I recognition shall entail the declaration of any of
the following
 Nara Document on Authenticity
1. Heritage Zone/Historic Center – a historic space,
 Code of Ethics of the American Institute for
unit, district or cluster of structures and their
Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Other
environs, with distinctive historical importance in
universally accepted standards of conservation
its entirety.
g. Given the potentially large number of significant sites and Location: Lawaan Rotonda,
structures, the cost of maintenance, conservation, and Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte
restoration, the extent of need and budgetary constraints, Category: Sites/Events
the principle of shared responsibility between the NHCP Type: Site, City/Town
and concerned government units or private parties shall be Status: Heritage Zone/Historic
vigorously encouraged. This responsibility shall also Center
include raising public awareness of the historic site Location: Downtown Iloilo City
or structure. Category: Sites/Events

Location: T.M. Kalaw Extension,

Ermita, Manila (NCR) Category:
Buildings/Structures
Type: Declaration marker
Status: Level I-National Historical
Landmark Legal basis:
Resolution No. 2, s. 1991 Marker
date: 29 June 1992
Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI) Marker text:
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II. IDENTIFICATION OF HISTORIC SITES AND
STRUCTURES /RELATED TERMS AND ITS
DEFINITION Type: Site, Business district Status: Level
The criteria for identifying historic sites and structures shall II - Heritage Zone
be as follows: Legal basis: Resolution No. 03, S. 2014
Marker date: 8 August 2014
a. Properties strongly associated with important historical Installed by: National Historical
events, heroes and illustrious Filipinos whose Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)
distinctive historic contribution endures; Marker text:
b. Properties that bear strong foreign historical or period DISTRITONG PANGKOMERSYO NG
influences such as Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, Mexican, LUNGSOD NG ILOILO BILANG POOK
American, or Japanese and those that provide strong PAMANA
evidence of historical relations with other countries;
c. Sites of first establishments in the Philippines (e.g., site
of the first printing press, commercial house, theater,
school, transport system, distillery, etc.); and
d. Groups or clusters of buildings or structures, or a whole
precinct, district, or town center, including plazas,
gardens, landscapes, historic ruins, streets,
pathways, stairs, bridges, fences, visual corridors, vista
points and other open spaces, town plan patterns, and
immediate environs, whose historic importance is seen
in the entirety of the setting, unit, or space rather than
in its individual elements or characteristics.

III. CLASSIFICATION OF HISTORIC SITES AND

STRUCTURES
a. To qualify for consideration, a site or structure as
described above being proposed for NHCP
recognition must:
1. Possess demonstrable historical significance; and
Location: Silay City, Negros Occidental (Region VI) Burgos Elementary School, Pasay City; Sheik
Category: Sites/Events Mahkdum Historical Landmark, Tawi-Tawi); or (b)
Type: Site, Town/City, Heritage Zone/Historic Center a structure made or created by a national hero
Status: National Historical Landmark Legal basis: Resolution (e.g., Map of Mindanao by Jose Rizal)
No. 2, s. 1990,
Resolution No. 2A, s. 1990 and Resolution No. 3, s. 1993 Location: CASA GARORDO,
Declared by: National Historical Institute (NHI) Lopez Jaena St., Cebu City,
Cebu (Region VII) Category:
2. National Cultural Treasure – a unique cultural Buildings/Structures
property possessing outstanding historical value Type: Building, House
and significance. Status: National Historical
Landmark Legal basis:
Location: Paoay, Ilocos Norte Resolution No. 4, s. 1991
(Region I) Category: Marker date: August 21, 1998
Buildings/Structures d. Level II recognition shall entail the installation of a
Type: House of worship historical marker in a historic site or structure that is not
Status: Level I- National Historical declared a heritage zone/historic center, national cultural
Landmark and National Cultural treasure, shrine, monument or memorial, or historical
Treasure per Presidential Decree No. 260, s. 1973 landmark, but nonetheless has some historical significance.
Such a site or structure may later be elevated to Level I
3. National Historical Shrine – A hallowed site or recognition pending further research and re-evaluation.
structure in honor of a national hero or highly e. Sites and structures recognized by the Commission,
significant historical event (e.g., Rizal Shrine in whether through a formal declaration and/or the installation
Calamba and Fort Santiago, Aguinaldo Shrine of a historical marker, shall be recorded in the NHCP’s
in Kawit, Pinaglabanan Memorial Shrine in San National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the
Juan, Quezon Memorial Shrine in Quezon City, Philippines.
Mabini Shrine in Tanauan)
Location: Pasig Cathedral, A. Luna
Location: Quezon Memorial, Diliman, Street cor. Caruncho Avenue, Pasig
Quezon City (Region NCR) City
Category: Buildings/Structures Category: Buildings/Structures Type:
Type: NHCP Museum House of Worship
Link to the museum: Museo ni Manuel Status: Level II - Historical marker
Quezon Status: Level I- National
Shrine

