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Built by Gobernadorcillo Agapito Florendo y Bonifacio in 1870, Villa Angela
stands proudly on a 2,000 square meter lot as a shining example of a
Vigan Heritage House. Being a rich depository of the family's relics and
memorabilia acquired through the years, Villa Angela remains a showcase of the family's past and present
standing in the Vigan community.
The upper floor has been continuously maintained
to be as elegant as it was over 100 years ago. The rooms are filled with
antique furniture seen only in big colonial houses. On the lower floor,
what were once storage areas for the family's farm produce of rice, corn,
maguey, and tobacco have been converted into cozy dormitory-style rooms
which can accommodate larger groups.
Villa Angela has been the venue of many historical and social
gatherings in the Vigan of yesteryears, and remains so today, as a preferred
venue for both grand and intimate gatherings, garden weddings, baptismal parties
and even retreats, seminars, workshops and training courses for various groups
and organizations.
In fact, on December 24,
1988, with the restoration almost complete, the house was able to serve as a lasting memento of the Golden Wedding
Anniversary of then-owners Engr. Candelario V. Verzosa, Sr. and Dra. Purificacion
Lahoz-Verzosa, who have since bequeathed this home and this treasure, to the family's
present-day generations.
Come visit Villa Angela and experience this
rapidly vanishing lifestyle.
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