Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Ancestral houses of the Philippines are homes owned and preserved by the same family for several generations as part of the Filipino family culture. Houses could be a simple house to a mansion. Some houses of prominent families had become points of interest or museums in their community because of its cultural, architectural or historical significance. These houses that are deemed of significant importance to the Filipino culture are declared Heritage House by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), previously known as the National Historical Institute (NHI) of the Philippines. Preservation is an utmost importance as some ancestral houses have become in danger because of some enterprising businesses, who have no regard for preservation, buy old houses in the provinces, dismantle them then sell the parts as ancestral building materials for homeowners wishing to have the ancestral ambience on their houses. These ancestral houses provide the current generation a look back of the country's colonial past through these old houses."@en }
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- Ancestral_houses_of_the_Philippines abstract "Ancestral houses of the Philippines are homes owned and preserved by the same family for several generations as part of the Filipino family culture. Houses could be a simple house to a mansion. Some houses of prominent families had become points of interest or museums in their community because of its cultural, architectural or historical significance. These houses that are deemed of significant importance to the Filipino culture are declared Heritage House by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), previously known as the National Historical Institute (NHI) of the Philippines. Preservation is an utmost importance as some ancestral houses have become in danger because of some enterprising businesses, who have no regard for preservation, buy old houses in the provinces, dismantle them then sell the parts as ancestral building materials for homeowners wishing to have the ancestral ambience on their houses. These ancestral houses provide the current generation a look back of the country's colonial past through these old houses.".