Level I recognition shall entail the declaration of any of the

following:
4. National Historical Monument/Memorial – An Location: Kawit, Cavite (Region IV-A)
object, structure or site that commemorates, Category: Buildings/Structures Type:
memorializes or gives reverence to a special House, NHCP Museum
historic personage or National Historical Link to the museum: Museo ni Emilio
Commission of the Philippines GUIDELINES ON Aguinaldo
THE IDENTIFICATION, CLASSIFICATION, AND Status: Level I- National Shrine
RECOGNITION OF HISTORIC SITES AND Marker date: 1971
STRUCTURES IN THE PHILIPPINES 2011 3
event (e.g., Rizal National Monument, Rizal
Park; Bonifacio National Monument, LEYTE LANDING SITE (NATIONAL
Caloocan; Juan Luna Monument, Intramuros; HISTORICAL LANDMARK)
Quezon Memorial, Quezon City)

Location: Roxas Boulevard,

Ermita, Manila Category:
Buildings/Structures
Type: Structure, Monument MUSEO NI JOSE RIZAL
Status: Level I - National (CALAMBA, LAGUNA)
Monument
Legal basis: Resolution No. 05, S.
2013 Marker date: 2013

5. National Historical Landmark – (a) A site or

structure closely associated with a significant
historical event, achievement, characteristic,
turning point or stage in Philippine history (e.g., P.
LABINGSYAM NA MARTIR NG AKLAN
(NATIONAL HISTORICAL TAYABAS HISTORICAL
SHRINE)2019 BRIDGE
(BUILDING/STRUCTURE)
2004-TULAY MALAGONLONG

GEN. ANICETO LACSON

(NATIONAL HISTORICAL CHURCH OF PAN-AY, CAPIZ
LANDMARK)2002-TALISAY CITY, (NATIONAL HISTORICAL
NEG.OCC. LANDMARK) 1997

BALAY NEGRENSE-
(HERITAGE HOUSE) 1994-
SILAY CITY)

IV. DECLARATION AND

MARKING OF HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES
a. THE PROCESS OF CONSIDERING A SITE OR
STRUCTURE FOR NHCP RECOGNITION MAY BE
INITIATED BY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING, WITH
THE REQUISITE DOCUMENTS INDICATED
BELOW:
Whenever necessary, the NHCP shall solicit expert opinion in
Location: Pila, Laguna (Region IV-A)
considering the proposed site or structure
Type: Historic Center Status: Level I- National Historical
Landmark

Location: Fort Santiago,

Intramuros, Manila (Region
NCR) Category:
Buildings/Structures Type:
Prison Cell, NHCP Museum
Link to the museum: Museo
ni Jose Rizal, Fort Santiago
Status: National Shrine
Marker date: 2013

