Guisi Lighthouse Quick Facts

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Guisi Lighthouse Quick Facts
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GUIMARAS ALSO PLAYS HOST TO A RICH CULTURAL
HERITAGE THAT IS PERHAPS ONLY RIVALLED BY THE
ONES CONTAINED IN ITS SISTER TOWN, ILOILO.
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ONE OF THE MANY POPULAR REMNANTS OF ITS OLD
COLONIAL HERITAGE IS ONE THAT HAS HELPED MANY
GUIMARASNONS FIND THEIR WAY HOME DURING THOSE
TIMES THE GUISI LIGHTHOUSE.
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THE GUISI LIGHTHOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED DURING THE
WANING YEARS OF THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT. IT WAS
FINISHED IN 1896, THE YEAR WHERE THE EMBERS OF
THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION WERE BEGINNING TO BURN.
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GUISI HAS THE THIRD OLDEST LIGHTHOUSE IN THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY THE LIGHTHOUSE HAS PROVEN TO BE A
GREAT VANTAGE SPOT FOR GUIDING PEOPLE TO SAFETY
MORE THAN A CENTURY AFTER ITS CONSTRUCTION.
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THE NEW LIGHTHOUSE OF GUISI IS JUST ADJACENT TO
THE OLD ONE THE UPDATED LIGHTHOUSE HAS BEEN
CONSTRUCTED ADJACENT TO THE OLD ONE IT PROVES
THAT THE REMNANTS OF THE PAST CAN COEXIST WITH
MODERNITY IN THIS DAY AND AGE!
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GUISI LIGHTHOUSE MAY BE CRUMBLING NOW, BUT AT
LEAST IT STILL STANDS STURDILY EVEN TO THIS DAY.
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