Casa Hacienda de Naic

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Casa Hacienda de Naic is a 19th-century structure classified as a casa hacienda (hacienda house) located in the town of Naic in Cavite province, Philippines. It is the only existing casa hacienda administered by friars in the Philippines that remains to be used at present.HistoryIt was originally constructed around 1830 by the Dominican priests after purchasing a large tract of real estate property known as the Hacienda de San Isidro Labrador to serve as housing for the overseers and workers of the said hacienda.During the Philippine Revolution, Casa Hacienda fell into the hands of Filipino revolutionaries. It was here that the Naic Assembly was held on April 17, 1897, presided by Emilio Aguinaldo which saw the election of a number of cabinet officials such as Pascual Alvarez as the Secretary of the Interior after its first elected secretary, Andres Bonifacio, did not assume the post in protest of the results of the Tejeros Convention; Baldomero Aguinaldo as Secretary of Finance; Jacinto Lumbreras as Secretary of State; Severino de las Alas as Secretary of Justice; and Mariano Alvarez as Secretary of Development.

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