Location: Bacolod City,

Negros Occidental (Region
VI) Category:
Buildings/Structures Type:
School
Status: Level II - Historical
marker Marker date: 2002 b. The appropriate NHCP divisions shall conduct
research (field and archival/documentary) on the
site/structure being considered in order to
recommend a course of action to the Board.
MALACANANG PALACE
Recommendations to the Board shall be
(BUILDING STUCTURE)
accompanied by:
1941
 Visual and textual descriptions of the site/structure;
Explanation of its historical significance;
 Counterpart commitment of the concerned government
unit, owner, or private party;
 Availability of funds, whether from the NHCP or the
proponent; and Other pertinent documents.
c. Recognition initiated by the NHCP may take the
form of:
 Upgrading (or downgrading) the level of recognition;
 Reclassifying a registered site or structure;
 Registering a site/structure declared by the National
Museum as an important cultural property or national
cultural treasure, provided its historical significance is
demonstrated
d. Sites and structures that meet the NHCP criteria
and categories and are duly supported by financial
commitments shall be officially recognized
through an NHCP Board Resolution and entered
into the National Registry of Historic Sites and
Structures.
 The declaration shall be stated in the resolution and in
the text of the marker.
 The NHCP shall bear the cost of the marker fabrication.
e. Every site/structure approved for entry into the
NHCP Registry shall have a historical marker.
 The standard marker shall be made of cast iron
material, having a molded text plate/panel on which the
title and brief historical account are embossed.
 The official seal of the Republic and the year the
marker is installed shall be placed at the top center
of the marker.
 The marker shall be attached to the wall at eye level,
either on the right or left side of the front door of the
building, or installed on a separate pedestal at an
appropriate location at the front of the building. It may
also be installed on any section of the building façade
where it can best be viewed by the public or at
the front gate if the previous options are not possible.
 The marker is government property and as such may
not be removed, altered or destroyed without written
authority from the NHCP Chair. Anyone who
vandalizes the law
f. Historical markers may also be installed to honor
illustrious Filipinos whose historic contribution is
unquestionable, worthy of public recognition, and
enduring.
 The marker may not be installed in honor of living
persons.
 The marker may not be installed to honor a person
deceased fewer than fifty (50) years, except in the case
of a remarkably (extraordinarily) outstanding honoree.
 In exceptional cases, a marker may be installed to
honor a foreigner whose historic contribution to the
country is beyond doubt.
g. As a general rule, the marker shall not be removed
from the original site or structure which it signifies.
Neither shall it be transferred to another site or
location without prior written permission of the
NHCP Chairperson.
 When a historic structure is authorized to be relocated
in a site determined to be the actual historic site (not
the first site of installation), the marker shall
accompany the relocated structure.
 When a historic structure is authorized to be relocated
because it can be better preserved and appreciated in
the new site, the old marker shall accompany the
structure, and a simple replacement marker indicating
the old site as the original site may be installed.
h. In the case of a lost marker, a replacement shall be
fabricated that retains the seal of the Republic, year
of original installation, and the original agency
which installed the marker.
i. Historic sites and structures listed in the National
Registry shall enjoy the support and protection of
the NHCP, subject to the availability of funds.
 The NHCP shall prioritize technical assistance projects
in the order of historical significance and the urgency
of the need for conservation or restoration.
 Requests that provide counterpart support shall also be
given priority as such support demonstrates the
commitment of the local partner to maintain the historic
site/structure.
 Technical assistance shall consist of feasibility studies,
architectural, structural, and other technical plans and
drawings.
 The NHCP shall provide such assistance after a
mutually acceptable memorandum of agreement is
reached by and between it and the requesting
party/proponent.
 Subject to the availability of funds, the NHCP may, in
addition, finance the restoration, protection,
improvement or development of declared historic sites
and structures.
j. For their part, government units and private
