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The document summarizes 5 important cultural heritage sites in the Philippines: 1) The Ifugao Rice Terraces, a 2000 year old living cultural landscape. 2) The historic city of Vigan, the best preserved Spanish colonial town in Asia from the 16th century. 3) The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, containing a full mountain to sea ecosystem and important forests. 4) The Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary, protecting typical mountain ecosystems and globally threatened species. 5) The Baroque churches located in Manila, Ilocos, and Iloilo, exhibiting a unique architectural style blending European and Philippine influences.

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The document summarizes 5 important cultural heritage sites in the Philippines: 1) The Ifugao Rice Terraces, a 2000 year old living cultural landscape. 2) The historic city of Vigan, the best preserved Spanish colonial town in Asia from the 16th century. 3) The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, containing a full mountain to sea ecosystem and important forests. 4) The Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary, protecting typical mountain ecosystems and globally threatened species. 5) The Baroque churches located in Manila, Ilocos, and Iloilo, exhibiting a unique architectural style blending European and Philippine influences.

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CULTURAL HERITAGE

1. Rice Terraces

The rice terraces is located in Ifugao. The Ifugao Rice Terraces epitomize the
absolute blending of the physical, socio-cultural, economic, religious, and
political environment. Indeed, it is a living cultural landscape of unparalleled
beauty. Rice Terraces represent an enduring illustration of an ancient
civilization that surpassed various challenges and setbacks posed by
modernization. The Ifugao Rice Terraces are the priceless contribution of
Philippine ancestors to humanity. The importance that Banaue Rice Terraces are
expressing can be found on the fact that the area is an actual representation of
a 2000 years old history.
2. Historic City of Vigan

Historic City of Vigan is located in Ilocos Sur. Historic City of Vigan. Established in
the 16th century, Vigan is the best-preserved example of a planned Spanish colonial
town in Asia. Vigan is unique for having preserved much of its Hispanic colonial
character, particularly its grid street pattern and historic urban lay out. Its
significance also lies on how the different architectural influences are blended to
create a homogenous townscape.

3. Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park


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Puerto Princesa is located in Palawan. The area also represents a significant


habitat for biodiversity conservation. The site contains a full 'mountain-to-sea'
ecosystem and has some of the most important forests in Asia. The river's cavern
presents remarkable, eye catching rock formations. The property contains a full
mountain-to-sea ecosystem which provides significant habitat for biodiversity
conservation and protects the most intact and noteworthy forests within the
Palawan biogeographic province.

4. Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary

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The Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary protects
typical mountain ecosystems of the biogeographic region and include the agro-
ecosystem. The Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary provides a sanctuary
to a host of globally threatened and endemic flora and fauna species, eight of
which are found nowhere else except Mount Hamiguitan. These include critically
endangered trees, plants and the iconic Philippine Eagle and Philippine
Cockatoo. It harbors a diversity of plant and animal species which include
species that exist only in the Philippines, only in Mindanao Island and only in the
nominated property. It shelters rare, critically endangered and economically
important plant and animal species that are of significant value to science and
conservation.

5. Baroque Churches

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Baroque churches is locaten in City of Manila, Ilocos sur, Ilocos norte and IloIlo. These
four churches, the first of which was built by the Spanish in the late 16th century, are
located in Manila, Santa Maria, Paoay and Miag-ao. Their unique architectural style is
a reinterpretation of European Baroque by Chinese and Philippine craftsmen.
The Baroque churches reflect excellent site planning principles following the Ley de
las Indias (Laws of the Indies) enacted by Philip II in 1563 for all newly-discovered
settlements within Spanish colonial territories. This group of churches established a
style of building and design that was adapted to the physical conditions in the
Philippines and had an important influence on later church architecture in the region.

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