Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines

E416080
city local government unit provincial capital

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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Vigan (Ilocos Sur) 1
Vigan, Ilocos Sur 1
Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines canonical 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
local government unit ⓘ
provincial capital ⓘ
capitalOf Ilocos Sur NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 Site ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage City
historicalPeriodOfDevelopment Spanish colonial period ⓘ
knownFor Calle Crisologo ⓘ
surface form: 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPartOfCountry northern Luzon ⓘ
locatedInRegion Ilocos Region ⓘ
locatedNear Abra River NERFINISHED ⓘ
South China Sea ⓘ
locatedOnIsland Luzon ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ
Ilocano ⓘ
partOf Ilocos Region ⓘ
surface form: Ilocos Region (Region I)

Ilocos Sur province NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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, Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vigan (Ilocos Sur)
Bahay na bato → typicalLocation → Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vigan, Ilocos Sur