owners whose property or structure has received
NHCP recognition shall:
 Maintain and protect the marker and site it signifies;
 In the case of local government units, document and
inventory their local historic heritage sites and
structures, and provide protective and fiscal measures;
and
 For local historical or heritage societies and concerned
citizens and groups, monitor the condition of historic
sites in their vicinity, report any damage or deterioration
to the local government unit and the NHCP, help raise
funds to maintain the site, and encourage public
awareness of the value of the site.
k. All declarations pertaining to historic sites and
structures, including those donated to the NHCP,
shall be covered by a Memorandum of Agreement
between the NHCP and the beneficiary or donor.
 The agreement shall detail the powers, obligations and
limitations agreed upon regarding the maintenance
and use of the site.
 A certificate of transfer from the NHCP to the
beneficiary shall be signed upon the formal unveiling of
the historical marker.
l. Markers of local significance may be installed by
local government units, individuals, or
organizations under the conditions below.
 The LGU, local organization, or individual shall bear the
cost of fabricating and installing the marker.
 The seal of the Republic of the Philippines, the name
of the NHCP, and the NHCP marker design may not be
used.
 Locally installed markers shall not be recorded in the
National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures.
V. DELISTING DECLARED/MARKED HISTORIC SITES
OR STRUCTURES
 Historic sites and structures listed in the
National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures may
be removed from the Registry by the NHCP Board
under the conditions and procedures outlined below.
a. The grounds for delisting a registered site or
structure shall be the following:
 New evidence and substantial proof that the subject
site or structure does not merit the historical
significance and recognition given it;
 New evidence and solid proof that points to another site
or structure instead of the subject site or structure;
 Misrepresentation by the owner or custodian of the site;
 Damage and degradation of the registered site or
structure so severe as to diminish or destroy its
historical significance or overall historical ambience,
and restoration is found to be untenable.
b. Sites and structures declared historic by law (e.g. P.D.
260, P.D. 375, etc.), however, may not be delisted
from the roster of historic sites and structures unless by
a specific act from the executive or legislature
revoking or amending the declaration.
c. Should the damage of a site/structure result from a
violation of P.D. 1505 (Amending Presidential Decree
No. 260, as Amended, by Prohibiting the Unauthorized
Modification, Alteration, Repair and Destruction of
d. Original Features of All National Shrines, Monuments,
Landmarks and Other Important Historic Edifices), the
Commission shall charge the person(s) responsible for
the damage.
e. Once the request for delisting a site/structure is
processed and found to be meritorious by the
NHCP, i.e., it meets the criteria for delisting and the
supporting documents are complete, a public
hearing shall be conducted by the Board prior to
its decision. The purposes of the hearing shall be
to:
 Enable the petitioner and all concerned parties to share
their knowledge and opinion on the proposed delisting
of the site or structure;
 Provide the Board with as much information as
possible so that it can judge the merit of the proposal
and its implications now and in the future.
f. The Board shall designate two of its members to serve
in the hearing Board along with the Chair, provided that
at least one of the two members is a historian.
g. The Board shall publicly announce the schedule and
venue of the hearing, invite concerned parties to make
an appearance, and ensure that the proceedings are
properly and accurately documented.
h. The private owner, custodian of the site/structure, or
the proponent of the request who fails or refuses to
appear in the hearing shall forfeit his/her right to be
heard.
i. The hearing Board shall decide on the request for
delisting a site/structure within ninety (90) days after
the public hearing is concluded and submit its
recommendation to the entire NHCP Board for
approval.
j. In the case of a site/structure jointly declared by the
NHCP and the National Museum, both bodies shall
issue a joint resolution regarding the composition of the
hearing Board, the manner of hearing the case, and the
deadline for rendering a decision.
k. The decision of the Board, or joint bodies of the NHCP
and the National Museum, on all delisting cases may
