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- It was categorized under Churches, Temples, and Places of Worship as a Church with an estimated age of 91years and was owned by the Diocese of Balanga.
- A property labeled as heritage houses/vernacular architecture under the American period with an estimated year of establishment in the 1900s and is now owned by Mrs. Melanie De Leon.
- A property categorized as Monuments and Markers, particularly as a Landmarks with an estimated year of establishment of 1969 and owned by the public.
- Leia Abaya inherited a religious object, namely an image constructed in the 1890s with an estimated age of 130 years and measuring 0.42m, which was a sacred image.
- The Angeles family acquired the religious object, a 1960s-era image with an approximate age of 62 years and measures 0.44 meters.
- Virgilio Malang inherited the property, which was classified as an ethnographic object consisting of work implements measuring 741cm with an estimated production date of 1940.
- Edwin Riego inherited and possessed the item, which was categorized as an ethnographic object, specifically as work tools measuring 298.5cm with an estimated year of manufacture of 1945.
- Edwin Riego inherited and possessed the item, which was categorized as an ethnographic object, specifically as work tools measuring 46.3m with an estimated year of manufacture of 1941.
- Sugarcane serves a variety of kakanin which led to the dominance of gilingan ng tubo in Pilar, Bataan which once belonged to the town's magkakanin. It has been reported that the evolution of the gilingan from large to small masses is because the majority of Pilar residents who use and create kakanin are older; hence, the size of the gilingan is customized so that the elderly can utilize it despite their age.
- The forging tong was dated back to before or during the Japanese invasion. Residence of Pilar believed that the property had gold in it, which made the residents purposefully plant bombs and explosives on the property to destroy it and eventually get the gold. However, none of those who tried were successful as it is made of stone that is difficult to dismantle.
- Mr. Edwin Malang, a descendent of a family of blacksmiths in Pilar, recounted that forging metal, iron, and steel, typically for agricultural implements, had been their livelihood for decades. A, Virgilio Malang opened his own business in Burgos, Pilar, in 1982, in the sacred place beneath his parents' home. Some apprentices and assistants of Apolinario Malang eventually left to establish their forge shops along Rizal and Burgos.
- One of the tales associated with Our Lady of Sorrow is that it grants the requests and prayers of its devotees; however, only the aspirations of genuine devotees with exemplary moral character and ideals are granted as it could discern a person's excellent or wicked nature and the sincerity of their devotion and prayers.
- Mater Dolorosa only appears during a procession on Good Friday, symbolizing Christ's crucifixion and death by donning a black dress and veil. Mater Dolorosa's inclusion in the procession on Holy Wednesday indicates that Judas' betrayal was recently added.
- A project initiated by Fernando Lopez, vice president of the Philippines, from 1965 to 1971. Miguel Siasat, a native of Orion, conceived the design and layout for the Flaming Sword. The design was created back then as a course requirement. Then, Fernando Lopez took notice of the design produced by Mr. Siasat due to this fortuitous occurrence.
- The first church of Pilar, Nuestra Senora Del Pilar Church was made of stone initiated in 1834 by a Dominican. It took the Spanish Dominicans twenty years to finish the existing church.
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