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Dapitan City Government Center
Welcome to Dapitan City! This humongous City Hall known as the Government Center houses all the departments of the local government unit. It has become an iconic landmark that serves to welcome travelers as they cross the Polo Bridge to go into the city. The striking rayadillo-shaped domes showcase the city’s heritage as one of…
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Punto de Desembarco
This marks the very spot where Dr. Jose P. Rizal landed ashore on the night of July 17, 1892 to start his life as an exile in Dapitan. The historical significance of this moment is immortalized by the life-size images of Rizal, Captain Delgras, and Spanish artillery men that show them preparing to walk along…
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Camarines Norte
Welcome to Camarines Norte, the gateway to Bicolandia. It is home to the Calaguas group of islands, national hero Dr. Jose Rizal’s first monument, and the Spanish era pilgrim church of Our Lady of Candelaria. The province is known for its pristine islands and white sand beaches, enchanting waterfalls and nature retreats, century old churches…
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St. Catherine of Alexandria
Founded in 1620, Dumaguete City is one of the older parishes in Negros and its parochial administration included the southeastern part of the island from Sibulan up to Bayawan as well as Siquijor. Administration of the parish was entrusted in the beginning to the secular clergy, and Fr. Juan de Roa y Herrera served as…
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St. Andrew the Apostle Parish Church
Amlan was one of four existing parishes when the ecclesiastical administration of Negros Island was turned over to the Augustinian Recollects on June 30, 1848. At that time, it didn’t amount to much, according to parish writings quoting Fr. Licinio Ruiz, who described it as a “miserable fishing hamlet consisting of 13 houses and a…
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Holy Child Parish Church
Jimalalud was among the early missions turned over to the Augustinian Recollects when they took over the evangelization of Negros in 1848. One of their first few acts when they assumed control was to create Tayasan into a parish separate from Tanjay together with the missions of Jimalalud and Ayungon on May 8, 1849.
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St. Francis of Assisi Parish Church
Manjuyod was established as a parish in 1854 and a Recollect priest arrived that same year to oversee its spiritual administration. It was, however, the successor of Fr. Jose Maria Ruiz, the town’s first parish priest, who was credited as the “real architect of the town,” according to the publication “Handurawan: Visita Iglesia Negros Y…
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St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish Church
Bais was organized into an independent town in 1801 but some time passed before it would be established as a parish by the Augustinian Recollects. Before November 1872, the town was under the parish of Tanjay and, a few years later, of Manjuyod. Nevertheless, the parish priest of Manjuyod continued to minister to the town…
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St. James the Greater Parish Church
One of the oldest missions in the Philippines founded in 1580, Tanjay once served as the mother church of the independent parishes of Dumaguete (1620), Siaton (1848), Amlan (1854), San Jose (1895), and Pamplona (1952) in Negros Oriental. Its name was derived from the words Tanay, Tanai, and Taytay that originated from the beautiful and…
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St. Anthony of Padua Parish Church
Dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua, this church of Sibulan was the third built on site since the founding of the parish in the mid 19th century. Although it became a parish in 1838, Sibulan already had a resident priest beginning in 1833. Fr. Mateo Saplad was credited with the construction of the first church…