Every September, Vigan City celebrates the World
Heritage Cities Solidarity Cultural Festival. This month-long festivity, in
solidarity with other World Heritage Cities around the world, aims to
strengthen the pride in the city's history and culture, promote friendship and
diversity between countries and serves as great venue for forging ties and
understanding through community's involvement in the city's various activities
that highlights love for culture, arts and entertainments.
For three years now, the festival has been featuring the
Chinese Community Solidarity Festival to appreciate the contributions of the
Chinese Community in the development of the City. This started on September 17
and will run until September 30 at Sikatuna street in Barangay 1.
In December 1999, Vigan City was listed in
the UNESCO World Heritage List of Sites and Monuments as the city,
which was established in the 16th century, is the “best-preserved example
of a planned Spanish colonial town in Asia. Its architecture reflects the
coming together of cultural elements from elsewhere in the Philippines, from
China and from Europe, resulting in a culture and townscape that have no
parallel anywhere in East and South-East Asia.
Vigan was awarded the UNESCO’s Best Practice in World Heritage
Management on the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention in Kyoto,
Japan in 2012.
In 2014, Vigan was named as one of the New Seven
Wonders-Cities of the World and was officially inaugurated as such on May 7,
2015.
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