Ibarras restaurant padre faura biography
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Padre Faura Street
Street in Manila, Philippines
Padre Faura Street is an east-west street in downtown Manila, Philippines. It carries traffic one-way westbound from Romualdez Street to Roxas Boulevard. Starting at its eastern terminus at Paco Park in Paco district, the street heads west for a short stretch towards the intersection with Taft Avenue, where the Manila Science High School is located. Past the intersection, the street traverses the district of Ermita, where several important government institutions, such as the Supreme Court, the Department of Justice, and the Philippine General Hospital, are located. Also located along this stretch of Padre Faura are the UP Manila College of Arts and Sciences, Robinsons Place Manila, and some hotels and condominiums. The street ends at the intersection with Roxas Boulevard, just across from the United States Embassy.
The street was named after the Jesuit priest Federico Faura, a Spanish director of the Manila Observatory (Obser
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Several streets of Manila have been renamed through the years, sometimes without regard to street names as signpost to history. For historian Ambeth Ocampo, old names of the streets of Manila, “in one way reaffirmed and enhanced our culture.”
Former names of some streets in Binondo were mentioned by Jose Rizal in his novels. Calle Sacristia (now Ongpin Street) was the street where Rizal’s leading character Crisostomo Ibarra walked the old Tiniente back to his barracks. The house of rik Indio Don Capitan Tiago de los Santos was located in Calle Anloague (now Juan Luna).
Only a century ago, the surrounding blocks of Malate and Ermita were traverse only by Calle Real (now M.H. sektion Pilar Street) and Calle Nueva (now A Mabini Street) that followed the curve of the Bay and led to Cavite’s port. Today’s Roxas Boulevard was underwater then. Along the two main vägar were houses and rice fields punctuated by the churches of Malate and Ermita and the military installati
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About Us
Ibarra’s Party Venues and Catering Specialist started its operation in April 2001 as a small restaurant in Manila. The name “Ibarra’s” was inspired by the main protagonist in Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere, Juan Crisostomo Ibarra. He is confident, highly-educated, and full of grace—values that the Ibarra’s brand masterfully translates into well-thought-out and memorable celebrations.
Its first venue, Ibarra’s Garden, located at Padre Faura St. in Ermita, Manila, became an industry forerunner for event venues and catering at that time. Due to the increasing demand of the debut and wedding industry, Ibarra’s expanded its operation in 2004 and established a new branch at the heart of Quezon City in Timog Ave.—the Plaza Ibarra. In 2011, Villa Ibarra in Maharlika East, Tagaytay was introduced—the venue with hotel rooms and with the perfect 180° view of the Taal Lake that suits every kind of event. In 2017, we launched our first ever modern Filipino-inspired venue,