HOA 4 (Spanish Colonial Architecture) Flashcards

1
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On November 19 or 20, 1564 a Spanish expedition of a mere 500 men led by Miguel López de Legazpi departed Barra de Navidad, New Spain, arriving off Cebu on February 13, 1565, conquering it despite Cebuano opposition.

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Five Instruments of Urbanism

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▪ Reducción
▪ Encomienda system
▪ System of cities andtowns
▪ Cuadricula
▪ Colonial infrastructures

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3
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Forced urbanization and resettlement.

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Reducción

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The formerly scattered barangays were brought together and reduced in number and made into larger communities to facilitate religious conversion and cultural change.

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Reduccion

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5
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What do you call under the sound of the bells?

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De Bajo de las campanas

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6
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The colony was divided into parcels assigned to a Spanish colonist (encomendero) who wasmandated to “allocate, allot or distribute” the resources of the domain.

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Encomienda

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7
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The institution ofa hierarchal settlement system

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System of Cities and Towns

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8
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________ (city) or ________ (town), core of the
municipality. _________, adjacent barangays.

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Cabecera, poblacion, Barrios

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9
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■ Patterned after the walled fortresses of Europe
■ Reserved for the nobility and the clergy.

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Intramuros

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10
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Living beyond the walls

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Extramuros

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11
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It is called villages outside the walls.

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Pueblos

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12
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It is called a separate urban quarter designated to the Chinese community .

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Parian

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13
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It Is called Japanese community.

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Dilao

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14
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A system of streets and blocks laid out in a grid pattern, with uniform precision.

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Cuadricula

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15
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What are the characteristics in The Laws of the Indies, 1573?

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▪ elevated location
▪ an orderly grid of streets
▪ a central plaza, a defensive wall, and zones for churches, shops, government buildings, hospitals, and slaughterhouses.

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16
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Who proposed the Encapsulates the classicist theories of urban design?

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Vitruvius and Alberti

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17
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Grid pattern of streets with the main plaza at the center surrounded by the
church, the tribunal, other government buildings, and the marketplace.

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Plaza Complex

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18
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New building typologies and construction technology was introduced

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Colonial Infrastructures

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19
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It is Edifices for religious conversion.

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Churches

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20
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Parts of Church

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▪ Altar mayor, main altar.
▪ Sagrario, tabernacle.
▪ Pulpito, pulpit.
▪ Retablo, elaborately ornamented altar screen.
▪ Sacristia, where the priest and his assistants put on their robes before the mass.
▪ Coro, choir loft.
▪ Tribunas, screened gallery.

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21
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It is called parish house or rectory

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Convento

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22
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Also called as bell towers

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Campanarios

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23
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Where can San Agustin Church be found?

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Intramuros, Manila

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24
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San Agustin Church

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■ The Church of the Immaculate Conception of San Agustín.
■ First church to be built in Luzon.
■ Only structure in Intramuros to survive WWII.
■ High Baroque style retablo.
■ Ceiling paintings in the trompel’oeil style.
■ Chinese fu dogs at the entrance.

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25
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Where can Paoay Church be found?

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Paoay, Ilocos Norte

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26
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Paoay Church

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■ Saint Augustine Church.
■ Most outstanding example in the Philippines of ‘Earthquake Baroque’.
■ Volutes of contrafuertes (buttresses) and in the pyramidal finials of wall facades.
■ Massive coral stone bell tower.

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27
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Miag-ao Church

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■ Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Church
■ Stands on the highest point of Miag-ao, its towers serving as lookouts against Muslim raids.
■ It is the finest surviving example of ‘Fortress Baroque’.
■ The facade epitomizes the Filipino transfiguration of western decorative elements.

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28
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Where can Miag-ao Church be found?

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Miag-ao, Iloilo.

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29
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Where can Santa Maria Church be found?

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Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur

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30
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Santa Maria Church

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■ Church of Nuestra Señora dela Asunción.
■ Situated on a hill surrounded by a defensive wall.
■ Separate pagoda-like bell tower at the midpoint of the nave wall.
■ The brick walls are devoid of ornament but have delicately carved side entrances and strong buttresses

31
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It is called as (RA 10066)

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National Heritage Law

32
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It is called as (RA 10086)

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National Historical Commission of the Philippines Law

33
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Characterized by heavy stone walls, moats, and grid road layouts. Bastions, keeps, and watchtowers were also built to cover blind spots.

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Fortresses

34
Q

Where can Fort Santiago be found?

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Intramuros, Manila

35
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Parts of Fort

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▪ Cortinas, thick perimeter walls.
▪ Bastiones or baluartes,four-sided bulwarks skirting the cortinas on both ends.
▪ Fozo or Foso, moat.
▪ Casamatas, stone embrasures where artilleries were propped up.
▪ Calabozo
▪ Herreria
▪ Amacenes
▪ Alojaminetos
▪ Garitas

36
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Monumental civic architecture epitomized the colonial institutions under the Spanish governance.

