Villalon lecture on Macau Heritage and Conservation at USC-Talamban august 5

CEBU, Philippines - Augusto F. Villalon, one of the country’s leading experts on heritage conservation, is set to speak at a lecture-forum on “Macau Heritage and Conservation” at the University of San Carlos, Talamban Campus, on August 5.  Venue is the College of Architecture and Fine Arts (CAFA) Auditorium at 2:30 PM.

In what is sure to be a fascinating dissertation of Macau, a former Portuguese colony and now a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (PROC), Villalon, of A. Villalon Associates, a leading architectural firm, will delve into the past history of Macau, from its early days as a Chinese fishing village and through the years as the meeting place of East and West in commerce and culture, to the present modern cosmopolitan city that it is today.

A meld of the Orient and the Occident, Macau has managed to preserve its uniqueness, not just through its architecture, and the various cultural influences it has been subjected to, making it an amalgam of the two hemispheres its essence has evolved from.  How this has been done, both through the Macanese local residents’ welcoming attitude and open-mindedness to all cultural influences, and the Macau Government’s own liberal policies and awareness of the value of tradition and history, will also be part of Villalon’s lecture.

This free lecture is open to the public, especially to Architecture and Fine Arts students, as well as history and tourism buffs, and those interested in the preservation of the past and its relation to the present.  An open forum follows the lecture. 

A photo exhibit on Macau Architectural Heritage will also be set up at the lobby of the University’s CAFA building and is open to the public starting August 1 to 15.

More information on this lecture is available at telelephone 344-3801 loc. 707.