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Lost and Found in the Most Holy Trinity Parish. Balic-Balic, Sampaloc, Manila

Cementerio de Binondo (La Loma Cemetery)

Fr. Ramon Caviedas, the Franciscan friar who built the Sampaloc cemetery located at the hills ofBalic-balic, Sampaloc, Manila, was himself buried on a cemetery located on the hills of La Loma

(called cementerio de Binondo as it was formerly part of the jurisdiction of Santa Cruz, Maniladuring the Spanish colonial period).

Photo right: Today, one enters the former Binondocemetery from Jose Abad Santos. Note the iron gatewith the campo santo de la loma sign. The designshows a degree of similarity with the original, and very

eautiful, wrought iron grill gate of Binondo cemetery.

According to Architect Lorelei D.C. de Viana, the

cemetery of Binondo was surrounded by a three meterigh stone masonry fence and had distinctive wrought

iron grill gate with statues of angels guarding it. Belowis an 1899 image taken from a stereograph printed by Underwood and Underwood.
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The photo above shows the original iron grill main gate (with two smaller side gates) of Binondocemetery located at La Loma. The funerary chapel can be seen from the background with thedistinctive dome design. However, what is interesting to note are the two iron column pairswhich bears strong resemblance to the iron columns that stands in todays entrance to La Lomacemetery. What happened to these very beautiful cemetery gate?
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Photo above shows what remains of the once very beautiful gate of Binondo cemetery a mutememorial to the neglect of historical and church heritage architecture. The wrought iron gates are

o moreone asks again, were the gates sold to scrap iron dealers, or to antique dealers?
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Close-up of what remains of the right stone column of the main entrance to Binondo cemeterycomplete with graffiti.

~ by Martin Gaerlan on July 7, 2007.

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1. I dont know about this interesting site. Is it in Santa Cruz or Binondo?

eric aka senor enrique said this on September 4, 2007 at 12:12 am | Reply

2. La Loma cemetery closer to the Chinese cemetery and the North Cemetery of Manila.

curatormuseo said this on September 7, 2007 at 2:29 pm | Reply

3. is this the same as the Binondo Catholic Cemetery of the 1900s? I am in search of my greatgrandmothers remains. Hope someone can help.

doc bimbo said this on May 29, 2009 at 8:03 am | Reply

yes, same cemetery. You may proceed to La Loma Catholic cemetery and check if theburial records contain the name of your grandmother. However, you need to have an ideaof date of death or date of burial.

curatormuseo said this on May 29, 2009 at 12:01 pm | Reply

4. [...] Cementerio de Binondo (La Loma Cemetery) July 2007 4 comments [...]

2010 in review Museo Santisima Trinidad said this on January 2, 2011 at 8:25 am | Reply

5. Thank you for this information. We are doing some research on Manila Cemeteries & I foundthis website. Can I ask where you got your primary data (on the establishment of the camposanto)? Thank you and your help is greatly appreciated!

Kat M. said this on January 3, 2011 at 2:28 am | Reply

For Binondo cemetery, see work by Arch. Lorelie de Viana, Public Sanitation andCemeteries in 19th Century Manila. UNITAS, 2004, Vol 77, No 1., pp. 87-132.Are youdoing undergraduate or graduate level research?

curatormuseo said this on January 3, 2011 at 5:15 am | Reply

Hi, thank you for the reply! I am doing a graduate research at UP.Do you mind if I getyour email address for a personal transaction? Thanks again!

Kat M. said this on January 5, 2011 at 5:43 am

6. [email protected]

curatormuseo said this on January 6, 2011 at 2:20 pm | Reply

7. [...] Around 100 meters from the facade of the old chapel are two stone columns, which used tbe the original stone columns of the iron grill main gate of the cemetery. An old image of howthe main gate and the church looked like in 1899 can be seen here. [...]
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Campo Santo de La Loma and its Lumang Simbahan | Lakwatsero loves Pilipinas! said thion May 3, 2011 at 1:04 am | Reply

8. OMG! I dont think it is a similarity. I think it is all part of the original gate. What a waste of aimportant heritage structure. I wish the city government would bring it back to how it stood ithe late 1800s.

Dr. Bimbo Sta. Maria said this on February 19, 2012 at 4:35 am | Reply

9. I was just reviewing the posts and i was surprised that i did ask help from you in 2009. thankto your reply then and yes, i found my grandmothers remains. She is Maria Carpena,Philippines first recording artist. She is not listed though in the personalities buried at LaLoma. Sad that she has been long forgotten and her contribution to Philippine Music andTheater.

Dr. Bimbo Sta. Maria said this on February 19, 2012 at 4:41 am | Reply

Thank you for your feedback and I am glad that museo santisima trinidad was of some

help in your search for the remains of Maria Carpena, your grandma. regards.

curatormuseo said this on February 19, 2012 at 7:51 pm | Reply

0. finally all my question was answered when I read this. My father was also buried near in thethe main entrance gate. its really amazing we always park our car near in that stone, and Ithought soul or ghost was inside the old church. and i cant help my self to took a pictureevery time we visit my father there, old church is really an eye catcher.

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