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There are lots to see around the town and the place is replete with historical landmarks and locations. The mestizo district, where more than a hundred ancestral houses line side by side along narrow streets, presents a glorious glimpse of its colonial birth. St. Paul.s Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Salcedo and Plaza Burgos are also a draw for the typical tourist with its majestic designs and historical significance in the area.
The historic town of Vigan was inscribed to the World Heritage List in 1999, justified by "Criterion: Vigan represents a unique fusion of Asian building design and construction with European colonial architecture and planning. Criterion: Vigan is an exceptionally intact and well preserved example of a European trading town in East and South-East Asia."
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