Dominican Hill Retreat House

The Dominican Hill Retreat House, also usually referred to as the Diplomat Hotel, is an deserted shape atop Dominican Hill, Baguio, Philippines. It is now undergoing rehabilitation via the efforts of the city authorities. The complete assets on which it stands has been renamed as the Dominican Heritage Hill and Nature Park.

A panoramic view of the metropolis unfolds from its vantage point, the stone crucifix on the out of doors patio of the resort's 2nd floor. In 1911, American friars of the Order of Preachers along side some Spanish participants made plans for the development of a vacation residence for them and the nuns of their order in Baguio. One of the contributors of the order, Fr. Roque Ruano, O.P., the equal architect of the primary constructing of the modern campus of the University of Santo Tomas, designed the building. A 17-hectare hill property changed into acquired from Americans who reside in Baguio and construction is said to have began in 1913 and changed into supervised by Ruano himself. It changed into then inaugurated in May 1915.