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Colon Street
Location:
Colon Street, Cebu City
Category:
Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker Date:
16 October 1961
Installed By:
Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
COLON STREET
COLON STREET, KNOWN ALSO AS THE PARIAN, IS THE OLDEST STREET IN THE PHILIPPINES. IT WAS BUILT BY THE SPANIARDS WHO ARRIVED AT CEBU IN 1565 ON THE FLEET COMPOSED OF THE VESSELS SAN PEDRO, SAN PABLO AND SAN JUAN UNDER THE COMMAND OF MIGUEL LOPEZ DE LEGASPI.
