Machuca Tile

	Machuca Tile Machuca Tile Inc., originally known as Mosaicos Machuca, holds the distinction of being the oldest tile manufacturing business in the Philippines, with a history dating back to the early 1900s. ''Baldozas mosaicos'' was the proper term describing the Mediterranean cement tiles. Baldozas mosaicos was the accurate term used to describe the Mediterranean cement tiles, but they are now more commonly referred to as Machuca tiles, named after Don Pepe, the son of the renowned producer of baldozas mosaicos in the Philippines, Don Jose Machuca y Romero. History During the early 1900s, Don Jose Machuca y Romero was the foremost producer of Mediterranean tiles in the Philippines. His son, Don Pepe, an Audencia, established Mosaicos Machuca in an ancestral house located on Calle Tanduay in San Miguel, Manila, while the tile factory itself was situated beside the Pasig River. They were pioneers in implementing both wet and dry processes for manufacturing Mediterranean-designed cement tiles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Cement Tiles Cement tiles or hydraulic tiles are handmade colourful tiles used as floor and wall tiling. They appeared in Catalonia (Spain) in the 1850s, and have been widely used in Europe and America. Another origin is from Viviers, in the south of France, location of the famous ciment factory Lafarge. They represented a revolution in flooring in their day because they were much cheaper, more durable and easier to make than the previous handmade glazed ceramic tiles and were therefore more universally available for houses, and they allowed for profuse decorative patterns, their age of splendour being the end of the 19th to the middle of the 20th centuries, before they were gradually superseded by newer technologies as of the 1960s, such as terrazzo, salt-glazed stoneware, etc. that did not allow for such decorative embellishment but were cheaper. Cement tiles are not fired; there is no glaze layer on the surface of the tile. They derive their durability from the combination of finely dehyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	San Miguel, Manila San Miguel is a primarily middle-class residential area of the City of Manila, and is one of the city's sixteen traditional districts. Background Much of San Miguel is located on a riverine island, separated by the mainland by the Estero de (Stream of) San Miguel, and by the Pasig River. In order to reach the district, one has to cross any of the following bridges traversing Estero de San Miguel, from west to east: Carlos Palanca Bridge, P. Casal Bridge, Nepomunceno Bridge, Arlegui Bridge, San Rafael Bridge, Chino Roces Bridge (carrying Mendiola Street), Concepcion Aguila Bridge and J.P. Laurel Bridge. P. Casal Bridge's logical extension is the Ayala Bridge, that connects it to the southern bank of the Pasig. On the district's eastern parts is another riverine island, bounded by the Estero de San Miguel and Estero de Sampaloc. A small part is on the mainland, at the far eastern corner. San Miguel also includes the Isla de Convalecencia, the largest island in the Pasig River, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Parañaque Parañaque, officially the City of Parañaque ( fil, Lungsod ng Parañaque, ), is a first class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 689,992 people. It is bordered to the north by Pasay, to the northeast by Taguig, to the southeast by Muntinlupa, to the southwest by Las Piñas, and to the west by Manila Bay. Like the rest of Metro Manila, Parañaque experiences a tropical climate with only two distinct seasons, wet (July to September) and dry (October to June). The city enjoys an annual rainfall of and an average daily maximum temperature of . Parañaque is the home of the PAGCOR Entertainment City, a gaming and entertainment complex under development by the state owned Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation spanning an area of in Bay City, Metro Manila, Bay City, where four large integrated resorts are based namely Solaire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Andres Luna De San Pedro Andres or Andrés may refer to: * Andres, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois, US * Andres, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in Pas-de-Calais, France * Andres (name) * Hurricane Andres * "Andres" (song), a 1994 song by L7 See also * * * San Andrés (other), various places with the Spanish name of Saint Andrew * Anders (other) * Andre (other) Andreas (other) Andreas is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Andreas (comics) (b. 1951), pen name for Andreas Martens, comic artist * Andreas (parish), a parish in the Sheading of Ayre, Isle of Man Andreas, Isle of Man, t ... {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	San Sebastian Church (Manila) The Minor Basilica of San Sebastian (Filipino: ''Basilika Menor ng San Sebastian''; Spanish: ''Basílica Menor de San Sebastián''), better known as San Sebastian