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The National Historical Institute - NHI, as an arm in the culture and development agenda of the government

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The ICOMOS National Committee Philippines

ICOMOS is the official international organization of heritage conservation
Philippine Historical Association
The Filipinas Heritage Library

You can view our wide range of reference materials on Philippine history, art, and culture
Heritage Conservation Society Online database of built heritage resources in the Philippines

Many photos and informations of Heritage buildings & Landmarks
This site contains an in-depth definition of what the Philippines is all about. You can access its people, history, geography, culture, the arts, crafts, religion; as well as, traditional and modern lifestyles, new sites and sounds, travel and fashion
Cultural Heritage

So many good informations
The Heritage of Cebu
Railways, Waterways, Stone-ways

Railways, Waterways, Stone-ways

The concern for introducing improvements into urban life concentrates on infrastructures: the provision of a fresh-water supply, and the establishing of rail and tram lines.

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Heritage of  Railway systems

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PHILIPPINE RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

This website aims to link the many Philippine related websites and forums run by the 'Philippine Railway Historical Society

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The Heritage of Cebu

Reminiscing Cebu’s old railway system

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The Railways and Industrial Heritage Society of the Philippines

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Laguna Railways

Railways Of The Laguna de Bay And Surrounding Regions
Steam in Philippines

Many good photos with descriptions

Dinosaurs Once Roam This Land

Steam locomotives or Iron Dinosaurs as we call them were used to transport harvested sugarcane from the fields to the sugar centrals for milling.

Time has passed over the island and taken away the experience and left broken tracks and blocked boilers. The chapter of sugar cane lines in the Philippines has almost come to an end.

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Steam Locomotives in Philippines
Philippine Railways

The Philippine Railways Website has evolved from

over 30 years of research and has been created for everyone interested in 

Railways of the Philippine Islands.

Many informations about  heritage of sugar railways, mining railways & lumber railways
Heritage Conservation Society Many photos and informations of ‘Railroad Stations’
Heritage Conservation Society Many photos and informations of ‘Bridges’
Old Railway Bridges Philippines Old Railway Bridges - Photos
Picturesque Old Philippines

Trains and Tramways
Las Estaciones Ferrocarril Manila-Dagupan

Text in English and many photos

by Manuél Máximo Nóche Lopez del Castíllo
Bridge Over Not So Troubled Waters- Spanning Communities and Building Relationships
Railways, Waterways, Stone-ways

Railways, Waterways, Stone-ways

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Heritage of Tramway systems

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MANILA TRAM The Metro Manila LRT System - A Historical Perspective ( MANILA TRAM)
Philippine Tramways
Laguna Railways

Manila Tram Images
THE CORREGIDOR TRAMWAY

by Ralph Forty
Picturesque Old Philippines

Trains and Tramways
Railways, Waterways, Stone-ways

Railways, Waterways, Stone-ways

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Kalesa (Calesa - Karitela), Tartanilla & Carromata (Karomata)

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Difference between What is the difference between tartanilla - karatela (kalesa – calesa) & Carromata (Karomata)
A kalesa or calesa (sometimes called a karitela) is a horse-driven calash (carriage) used in the Philippines.
Riding The Philippine ‘Calesa’ and Business
Kalesa, the 18th Centuries Rolls Royce.

Kalesa tours around Intramuros in Manila are a must!
Tartanilla Festival

The Tartanilla Festival is Cebu City's way of preserving the tartanilla (horse-driven carriage) heritage by reviving the oldest mode of transportation to ply some of the city streets.
A Kalesa Ride Back in Time –
Fort Santiago, Manila
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Lighthouses, Roads, Bridges

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Famous Lighthouses in the Philippines

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Lighthouse in Bagacay Point
Lighthouses of the Northern Philippines
Cape Bojeador Lighthouse
Spanish Archives Discovering Philippines - Spanish Archives

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History of the bridges Philippines history of the bridges

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Heritage Conservation Society Many photos and informations of ‘Bridges’
Bridge Over Not So Troubled Waters - Spanning Communities and Building Relationships
Old Railway Bridges Philippines Old Railway Bridges - Photos
Picturesque Old Philippines

Roads, Bridges and Transport in Leyte

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Historical Maps of Philippine Islands Historical Maps of Philippine Islands from 1700 to 1950

Maps of Philippines, islands, Cities - Municipalities & Barangays

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  • B - Babuyan islands, Bacolod City, Baguio, Bantayan, Bantayan & Botigues (Islands around North Cebu), Basilan island, Batan Island - Batanes Province, Batangas, Bataan, Baybay, Biliran Leyte Samar, Bohol, Boracay island, Budkinon

  • C - Cagayan River, Camiguin island, Camputhaw, Capiz province, Cavite Province, Cebu, Cebu Province & Municipalities, Cebu North and Islands around, Cebu City, Clark Area, Compostela, Cordillera Administrative Region - CAR, Corregidor Island, Cotabato River (Mindanao River, Rio Grande de Mindanao, Pulangi River)

  • D - Davao City, Davao-del-sur, Davao-oriental, Dipolog Dapitan, Dipolog Downtown, Do - ong

  • G - Guimaras, Guintacan

  • H - Hilantaga - an & Hilontugan, Hundred Islands National Park

  • I - Ilocos Norte Municipalities, Iloilo City, "Ilonggo Nation", Island Garden City, Itbayat Island

  • J - Jibitnil, Jolo & Sulu islands-groups

  • K - Kamputhaw (Camputhaw)

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  • M - Mactan and Olango islands, Maharlika Highway (The Pan-Philippine Highway AH26), Makati City, Malapascua, Mambacayao, Mandaue, Manila, Manila Railway and Street-Railway, Marikina - Pasig river drainagebasin, Marinduque, Mindanao, Mindanao River (Rio Grande de Mindanao, Cotabato River, Pulangi River), Mindoro - Puertogalera, Mindoro Oriental, Misamis Occidental Province, Misamis Oriental Province

  • N - Negros, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental

  • O - Olongapo City, Olango and Mactan islands, Ortigas

  • P - Palawan, Panay, Pangasinan, Pangutaran island, Pasig - Marikina river, Philippines, Philippines with admin-informations, Philippines Airports, Philippine Regions - provinces and their capitals, Philippines´ languages, Philippine Ethnic & Tribal Groups, Polanco municipality, Puertogalera - Mindoro, Puertoprincesa, Pulangi River

  • Q - Quezon

  • R - Rio Grande de Cagayan - Cagayan River, Rio Grande de Mindanao, Rizal, Romblon

  • S - Sabtang Island, Sagada Mt. Province, Samal islands, Samar, Siargao Island, Silion Island, Siquijor, Sorsogon, Subic, Sulu islands-group, Surigao

  • T - Tacloban City, Talisay City, Tawi - tawi, Toledo City, Tribal people groups

  • V - Visayas islands, Volcanoes, Vuhus Island

  • Z - Zambales, Zamboanga, Zamboanga Peninsula
National symbols of the Philippines National symbols of the Philippines

Mga Pambansang Sagisag Ng Pilipinas

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Railways, Waterways, Stone-ways

Railways, Waterways, Stone-ways

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Heritage Conservation Society Many photos and informations of ‘Lighthouses’
The Filipino Heritage Foundation, Inc.

To promote Filipino cultural heritage in America

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