Market friday at Agoo, La Union remembered

in #marketfriday5 years ago (edited)

I was browsing through my phone's gallery and saw these photos I took when we went to Agoo and took a quick visit of their church there.

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This is the center of the town and it can be a place you can stop by, spare some time and tour a bit. This is along the national highway if you are going to and from Manila going to other places to the north like Ilocos region or the Cordilleras.

This is our first stop, the Basilica of our Lady of Charity. You can check about this church here.

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Directly to the left of the church compound is this building where an e-library is housed. This was built to provide better knowledge about the digital world. The ground floor is for businesses and we ate our lunch in one of the fastfoods there.

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Across this building is the town hall of Agoo.

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To the left of the town hall is this old structure but it had been refurbished and renovated. This is a museum but it was closed at that time so we were unable to visit it. On the ground floor is a fastfood.

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Across that and across the museum is the town's civic center. The facade seems to mirror the church with its design and the color as well.

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In front of the civic center is this viewdeck of some sort. The entrance to it was blocked though. By the looks of it, it has been blocked a long time.

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Next to the civic center is the town square. It is a small square surrounded by shops and commercial establishments.

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Some shops sell plants and pots such as these. I don't know if they were made of clay or something else and then painted to look like clay pots.

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Agoo is 2 hours travel from where we live. The structures here still retains the influence brought about by the Spanish conquest of our country for more than 300 years.

Agoo also has beaches that you can visit and places to eat local cuisine.

All photos are mine.

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I love the old buildings, you captured them very well.

I love them too. Thanks @rynow!

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Love learning about far away places, what grand old architecture around the town under brilliant blue skies @leeart.

Chow-king fast foods a good name!

Got lucky it was a good weather then 👍

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Nice place to visit

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Indeed 👍👍

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Wow! What a way to start off a post with the Basilica of Our Lady of Charity! It is absolutely stomach to see that kind of architecture. Also amazing that's in the center of town and you can stop in that you're touring the town. I love the statue sit on the fence line. what a beautiful statement that makes. And how cool that there is an e Library there!

That is a very modern looking Town Hall and I like that they take the old structures and reuse them I really like the architecture of the museum and I have to agree with you because I think the Civic Center does keeping the same Motif as the church I am sure the balcony has been blocked off for some time for safety reasons but that sure would be a cool place to view from. The Town Square looks like it has a nice fountain for the kids to run through or to cool off on a hot day and I really liked Town squares like this because it keeps all of your shops in one area and you can just cross back and forth. These parts actually look a little too perfect to be made of clay but it's possible that they could be.

I want to thank you for bringing us here as I found it to be interesting and the architecture was first class, especially the church. Thank you for sharing your culture and the different aspects of it. I appreciate all the time and effort it takes to put your post together. As always, I wish you a most wonderful day.

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I have read online while doing my previous blog about this church that they have a crypt. That would be something to look forward to if it is true. I hope it is lol! It would be interesting to see that.

This is realky accessible and conveniently located if you are going up north. One other thing to look forward to is how this town looks like at night. I bet the lights are adorable and how they turn these structures in a different state.

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