Historic houses in Santa Rita, Pampanga

Dubbed as the "Grand Old House of Santa Rita", Villa Epifania has been receiving attention due to alleged supernatural occurrences happening inside it.

[1][2] Also known as the Convento de la Sagrada Familia, the Dominican Convent has hosted numerous retreats and spiritual recollections.

The villa was designed and constructed by architect Mariano Pineda, a native of Santa Rita and relative of the Guanzons.

The villa's wood portions are of the Philippine hardwood (narra, camagong and molave) and the furniture is of King Louis style.

An azotea flanks the north side of the house which gives a view of the western farm lands in Santa Rita, a large portion of which were once owned by the Guanzons and other notable landlords from the Pineda, Lansang and Gosioco families.

In popular media, the house was first featured in the Lino Brocka film Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang in 1976.