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Casa Real restoration finally begins
- Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=894471
- Monday, June 13, 2016
- (PNA), FFC/LVM/RMA
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, June 13 (PNA) -- Reconstruction of the Casa Real, once seat of the Pangasinan provincial government and the home of Spanish gobernadorcillo of Pangasinan, has already started, according to outgoing Gov. Amado Espino Jr.
Espino, the incoming Pangasinan's 5th district congressman, expressed hope in an interview on Sunday that the project will be completed before the end of this year under the administration of his son and namesake Amado I Espino III, the incoming governor of Pangasinan.
The project is being bankrolled jointly by the province of Pangasinan and the Tourism Infrastructure Economic Zone Authority (TIEZA), formerly the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA).
"I hope the project will be completed before the end of this year as I was informed funding from the national government (referring to (TIEZA) is now in the hands of the district engineering office of the Department of Public Works and Highways," Espino said.
Funding for the ground preparation as well as initial roofing of the project came from the counterpart fund from the provincial government.
Once restored to its old Spanish period grandeur, the Casa Real will serve as a provincial museum to complement the Bengson-Yuson Heritage House, built in the late 1800.
This was renovated by the provincial government after it was donated by the family of former Pangasinan 2nd District Congressman Jose Antonio Bengson III.
The Pangasinan Historical and Cultural Commission (PHCC) headed by Dr. Gonzalo T. Duque sought the restoration of the Casa Real to its old grandeur.
Both Governor Espino and 2nd District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil are in support of the project being a mute witness to the history that unfolded in Pangasinan since the early 1800s.
It was Rep. Bataoil who authored a law in Congress appropriating funds for the restoration of the facility through TIEZA.
The Casa Real served as seat of the provincial government up the American regime till a new one near the beach was built sometime in 1923.
When a new provincial capitol was built, Casa Real was retained to serve as a court house that once hosted the different court of first instances in Pangasinan.