be appealed to the Office of the President, provided the
appeal is made within fifteen (15) days from receipt of
the order by the appealing party. Otherwise, the
decision shall be deemed final and executory.
Urban districts and provincial
towns have lost that sense of
place because there seems to
be a meek acceptance that
anything new is automatically
better than anything old.
Why is it important to value these historic sites and
landmarks of the Philippines in the study and preservation
of our history and culture?
The reason for preserving them, aside from their
architectural value, is that they embody our values, our cultural
identity and historic continuity. Protecting our patrimony helps
remind people of their historical roots and identity and can serve
to bind the nation together. April 14, 2020
The strength of a nation is largely built by its connection
to its past. With the way the Filipinos are destroying historic
landmarks, there seems to be no care for this.
Unfortunately, what the war inadvertently preserved,
modernity and a dwindling sense of history razed to the ground.
Legend
LEVEL I - Sites and Structures declared as National Shrine,
National Historical Landmark, National Historical Site, and
National Monument (Entries with asterisks)
LEVEL II - Sites and Structures declared as Heritage
Zones/Historic Centers, Heritage Houses and bearing Historical
Markers
 DELISTED - Declared and/or marked historic sites and
structures that were removed from the national registry
 LIFTED - Sites and structures 50 years old and above
removed of its presumption as Important Cultural Property
(R.A. 10066)
Listed Sites and Structures
• Level I (159)
• Level II (1375)
• Level I: Declared*
- National Historical Landmark (117)
- National Historical Site (6) National Monument (8)
- National Shrine (23) UNESCO World Heritage Site (5)
Removed Sites and Structures
 Delisted (2)
 Lifted (31)
 Level II: Historical Markers
Association/Institution/Organization (174)
• Buildings/Structures (510)
• Heritage House (59)
• Heritage Zone/Historic Center (7)
• Personages (382)
• Sites/Events (353)
Index by Type (Level I) 34. Private Institution (2)
1. Bank* (1) 35. Ranch (1)
2. Battle Site* (3) 36. Restaurant (1)
3. Belfry* (2) 37. Retreat House (1)
4. Buildings/Structures* (68) 38. Ridge (1)
5. Capitol 39. Rizal monuments (8)
6. Building* (5) 40. Room (2)
7. Cemetery* (4) 41. Ruins (7)
8. Clubhouse* (2) 42. School (41)
9. Convent* (1) 43. Seminary (2)
10. Declaration marker 44. Simbahan ng Canaman (1)
11. (21) Fortification* (5) 45. Site (200)
12. Garden* (1) 46. Site of an Important Event (77)
13. Historic Center* (1) 47. Tomas Pinpin (2)
14. Hotel* (2) 48. Town/City Hall (8)
15. House of Worship* (40) 49. Trading house (3)
16. House* (15) 50. Train Station (2)
17. Kampanaryo ng Jaro (1) 51. University (13)
18. Lighthouse* (5) 52. Watchtower (2)
19. Memorial* (6)
20. Monument* (9)
21. NHCP Museum (27) Location: Baguio Teacher's Camp,
22. Penitentiary* (1) Teachers' Camp Road, Baguio City
23. Plaza* (2) Category:
24. Prison Cell* (1) Association/Institution/Organization
25. School* (3) Type: Institutional marker
26. Site of an Important Event* (3) Status: Level II - Historical Marker
27. Site* (17) date: 2008
28. University* (2)
29. Watchtower* (2) National Historical Landmark(117)
Index by Type (Level II)
1. Aquarium (1) 1. Ang Bahay ng mga Nakpil at Bautista*
2. Battle Site (16) 2. Ang Labanan sa Pulang Lupa*
3. Beach (5) 3. Ang Sigaw ng Pugadlawin (1896)*
4. Belfry (1) 4. Ang Simbahan ng Paete*
5. Biographical Marker (366) 5. Ang Tahanan Ng Pamilyang Aquino*
6. Bridge (6) 6. Belfry of the Jaro Cathedral*
7. Capitol Building (6) 7. Birthplace of Antonio Luna*
8. Cathedral (8) 8. Birthplace of Father Jacinto Zamora*
9. Cemetery (4) 9. Bradford Memorial Church*
10. Convent (5) 10. Casa de Comunidad de Tayabas*
11. Dam (3) 11. Casa Gorordo*
12. Fortification (14) 12. Casa Real Ng Lingayen* Church of Abucay*
13. Foundation Site (3) 13. Church of Bacarra* Church of Lubao*
14. Fountain (3) 14. Church of Paete* Church of Pan-ay*
15. Gabaldon School (3) 15. Church of San Pedro Apostol (Loboc Church)* Church
16. Gateway (7) of Tabaco*
17. Golf Course (1) 16. Church of the Holy Sacrifice*
18. Group of Houses (1) 17. Church of Tumauini*
19. Hospital (9) 18. Dauis Church Complex*
20. House (71) 19. Elks Club Building Historical Landmark*
21. House of Worship (234) 20. Embahada ng Pilipinas Fujimi Chiyodaku Tokyo*
22. Lighthouse (4) Filipino-Japanese Friendship Historical Landmark*
23. Memorare (6) 21. First Mass in the Philippines*
24. Memorial (10) 22. Fort Pikit*
25. Military Camp (4) 23. Fort San Felipe*
26. Military Structure (4) 24. Gen. Aniceto Lacson Historical Landmark*
