Cathedral Museum Of Cebu Photo: Cathedral Museum Of Cebu

Cathedral Museum of Cebu, which opened in 2006, is located in downtown Cebu city. This is the ecclesiastical Museum dedicated to the history of the Roman Catholic diocese of the province. Inside, you can see exhibits relating to the religious life of the city and the Islands, many of which have been preserved since the Spanish colonial period.

The Museum is located near the Cathedral of Cebu and the nearby Basilica of Santo niño. His collection is housed in a small building, which in itself has historical value, it was built in the early 19th century, when the Bishop of Cebu was Santos Gomez marañon. This, incidentally, is one of the few buildings of the center Cebu, fully survived the Second World war. Interestingly, the Bishop marañon also initiated the construction of churches in the towns of Oslob and Naked, Episcopal Palace in Cebu opposite the Museum, the bell tower in the city of Argao and monastery in Sibonga.

Originally the Museum was located the monastery parish, then the faculty of the University of San Carlos, a cooperative store, and even a chapel, while the Cathedral was closed for restoration. Today in the Museum you can see a small chapel, which became the exhibition space for the collection of parish in the town of Carmen, " here you can see tabernacles (the lockers in the wall of the altar room of worship) and ancient shrines with silver engraving. This chapel is also often used to host special exhibitions.

Along the stairs leading to the upper floors, located a few galleries. In one are photos and illustrations of how spread Catholicism on the island of Cebu. In other stored personal belongings of cardinal Ricardo Vidal, who once served as parish priest of the Cathedral of Cebu, his prayer books, notebooks and a cardinal's ring, passed to Vidal by his predecessor Julio Rosales. In the third gallery you can see how the Church was built during the Spanish colonization of the island. Another gallery houses under its roof a collection of statues of saints from various parishes, including the statue of St. Joseph on his deathbed. Finally, the fifth gallery is a sample of the room of the priest.

Soon the building of the Museum is scheduled to make a patio, which will house a small coffee shop and a souvenir shop, and will be around a garden.

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