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Institutional Buildings

37
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■ Also known as Casa del Ayuntamiento, Casa del Cabildo, Casa Consistorial, or Casa Real.
■ As a seat of colonial governance, it housed several administrative
offices and archives.

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Ayuntamiento

38
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■ Also known as Palaciodel Gobernador General.
■ Residence of the highest official of the land.
■ Malacañang Palace, the summer residence of the Governor General.

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Palacio Real

39
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Other Civic Buildings

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▪ Real Audiencia
▪ Aduana
▪ Hacienda Publica
▪ Municipio
▪ Casa Hacienda,

40
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Also called as Tribunal, trial court.

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Real Audiencia

41
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It is a Customs house

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Aduana

42
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It is a treasury

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Hacienda Publica

43
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It is also called as Casa de Municipal, or Casa Real, a smaller
version of the Ayuntamiento in the provincial towns.

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Municipio

44
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It is a expansive structures housing spaces for the administrators and his workers on a landed estate.

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Casa Hacienda

45
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The various religious orders fulfilled the missionary tasks of bringing education, healthcare, and social welfare to the indigenous subjects.

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Educational and Scientific Buildings

46
Q

Oldest established university in Asia

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University of Sto. Tomas, Manila

47
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It is first hospital; built by the Franciscans; catered only to the Spaniards.

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Hospital Real

48
Q

It is a hospital for the Chinese in Binondo.

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Hospital de San Gabriel

49
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It is a hospital for the lepers.

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Hospital de San Lazaro

50
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established by the Jesuits to assist in forecasting typhoons.

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Manila Observatory

51
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Other term of Observatories

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Observatorio Astronomico y Meteorologico de Manila

52
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Because of the Hispanic urban program, living standards were elevated through urban infrastructure and public works.

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Industrial Buildings

53
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(Bridge of Spain), built after the destruction of Puente Grande (first and only bridge crossing the Pasig River) in the 1863 earthquake.

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Puente de España

54
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It is served as the main terminal for all northbound destinations.

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Tutuban Station of the Manila, Dagupan railway line;

55
Q

It is the oldest lighthouse in the Philippines; also
known as the San Nicolas lighthouse.

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The Pasig Farola

56
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It is installed the piped-in water system. The water was offered to the public free of charge

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The Carriedo Waterworks

57
Q

Spain attempted to establish an Asian trading empire to be based in Manila. Soon the city became one of the major colonial port cities in Southeast Asia

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Commercial Buildings

58
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It is a shop that very first large commercial structure; silk market in Binondo; housed stores for Chinese merchants and government offices.

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Alcaiceria de San Fernando

59
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It is a shop for , tobacco and cigar factories; Cigarreras, female workers.

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Tabacaleras

60
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other shops

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Sari-sari store and carinderias

61
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foremost hotels in Intramuros.

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Hotel la Palma de Mallorca, Hotel de Paris, and Hotel de Espana,

62
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boarding houses; less expensive lodgings

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Casas de huespedes

63
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It is the first bank built; initially housed in the Aduana.

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Banco Español-Filipino de Isabel II

64
Q

Dwellings reflecting the differences in social class.

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Domestic Structures

65
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Apartment dwellings

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Accesorias

66
Q

Evolved from the need of migrant laborers for cheap
housing in commercial and industrial areas.

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Accesorias (Apartment dwellings)

67
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each unit; has a zaguan, sala and sleeping quarters.

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Vivienda

68
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A housing prototype which combined elements of the indigenous and Hispanic building traditions to prevent the dangers posed by fire, earthquakes and cyclones

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Bahay na bato

69
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A new hybrid-type of construction, coined by JesuitFrancisco Ignacio Alcina, which refers to structures built partly of wood and partly of stone.

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Arquitectura Mestiza

70
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Characteristics of a Bahay na bato

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▪ two storeys
▪ The ground floor-cut stone or brick, the upper-wood.
▪ Windows: ground floor, grillworks; second floor,
sliding shutters with capiz shells or glass panels.
▪ hip roof with a 45-degree-angle pitch.

71
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Parts of Bahay na Bato in Ground Floor

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■ Cochera (driveway or garage)
■ Zaguan (vestibule or storage; usually for the caroza)
■ Entresuelo (mezzanine area, for offices or servants’ quarters)
■ Cuadra (horse stables)
■ Cocina (kitchen)
Escalera (wooden staircase)

72
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Parts of Bahay na Bato in Second Floor

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■ Caida or ante-sala (interior overhanging veranda)
■ Sala (living room)
■ Baño (bathroom)
■ Latrina (toilet)
■ Cocina (kitchen)
■ Comedor (dining area)
■ Azotea (outdoor terrace, located beside a balon or over an aljibe (water cistern).
■ Cuarto( bedroom)

73
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Other Parts of Bahay na Bato in Second Floor

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■ Galeria volada or corredor (flying wooden gallery)
■ Oratorio (praying area)
■ Callado ( wooden fretwork on top of partitions)
■ Pasamano (window sill)
■ Ventanillas (vents beneath the window sill which reach to the floor)
■ Barandillas (wooden balusters)