27. Monument (27) 25. Gusaling Army and Navy Club (Declaration Marker)*
28. Museum (4) Holy Rosary Seminary*
29. Office Building (2) 26. Iwahig Penal Colony* Labanan sa Imus*
30. Plaza (5) 27. Labanan sa Zapote*
31. Polvorin (1) 28. Leon Apacible National Landmark*
32. Post Office (2) 29. Leyte Landing Site*
33. Prison (4) Private Company (3)
 30. Luneta Hotel* Makasaysayang Simbahan ng San
Joaquin*
31. Malacañang Palace (Declaration Marker)*
32. Manila Central Post Office Building*
33. Manila Metropolitan Theater* Mansion House*
34. Mausoleo de los Veteranos de la Revolucion*
35. Miguel Malvar Historical Landmark*
36. Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery*
37. Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol*
38. Old Iloilo City Hall* Old Legislative Building*
39. Pabinyagan ng Simbahan Katoliko ng Kalamba*
40. Pambansang Palatandaang Makasaysayan ni
Vinzons*
41. Parola ng Bagacay Point* Parola ng Cape Bojeador*
Parola ng Cape Melville* Parola ng Capul*
42. Parola ng Malabrigo* Plaza Libertad*
43. Pook na Sinilangan ni Felix Y. Manalo*
44. Ramon Magsaysay Historical Landmark* Rizal
Memorial Sports Complex*
45. Rosendo Mejica Historical Landmark*
46. Sergio Osmeña House Historical Landmark*
47. Sheik Makhdum Mosque*
48. Silliman University (Declaration Marker)*
49. Simbahan at Kumbento ng Santa Barbara* Simbahan
ng Argao*
50. Simbahan ng Baclayon*
51. Simbahan ng Baler*
52. Simbahan ng Barasoain*
53. Simbahan ng Boac*
54. Simbahan ng Boljoon*
55. Simbahan ng Dauis*
56. Simbahan ng Lazi* Simbahan ng Loon*
57. Simbahan ng Miag-ao*
58. Simbahan ng Molo*
59. Simbahan ng Parokya ng San Jose Las Piñas
(Declaration Marker)*
60. Simbahan ng Sabtang*
61. Simbahan ng San Guillermo de Aquitania*
62. Simbahan ng San Sebastian*
63. Simbahan ng Santisima Trinidad ng Loay*
64. Simbahan ng Sta. Maria*
65. Simbahan Parokya ng Quipayo*
66. Simbahang Immaculada Concepcion ng Tamontaka*
67. Surrender of General Yamashita*
68. Taal Church Historical Landmark*
69. Torogan House*
70. Town Center of Malolos*
71. Town Center of Pila*
72. Universidad de Santa Isabel*
73. University of Santo Tomas*
74. Vicente Manansala Historical Landmark*
National Shrine(23)
1. Andres Bonifacio Shrine (Mehan Garden)* Balantang
Memorial Cemetery National Shrine* Casa Real
Shrine*
2. Emilio Aguinaldo Shrine*
3. Gregorio Aglipay National Shrine*
4. Juan Luna Shrine*
5. Labingsiyam na Martir ng Aklan*
6. Libingan ng Mga Bayani National Shrine* Mabini
Shrine PUP*
7. Mabini Shrine Tanauan*
8. Marcelo H. Del Pilar National Shrine*
9. Mt. Samat National Shrine*
10. Pinaglabanan Memorial Shrine*
11. Rizal Shrine Calamba*
12. Rizal Shrine Dapitan*
13. Rizal Shrine Fort Santiago*
14. Sheik Karimul Makhdum Shrine*
National Monument(8)
1. Apolinario Mabini National Monument*
2. Bantayog ng Gomburza*
3. Bonifacio National Monument*
4. Jorge Barlin National Monument*
5. Jose P. Laurel National Monument*
6. Juan Luna National Monument*
7. Quezon Memorial Shrine and National Monument*
8. Rizal National Monument*
NHCP History Museums(28)
1. Museo at Aklatan ni Pangulong Diosdado Macapagal
Museo El Deposito
2. Museo ng Kasaysayang Pampulitika ng Pilipinas
Museo ng Kasaysayang Panlipunan ng Pilipinas
Museo ng Katipunan
3. Museo ng Paglilitis ni Andres Bonifacio Museo ng
Pamana at Kasaysayang Boholano Museo ng
Pampangulong Sasakyan
4. Museo ng Republika ng 1899 Museo ni Apolinario
Mabini – PUP
5. Museo ni Apolinario Mabini – Tanauan Museo ni
Baldomero Aguinaldo Museo ni Emilio Aguinaldo
6. Museo ni Jesse Robredo Museo ni Jose Rizal -
Calamba Museo ni Jose Rizal - Dapitan
7. Museo ni Jose Rizal - Fort Santiago Museo ni Juan at
Antonio Luna Museo ni Leon Apacible
8. Museo ni Manuel Quezon Museo ni Marcelo H. Del
Pilar Museo ni Mariano Ponce Museo ni Miguel Malvar
Museo ni Ramon Magsaysay
9. Museo nina Marcela Mariño at Felipe Agoncillo Museo
sa Ilalim ng Lupa ng Nagcarlan Museum of Philippine
Maritime History
10. The Museum of Philippine Economic History
UNESCO World Heritage Site (5)
1. Ifugao Rice Terraces
2. Simbahan ng Miag-ao
3. Church of San Agustin
4. Simbahan ng Sta. Maria
5. Church of Paoay
PROVINCE/CITIES AKLAN (22)
ANTIQUE (7) CAPIZ(6) ILOILO (57)
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL (50)
The Philippine Registry of Cultural Property
(PRECUP) is the repository of all information pertaining to
cultural properties in the Philippines deemed significant to our
cultural heritage. It was established through Article V Section 4
of the National Heritage Act of 2009 Republic Act 10066.
The Philippine Registry of Cultural Property (PRECUP)
is the repository of all information pertaining to cultural
properties in the Philippines deemed significant to our cultural
heritage. It was established through Article V Section 4 of the
