{"id":167,"date":"2017-05-19T23:22:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T22:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/?p=167"},"modified":"2017-05-19T23:23:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T22:23:09","slug":"mountaintop-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/19\/mountaintop-property\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountaintop property"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my last <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/18\/cebu-city-part-3\/\">post<\/a> I have mentioned that somehow the gods from the greek (or roman) pantheon have found their way to Cebu. How is that possible? They are gods after all, so they can do whatever they please&#8230; Well, apart from this simple fact there is also a place called Temple of Leah and a Mr Teodorico Adarna is the initiator of the structure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-01-Temple-of-Leah-plate.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-imagelightbox=\"0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-168\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-01-Temple-of-Leah-plate-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The edifice is inspired by traditional Roman architecture (which in turn was influenced by Greek designs). But still the question remains:<\/p>\n<h5>why is it in the Philippines overlooking Cebu City?<\/h5>\n<p>Not exactly a temple, the place is rather a tribute to Mr Teodorico&#8217;s wife &#8211; Leah. It is his way of showing his love and devotion to her. Let&#8217;s have a look around.<\/p>\n<p>This is Leah.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-03-Temple-of-Leah-statue.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-imagelightbox=\"1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-171\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-03-Temple-of-Leah-statue-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here obviously Leah is in the background.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-04-Temple-of-Leah-statue-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-imagelightbox=\"2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-172\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-04-Temple-of-Leah-statue-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-13-Temple-of-Leah-description.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-imagelightbox=\"3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-183\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-13-Temple-of-Leah-description-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-13-Temple-of-Leah-description-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-13-Temple-of-Leah-description-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-13-Temple-of-Leah-description.jpg 809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These are some shots taken around the temple.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-12-Temple-of-Leah-front.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-imagelightbox=\"4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-182\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-12-Temple-of-Leah-front-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-09-Temple-of-Leah-yard-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-imagelightbox=\"5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-179\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-09-Temple-of-Leah-yard-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-11-Temple-of-Leah-statue-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-imagelightbox=\"6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-181\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-11-Temple-of-Leah-statue-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-10-Temple-of-Leah-statue.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-imagelightbox=\"7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-10-Temple-of-Leah-statue-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-07-Temple-of-Leah-lion-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-imagelightbox=\"8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-177\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-07-Temple-of-Leah-lion-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-06-Temple-of-Leah-lion.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-9\" data-imagelightbox=\"9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-176\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-06-Temple-of-Leah-lion-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just letting you know that the building is still a work in progress.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-05-Temple-of-Leah-construction.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-10\" data-imagelightbox=\"10\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-174\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-05-Temple-of-Leah-construction-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-05-Temple-of-Leah-construction-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-11\" data-imagelightbox=\"11\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-173\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-05-Temple-of-Leah-construction-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Which reminds me of other grand-scale projects that take years to build. Just to give you two examples: Crazy Horse and Sagrada Familia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-14-Crazy-Horse.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-12\" data-imagelightbox=\"12\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-186\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-14-Crazy-Horse-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-15-Sagrada-Familia.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-13\" data-imagelightbox=\"13\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-187\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-19-15-Sagrada-Familia-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will expand on these two monuments in other posts.<\/p>\n<p>Did you enjoy the greenery surrounding the Temple of Leah? Then be sure to come back for my next post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my last post I have mentioned that somehow the gods from the greek (or roman) pantheon have found their way to Cebu. How is that possible? They are gods after all, so they can do whatever they please&#8230; Well, apart from this simple fact there is also a place called Temple of Leah and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/19\/mountaintop-property\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mountaintop property&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[32,29,33],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-photos","tag-cebu","tag-philippines","tag-temple-of-leah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}