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buildings and other structures along the street deteriorated but remained to be a shopping hub of the city. Calle Real as a district consisting of
Aldeguer, Guanco and Iznart, J. M. Basa, and Mapa streets was declared an Iloilo City heritage zone by the virtue of Ordinance No. 00-054, also known as
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American occupation of the Philippines
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