
Plaridel’s Simborio Chapel: Bulacan’s Octagonal Memory
In the middle of modern homes and daily routines in Plaridel, Bulacan, the Simborio Chapel stands with a kind of calm persistence. It doesn’t tower or demand attention. Instead, it holds its ground quietly — one of the oldest surviving Spanish-era structures in the town, existing not inside a gated heritage park, but right where life continues to unfold.