Church (Filipino: ''Simbahan ng San Sebastian'') or San Sebastian Basilica is a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church in Manila, Philippines. It is the church of the Parish of San Sebastian, and also a Shrine of Nuestra Senora del Monte Carmelo, or Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Completed in 1891, San Sebastian Church is noted for its architecture. An example of the Gothic Revival architecture in the Philippines, it is the only steel building church in the Philippines.. "The basilica is the first and the only all-steel church in Asia, the second in the world after the Eiffel Tower of Paris (French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel himself is also rumored BUT NEVER CONFIRMED to have been involved in the basilica's construction) " It was designated as a National Historical Landmark in 1973 and as a National Cultural Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alabang Alabang is a barangay in Muntinlupa, Philippines. At one time the area was a farming district, and has since grown from a village to a major commercial center, which includes the Filinvest City and Madrigal Business Park, and a transportation hub. It has an area of . A large portion of Ayala Alabang came from Barangay Alabang. It is formerly the location of the Alabang Stock Farm. Etymology According to the translation of the stories of previous generations to the elderly people who are still living in Alabang, the word Alabang comes from two words: ''Alibangban'' and ''Abangan'' (Filipino language, Filipino for wait). During the Spanish period, they say that many Bauhinia monandra, Alibangbang trees were planted in Alabang, and since people were still rare at that time, the area of the trees was wide, fat and its branches would fall off, which also rises approximately . Its leaves were about the size of a palm, and they appear to be twins that spread out during the day and gathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Shangri-La's Mactan Resort & Spa, Cebu Shangri-La's Mactan Resort & Spa is a 5-star resort owned by Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts located on the island of Mactan, Cebu. It was once the Philippines' largest resort, measuring 13 hectares, has 530 guest rooms and suites, a 6-hole golf course, two outdoor swimming pools, a private man-made beach cove, and a 6-hectare marine sanctuary with over 100 kinds of fish and corals.. Shangri-La's Mactan Resort and Spa received the “ASEAN Green Hotel Standard” at the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2008 held in Bangkok, Thailand, in recognition of its environmentally friendly energy conservation measures. For its 20th anniversary in October 2013, the resort underwent an expansive renovation program over three phases with a new “ocean to shore” concept. Since it opened in 1993, Shangri-La's Mactan Resort and Spa has won awards from international institutions such as "AsiaMoney", Business Traveller, Conde Nast, HotelClub.com, Smart Travel Asia, ''Time'' magazine, Travel Weekly (for “Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Cabalen Cabalen is a Philippine buffet restaurant chain primarily serving traditional Filipino entrees heavy on influences from the Pampanga region of Central Luzon, ranging from Filipino, Thai, and even Japanese cuisines. However, most of the meals are from Kapampangan cuisine. Most of the restaurants are located in Metro Manila with one restaurant located on Cebu and single international unit in the United States. Some of the locations are franchised operations. Many locations are situated within shopping malls. History Cabalen, which literally translates to "a fellow Kapampangan", is a group of casual - fine dining restaurants known for authentic Kapampangan dishes and different Filipino specialties, originating from Pampanga, such as Gatang Kohol (snails in coconut milk), betuteng tugak (stuffed frog), kamaru ( crickets), adobong pugo (quail) and balut (developing bird embryo). These factors contributed to the eventual birth of Cabalen, the Kapampangan specialty restaurants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Manufacturing Companies Of The Philippines Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high-tech, but it is most commonly applied to industrial design, in which raw materials from the primary sector are transformed into finished goods on a large scale. Such goods may be sold to other manufacturers for the production of other more complex products (such as aircraft, household appliances, furniture, sports equipment or automobiles), or distributed via the tertiary industry to end users and consumers (usually through wholesalers, who in turn sell to retailers, who then sell them to individual customers). Manufacturing engineering is the field of engineering that designs and optimizes the manufacturing process, or the steps through which raw materials are transformed into a final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]