Consunji House
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The Consunji House is a heritage house
Ancestral houses of the Philippines
Ancestral houses of the Philippines are homes owned and preserved by the same family for several generations as part of the Filipino family culture. Houses could be a simple house to a mansion, some houses of prominent families had become points of interest or museums in their community because of...

 in the City
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 of San Fernando, Pampanga
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 province
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 in the Philippines
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History

The house was the residence of Antonio E. Consunji, the gobernadorcillo of San Fernando in 1892. He was removed from office by the ruling Spanish government because of his attendance when Jose P. Rizal visited the town in June of that year. He became the presidente municipal of San Fernando during the Philippine Revolution
Philippine Revolution
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from 1898-1899.
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