Casa Manila

Casa Manila
1850s San Nicolas House
Casa Manila Museum
General information
Status	active
Type	Mansion
Architectural style	Spanish colonial
Location	Intramuros
Address	Intramuros Admin, Gen. Luna St., Intramuros, Manila, Luzon, Philippines
Town or city	Manila
Construction started	1850
Technical details
Floor count	3
Design and construction
Architect	Ramon Faustmann
Website

Casa Manila is a museum in Intramuros depicting colonial lifestyle during Spanish colonisation of the Philippines.

The museum is the imposing stone-and-wood structure circa 1850, one of the grand houses in Barrio San Luis (one of the four original villages of Intramuros) is located across historic San Agustin church and bounded by Calle Real, General Luna, Cabildo and Urdaneta streets. The other two are the Los Hidalgos, circa 1650 and Cuyugan Mansion, circa 1890.

Casa Manila is a copy of an 1850s San Nicolas House that was once located in Calle Jaboneros. The architect of Casa Manila was J. Ramon L. Faustmann.^[1] It was constructed by Imelda Marcos during the 1980s and modeled on Spanish colonial architecture.^[2]

References

↑ "Intramuros: Revisit the Past in Casa Manila". Philippine Headline News Online. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
↑ Greg Bloom (2009). Philippines. Lonely Planet. p. 81. ISBN 1-74104-721-8. Retrieved 13 August 2011.

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Events venues	Cultural Center of the Philippines Mall of Asia Arena Manila Film Center Meralco Theater Metropolitan Theater Philippine International Convention Center Smart Araneta Coliseum SMX Convention Center World Trade Center Metro Manila

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Casa Manila

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References

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