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ILOILO HERITAGE MANSIONS TOUR. 2ND STOP. From the Lizares Mansion, we moved to the centuries old (over 200 years) mansion where the wife of former vice-president Fernando Lopez Sr., Maria "Mariquit" Javellana-Lopez, once lived. Mariquit’s banker grandfather Ramon Javellana had it built, and it served both as a residence and a bank. The house is open to tourists by appointment and parts of the mansion are set up as a showcase of the Vice President Lopez and Mariquit’s memorabilia. Robert Lopez Puckett, a great great grandson who is now the owner of the house, started restoration of his ancestral home in 1993. His team carefully chipped off the wall finish on the ground floor to reveal the original red bricks and gingerly removed multiple layers of paint, applied by tenants through the years, from the hardwood walls. Today, the house remains lived-in and gives truth to our message that in Iloilo the past is always present. Woohoo!”) #IloiloWhenThePastIsAlwaysPresent #CasaMariquit #ItsMoreFuninthePhilippines
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