via Philippine Inquirer, 24 May 2022: A 17th century heritage house in Cebu has been declared an important cultural property.
The National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) has declared an ancestral house in Barangay Parian, Cebu City, an “important cultural property.”
The Yap-San Diego house is one of the only two oldest Chinese houses built outside China by Chinese merchants who migrated to other countries in Southeast Asia. The other is Syquia Mansion in Vigan, Ilocos Sur.
Source: Ancestral house in Cebu now a cultural icon | Inquirer News
