Stairway to the Lourdes Grotto on Mirador Hill
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(DSC07579) “El Mirador” was the name given by Don Manuel Scheidnagel, governor politico-militar of Baguio, to a hill overlooking Lingayen Gulf, La Union, and South China Sea. The Mirador Hill, as we now know it, was being eyed by the Jesuits of Ateneo de Manila to become their sanitarium as early as 1890. By 1900, the Jesuits were able to establish a meteorological and seismic station at Mirador as a branch of the Manila Observatory. They were only able to acquire the hill during the 1906 public auction of lots in Baguio. The following year, the Jesuits started building the first of their residences which also served as a sanitarium and summer retreat. In 1908, the road to the summit of Mirador was built along with the construction of stone buildings to house visiting priests from Manila. In 1913 the famous Lourdes Grotto was constructed followed by the completion of the stairway some five years later. At present, Mirador Hill is still being used for retreats and as a meeting center for Church groups. (Taken from http://baguiomidlandcourier.com.ph/anniv 09_article.asp?mode=anniv09/supplements/ leia.txt)
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