Visita Iglesia ( A ghost story )
Towns and cities in the Philippines that trace their beginnings to the Spanish regime followed a certain construction pattern: churches were built close to cemeteries. In fact, there may still be ancient churches where the campo santo (cemetery) is right behind them or within the same stone wall, as in European countries of the Renaissance Period. A very good example of this type is the Paco Park which is a walled -in, circular in shape park originally envisioned as the burial place of well-off aristocratic Spanish families who resided in old Manila. The cemetery was built in the late 18th century and decades later, a Roman Catholic chapel dedicated to St. Pancreatius was also constructed within its circular walls. But interment in Paco Park ceased in 1912 and most of the descendants of those buried there have transferred the remains of their ancestors elsewhere. The cemetery was converted into a national park in 1966 and is now listed as one of the most beaut