Silay

Balay Negrense

Home of the french descent family; the gaston family, who helped in experimenting sugar cane production in the province. after the death of their father; victor gaston, the family abandoned the house and fell into ruins but during the 1970s concerned people showed their support and repaired the house. the architecture is a typical example of "bahay na bato" or house of stone, with american-european colonial influences. today it is a museum containing antiques.

The main attractions in Silay are the well preserved European houses. Drop off by the tourist info desk near the city hall and get a map of the ancestral homes.

Bernardino-Ysabel Jalandoni Ancestral House
Rizal St

Besides from European architecture, what special about the house is that it has been turned into a museum and displays an expensive doll collection, as well as century old objects like telephones, chandeliers, etc.

Manuel Severino Hofilena Ancestral House
Cinco de Noviembre St
Adults P40, Senior Citizens and youth P20
Near Balay Negrense

The ancestral house is home to the world's smallest doll, it also displays ancient artifacts from the 15th Century and a collection of Ramon Hofilena.

San Diego Pro-Cathedral.

The only pro-cathedral church outside metro manila, its birth was in the 1700s, the church was still made of nipa-palm, bamboo and grass, in the 1800s the church was then made into a wood and stone structure, finally in the 1900s the structure was made into what it is now, the architecture; lucio bernasconi an italian architect took churches in his native italy as an influence and model of the church. it was finished on 1927 also inaugurated in the same year.