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Vigan

Spanish colonial town on the west coast of Luzon, founded in 1572, with streets lined by bahay na bato houses that mix Philippine, Chinese and European building traditions. UNESCO lists it as the best-preserved Spanish colonial town in Asia.

Dated events and their evidence

• 1572 CE mainstream
  Juan de Salcedo reaches Vigan and founds Villa Fernandina source
• 1758 CE mainstream
  royal decree makes it Ciudad Fernandina; see of Nueva Segovia moves here source
• 1999 CE mainstream
  inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site source

Where

17.5747° N, 120.3869° E

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigan

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