page_title: Ancestral houses of the Philippines
section_title: Region XVIII/NIR
hierarchical_section_title: Ancestral houses of the Philippines / List of Heritage Houses of the Philippines / Region XVIII/NIR
caption_attribution_description: English: An old mansion at Talisay, Negros Occidental Philippines famous from its architecture, "An Aftermath of World War 2"
context_page_description: Ancestral houses of the Philippines or Heritage Houses are homes owned and preserved by the same family for several generations as part of the Filipino family culture. It corresponds to long tradition by Filipino people of venerating Ancestors and Elders. Houses could be a simple house to a mansion. The most common ones are the "Bahay na Bato". Some houses of prominent families had become points of interest or museums in their community because of its cultural, architectural or historical significance. These houses that are deemed of significant importance to the Filipino culture are declared Heritage House by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, previously known as the National Historical Institute of the Philippines. Preservation is of utmost importance as some ancestral houses have come into danger due to business people who buy old houses in the provinces, dismantle them then sell the parts as ancestral building materials for homeowners wishing to have the ancestral ambiance on their houses. These ancestral houses provide the current generation a look back of the country's colonial past through these old houses.
context_section_description: Negros Occidental in the Negros Island Region, is the provincial capital and contains a number of fine ancestral homes.
caption: The Ruins in Talisay, Negros Occidental
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