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Spanish Colonial; Religious and Non-Religious

By Dr. Antonio J. Montalvan II

Immaculate Conception Church and Convento
Municipality	Jasaan
Period or style
Year erected
Comment

St. Rita Cassia Church
Municipality	Balingasag
Period or style
Year erected
Comment

St. Mary Candelaria Church
Municipality	Tagoloan
Period or style
Year erected
Comment Bad state of preservation. The old brick walls were covered with concrete. The original convento is no more.

Ruins of Our Lady of Consolation Church
Municipality	Opol
Period or style
Year erected
Comment Unlike the first three churches, this one is made of coral stones. However, what is left is just the shell of the original church. Nevertheless, this must be preserved. Members of the United Architects of the Philippines

Altar Retablo in St. Joseph Church
Municipality	Salay
Period or style
Year erected
Comment

Altar Retablo in St. Francis Xavier Church
Municipality	Initao
Period or style
Year erected
Comment

Ruins of Cota
Municipality	Aplaya, Jasaan
Period or style
Year erected
Comment

Pelaez Ancestral House (“White House”)
Municipality	Medina (Poblacion)
Period or style
Year erected
Comment In an excellent state of preservation. Owned and maintained by the family of the late former vice-president of the Philippines Emmanuel Pelaez.

Vega Ancestral House
Municipality	Balingasag (Poblacion)
Period or style
Year erected
Comment This is a most interesting house. Sculpted wooden atlases (known in Visayan as oti-ot) act as support beams to the second floor protrusion. This house belonged to the family of the mother of movie personality “Inday Badiday” and Philippine Daily Inquirer editor-in-chief Letty Jimenez Magsanoc who hailed from Balingasag (the late Maria Clara Vega Jimenez). However, it is wrong to refer to it as the “Jimenez House” because the Jimenez was just one branch of the Vega clan. It is locally known by its correct name – “Vega House.”

Alejo Seriña Ancestral House
Municipality	Opol (Poblacion)
Period or style
Year erected
Comment

See Heritage Structures in Cagayan de Oro

Antonio J. Montalvan II made this list when he was still a member of the Cagayan de Oro Historical and Cultural Commission. The original document does not contain photos. | Published by the Heritage Conservation Advocates, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, January 10, 2006.

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