National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: Colon Street

Location: Colon Street, Cebu City

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 16 October 1961

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

COLON STREET

COLON STREET, KNOWN ALSO AS THE PARIAN, IS THE OLDEST STREET IN THE PHILIPPINES. IT WAS BUILT BY THE SPANIARDS WHO ARRIVED AT CEBU IN 1565 ON THE FLEET COMPOSED OF THE VESSELS SAN PEDRO, SAN PABLO AND SAN JUAN UNDER THE COMMAND OF MIGUEL LOPEZ DE LEGASPI.

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LEVEL I - Sites and Structures declared as National Shrine, National Historical Landmark, National Historical Site, and National Monument (Entries with asterisks)

LEVEL II - Sites and Structures declared as Heritage Zones/Historic Centers, Heritage Houses and bearing Historical Markers

DELISTED - Declared and/or marked historic sites and structures that were removed from the national registry

LIFTED - Sites and structures 50 years old and above removed of its presumption as Important Cultural Property (R.A. 10066)

Colon Street

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