{"id":48584,"date":"2015-05-09T00:01:42","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T16:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=48584"},"modified":"2015-05-09T00:01:42","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T16:01:42","slug":"vigan-officially-inaugurated-as-among-new7wonders-cities-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/05\/09\/vigan-officially-inaugurated-as-among-new7wonders-cities-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Vigan officially inaugurated as among \u2018New7Wonders Cities\u2019 of the world"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vigan’s most famous street, Calle Crisologo, at night. (Ching Dee \/ PCI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — Nearly five months after being declared one of the cities among the New7Wonders Cities of the world, the heritage city of Vigan in Ilocos Sur was officially inaugurated in a colorful lights show Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The ceremony, which was attended by top officials including Vice President Jejomar Binay and New7Wonders founder-president Bernard Weber, was held at the grounds of St. Paul Metropolitan Cathedral.<\/p>\n

Aside from the lights show, another highlight during the event was the unveiling of the bronze commemorative plaque presented to Vigan city\u2019s officials.<\/p>\n

The plaque was cast in the Kunstgie\u00dferei M\u00fcnchen, a famous foundry in the heart of Munich, Germany, where metal becomes memory using a combination of art and craft that dates back to ancient times.<\/p>\n

To recall, Vigan city, famous for the preservation of its Spanish-era architecture was declared among the New7Wonders Cities of the world last December 7, 2014.<\/p>\n

Results were announced on its website ending the year-long campaign of the New7Wonders Foundation, an organization looking to promote the beauty of the world as well as respect for cultural diversity.<\/p>\n

The foundation cited Vigan for its architecture which \u201c\u2026Echoes the fusion of cultural elements from the Philippines, China and Europe, creating a city that is without equal in Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n

It also gave credit to Vigan being “the best-preserved example of a planned Spanish colonial town in Asia.”<\/p>\n

New7Wonders Foundation is the same institution that endorsed and promoted the underground river in Puerto Princesa City as one of the New7Wonders of Nature.<\/p>\n

Aside from Vigan, the six other Wonders Cities include Beirut, Lebanon; Doha, Qatar, Durban, South Africa; Havana, Cuba; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and La Paz, Bolivia.<\/p>\n

Vigan is the first of the New7Wonders Cities to be officially inaugurated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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