The Department of Foreign Affairs is calling on Filipinos worldwide to vote for the heritage city of Vigan, Ilocos Sur, in the New7Wonders Cities campaign, a global competition initiated by Swiss nonprofit New7Wonders Foundation. The foundation, which aims to protect and preserve the world’s manmade and natural heritage, is the same organization that named Puerto Princesa one of the world’s New7Wonders of Nature in 2011. “The heritage city of Vigan has qualified as one of the Top 28 places and the lone candidate from the Philippines in the search for the New7Wonders Cities,” the Philippine Embassy in Washington said in a statement on Saturday. Vigan, a Unesco World Heritage site popular for its well-preserved blocks of Spanish era houses, made the short list of finalists in October last year following a screening of more than 1,200 nominees from 220 countries.
Posted on: Sun, 25 May 2014 04:15:32 +0000
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