Casa Gorordo of Cebu, heritage icon
CASA GORORDO IN CEBU reopened recently after being closed for a year for extensive conservation work.
Casa Gorordo Museum is one of Cebu’s premier attractions, visited by an unending stream of tourists and students. But its popularity was double-edged.The numerous tour groups stressed out the structure. Parts of the structure, not designed to accommodate the weight of too many people walking about, had begun to sag.
Water had also begun to seep into the ground-floor coral stone walls, the dampness seriously weakening the stones. More…