Camiña Balay Nga Bato
| Camiña Balay Nga Bato | |
|---|---|
Interactive map of the Camiña Balay Nga Bato area | |
| General information | |
| Location | 20 Osmeña Street, Arevalo, Iloilo City, Philippines |
| Coordinates | 10°41′23″N 122°30′54″E / 10.689694°N 122.514889°E |
| Year built | 1865 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 2 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Anselmo Avanceña |
Avanceña–Camiña Balay Nga Bato (lit. 'Avanceña–Camiña Stone House'), also known simply as Camiña Balay Nga Bato, is a 161-year-old bahay na bato in the Arevalo district, Iloilo City, Philippines. It was built in 1865 and was designed by the first parish priest of Molo, Anselmo Avanceña, for Don Fernando Avanceña and his wife, Eulalia Abaja. It was then passed on from one family to another until it came under the Camiñas family.[1] It is now owned by the fourth generation of the original owners, Gerard Camiña, former director of the Land Transportation Office in Western Visayas, and his wife, Luth Camiña. The ancestral house was declared as an Important Cultural Property by the National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) in 2015.
The heritage house is also now a heritage museum and a restaurant, serving a variety of Ilonggo delicacies and its well-known homemade tsokolate tablea (chocolate tablets).