National Heritage Act of 2009 Republic Act 10066.
The National Historical Commission of the
Philippines (NHCP), by virtue of Republic Act 10086, is
responsible for the conservation and preservation of the
country’s historical legacies. It encompasses cultural program
on historical studies, curatorial works, architectural
conservation, Philippine heraldry, historical information  Local government units, through their cultural offices, shall
dissemination activities, restoration and preservation of relics, likewise maintain an inventory of cultural property under its
memorabilia of heroes and other renowned Filipinos. jurisdiction and shall furnish the Commission a copy of the
1. National Cultural Treasures or unique cultural property same;
found locally which has outstanding historical, cultural,
artistic, and/or scientific value. It is highly significant and  All government agencies and instrumentalities,
important to the country and is officially declared by a government-owned and/or controlled corporations and their
cultural agency like the National Museum (NM). subsidiaries, including public and private educational
2. Important Cultural Property or cultural property having institutions, report their ownership and/or possession of
exceptional cultural, artistic, and historical significance to such items to the pertinent cultural agency.
the Philippines determined by the NM, the National
Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), the  Private collectors and owners shall register their cultural
National Library of the Philippines (NLP), and/or the property to the National Museum. Registered cultural
National Archives of the Philippines (NAP). properties shall remain in the possession of their private
3. National Historical Shrines or cultural property which are owners.
hallowed and revered for their history or association as
declared by the NHCP and/or other previous iterations of
that cultural agency.
4. National Historical Landmarks or sites or structures
that are associated with events or achievements significant
to Philippine history as declared by the NHCP and/or other
previous iterations of that cultural agency.
5. National Historical Monuments or structures that honor
illustrious persons or commemorate events of historical
value as declared by the NHCP and/or other previous
iterations of that cultural agency.
6. UNESCO World Heritage Sites or places listed by the
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) as having outstanding universal
value.
7. Presumed Important Cultural Property or cultural property
which are not declared as National Cultural Treasure,
UNESCO World Heritage Site, National Historical Shrine,
National Historical Landmark, National Historical
Monument, or Important Cultural Property but still
possesses the characteristic of an Important Cultural
Property. This may be:
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10086
• Works of Manlilikha ng Bayan AN ACT STRENGTHENING PEOPLES'
• Works of National Artists (unless declared by the NATIONALISM THROUGH PHILIPPINE HISTORY BY
Commission) CHANGING THE NOMENCLATURE OF THE NATIONAL
• Archeological and traditional ethnographic materials HISTORICAL INSTITUTE INTO THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL
(unless declared by the National Museum) COMMISSION OF THE PHILIPPINES, STRENGTHENING ITS
• Works of national heroes POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
• Marked structures (unless declared by the NHCP) Or better known as the "Strengthening Peoples' Nationalism
• Structures dating at least 50 years old Through Philippine History Act".
• Archival materials or old documents dating at least 50 years PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1505
old (unless declared by the National Archives). AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 260, AS
8. Local Important Cultural Properties declared by the AMENDED, BY PROHIBITING THE UNAUTHORIZED
Sanggunian as such. These are cultural properties which MODIFICATION, ALTERATION, REPAIR AND DESTRUCTION
are significant to local culture and history. OF ORIGINAL FEATURES OF ALL NATIONAL SHRINES,
MONUMENTS, LANDMARKS AND OTHER IMPORTANT
HISTORIC EDIFICES
 Cultural properties are registered through the combined
effort of Cultural Agencies including the National Museum,
the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, the
National Archives, and the National Library of the
Philippines as well as of Local Government Units (LGUs).
They shall work together in updating the PRECUP.

 All cultural agencies shall individually maintain an inventory,

evaluation and documentation of all cultural properties
declared according to their category and shall submit the
same to the Commission.