My first contribution to Monday Doorways---another meme to enjoy.
The main door of the Crisologo Museum in Vigan, Ilocos Sur. It is housed in a century-old mansion of the Crisologos, a prominent political clan in Vigan. The museum was established after the patriarch of the family, Floro Crisologo, then a Congressman, was gunned down inside the cathedral in 1970 just as he stood up at Sunday mass to fall in line for communion. The murder hasn't been solved.
The rooms in the Crisologo mansion exhibit family photos, book collection, antique furniture and china, gowns and shoes of the widow, religious artifacts and other memorabilia. It basically shows how the family lived in those days---the 20-seat dining table fits the life of a political family.
The rooms in the Crisologo mansion exhibit family photos, book collection, antique furniture and china, gowns and shoes of the widow, religious artifacts and other memorabilia. It basically shows how the family lived in those days---the 20-seat dining table fits the life of a political family.
Crime scene photos, the slain politician's bloody clothes and shoes, news clippings of the murder occupy the former office at the ground floor of the mansion. They are too gruesome to be posted here. Crisologo's widow Carmeling, then the provincial governor, promised she wouldn't take any action to exact revenge and she didn't. But her eldest son Bingbong did, infamously burning down a village occupied by supporters of their family's political opponent. He went to jail for that and became a born-again Christian. Some years after his release from prison, he was elected to Congress. Source
Receiving/Living room
The master's bedroom
Vigan is now a safe place, with its 18th century ambiance and calming rhythm of kalesas clattering on cobblestone streets. But long before Ninoy Aquino's murder on the airport tarmac, Crisologo's killing inside the cathedral symbolized just how bloody Philippine politics is. Source
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