VICTORIA: The Mini Vigan Of Tarlac

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The commencement of Victoria as a community may be traced backing in the mid 1800s subsequently the Spanish regime started to disquiet ahead north from Manila. It on happened at the related become archaic following Porac and Florida Blanca (now share of Pampanga) and Tarlac (now Tarlac city) were formed. By 1849 houses and pockets of communities were deriving subsistence from the wetland. The biggest sitio was Namitinan which became part of the earliest barrio formed in 1852 called San Vicente de Canarum. The reveal was derived from the wetland called Canarum Lake.

Not until the signing of the decree by the Spanish Governor General Manuel Crespo on March 28, 1855, that the barrio San Vicente de Canarum was separated from Tarlac to form an independent pueblo named Victoria. The name was used to highlight the victorious battle of the faithful followers of Queen Isabela of Spain over their European enemies.

Traces of its Spanish history may still be seen in the well preserved municipal building, several old houses depicting Spanish architecture and various edifices that were built more than a hundred years ago.


One need not travel far north to Vigan just to marvel at the grandeur of well-preserved Spanish colonial architectural sites and structures.

In Victoria, Tarlac the government officials has ordered the re-development of the Municipal Building and houses along Victoria as part of the town's government continuing effort to preserve the city’s rich historical and cultural heritage.

Victoria, Tarlac is now a Second Class Municipality, it unveils its cultural heritage as it preserves its century old dwellings and other Spanish architectural designs of various edifices as they may be partly raved or have remained intact and grandiose through the years capturing the memoirs of the good old past. A miles journey into the revisited past. The scene is historical; a mixed ambiance of mystery, ancestry and serenity; a town aiming high to reach a new horizon of hope and prosperity. The culture of this town is rich in its own way. Although it is slowly gearing towards modernization and development, it has never failed to maintain its rich cultural heritage.

(Rigor Ancestral House)

 (Yap Ancestral House)

 

As the Municipality of Victoria commemorates the 100th+ year establishment of the Municipal Building, being the most significant event of the Town Fiesta highlighting the Panagabak Festival. Some of Interior Furniture exhibit every Victoria's Panagabak Festival at SM City Tarlac.

Images: Paolo Beltran

This article was written and summarize by Ma. Era Cecilia

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