Pila Historic Town Center, National Historical Landmark in Santa Clara Norte, Pila, Philippines
The historic district contains ancestral houses and governmental structures surrounding a central plaza with an eighteenth-century ornamental fountain at its center.
The town moved to its current location in Santa Clara in 1800 due to flooding issues at the original settlement, which is now part of Victoria town.
The San Antonio de Padua Church in Pila stands as the first Filipino church dedicated to this saint and received the status of Diocesan Shrine in 2002.
The historic center contains twenty-eight ancestral houses that display Spanish and American architectural elements from different periods of Philippine history.
The second printing press in the Philippines operated here in 1613, producing the first movable type book and the oldest dictionary in the country.
Location: Pila
GPS coordinates: 14.23378,121.36444
Latest update: March 7, 2025 21:28
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