National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) Markers in Rizal Province

Marker title: Ang Bahay ni Vicente S. Manansala (The House of Vicente S. Manansala)

Description: Declared by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines as a national historical
landmark.

Location: Manansala House, 73 Gloria St., San Carlos Heights, Tayuman, Binangonan, Rizal

Language: Filipino

Date issued: January 22, 1984

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Vicente S. Manansala (1910-1981)

Bantog na pintor at miyuralista. Isinilang sa Macabebe, Pampanga noong Enero 22, 1910. Nagtapos ng
Fine Arts sa Pamantasan ng Pilipinas, 1930. Tagaguhit at lay-out artist ng Philippines Heart, Photo News,
Liwayway at Saturday Evening News. NAGWAGI NG UNANG GANTIMPALA ANG KANYANG "POUNDING
RICE," 1940, AT "BARUNG-BARONG NO. 1," 1950. TUMANGGAP NG OUTSTANDING U. P. ALUMNI
AWARD, 1957; REPUBLIC CULTURAL HERITAGE AWARD, 1963; AT ARAW NG MAYNILA PATNUBAY NG
KALINANGAN AWARD, 1970. GUMUHIT NG MYURAL "FREEDOM OF THE PRESS," "STATIONS OF THE
CROSS," "AGHAM AT HUMANIDAD" ATBA. GINAWARAN PAGKAMATAY BILANG ISANG NATIONAL ARTIST,
1981. NAMATAY NOONG AGOSTO 22, 1981.

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ANG BAHAY NI VICENTE S. MANANSALA

SA BISA NG KAUTUSAN NG PANGULO BILANG 260, 1 AGOSTO 1973, NA SINUSUGAN NG MGA KAUTUSAN
BILANG 375, 14 ENERO 1974, AT BILANG 1515, 11 HUNYO 1978. ANG BAHAY NA ITO AY IPINAHAYAG NA
PAMBANSANG PALATANDA ANG MAKASAYSAYAN.

Marker title: Ang Bayan ng Morong (The Town of Morong)

Description: Established in 1578. Became the capital of the Politico-Militar Distrito de Morong.

Location: Morong

Language: Filipino

Date issued: December 9, 1973

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MORONG
ITINATAG ANG BAYAN NG MORONG NOONG 1578 AT NAGING KABISERA NANG ITATAG ANG DISTRITO-
POLITICO MILITAR NG MORONG NOONG 1853. ANG DISTRITO AY NAGING LALAWIGAN NG RIZAL NOONG
1901. ANG GUSALING ITO NA KILALA SA TAWAG NA COMMANDANCIA AY ITINAYO NOONG 1880-1881,
SA PANAHON NI G. MAURICIO MATA CRUZ, GOBERNADORSILYO NG BAYAN.

Marker title: Church of Antipolo

Description: A famous pilgrimage site. Houses the image of the Nuestra Señora de la Paz y del Buen Viaje
(Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage) brought from Mexico to Manila by Governor-General Juna Niño de
Tavora in 1626.

Location: Antipolo Church, Antipolo City

Language: English

Date issued: 1937

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CHURCH OF ANTPOLO

THE FIRST MISSIONARIES OF ANTIPOLO WERE FRANCISCANS. THE JESUITS ADMINISTERED THE CHURCH
FROM 1591 TO 1768. BUILT BY REV. JUAN DE SALAZAR, S. J., THE CHURCH WAS READY FOR NUESTRA
SEÑORA DE LA PAZ Y BUEN VIAJE IN 1632. THE CHURCH WAS GREATLY DAMAGED DURING THE CHINESE
UPRISING OF 1639 AND IN THE EARTHQUAKES OF 1645, 1824, AND 1863. FOR THREE CENTURIES NOW
THIS CHURCH HAS BEEN THE OBJECT OF RELIGIOUS PILGRIMAGES ALL OVER THE PHILIPPINES. THE
FAMOUS HISTORIANS PP. PEDRO CHIRINO, S. J., AND PEDRO MURILLO VELARDE, S. J., MINISTERED IN
ANTIPOLO.

Marker title: Church of Baras

Description: Building House of Worship. Franciscans built the first church in 1595. Church was completed
in 1686.

Location: Baras Church facade, Baras

Language: English

Date issued: 1939

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CHURCH OF BARAS

THE FRANCISCANS BUILT THE FIRST CHURCH IN 1595. THE TOWN WAS TRANSFERRED TO IBAYO IN I636
BUT RETURNED TO THE PRESENT SITE IN 1682 THE JESUITS ADMINISTERED THIS PARISH FROM 16I6 TO
1679 THE PRESENT CHURCH WAS COMPLETED 1686.
Marker title: Church of Morong

Description: Building House of Worship. Town dates back from 1578. The present church was
constructed after the fire of 1612.

Location: Morong Church facade, Morong

Language: English

Date issued: 1939

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CHURCH OF MORONG

THE TOWN DATES FROM 1578. A RESIDENT PRIEST WAS ASSIGNED TO IT IN 1586. A FIRE IN 1612
DESTROYED THE TOWN AND ITS FIRST CHURCH. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, THE PRESENT CHURCH WAS
CONSTRUCTED. ITS FRONTISPIECE AND THE BELFRY WERE BUILT BY BARTOLOME PALATINO OF PAETE,
BETWEEN 1850 AND 1853.

Marker title: Church of Tanay

Description: Building House of Worship. First church built in 1606. Formerly part of Pililla up to 1606.

Location: Tanay Church facade, Tanay

Language: English

Date issued: 1939

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CHURCH OF TANAY

THE ECCLESIASTICAL ADMINISTRATION OF TANAY BELONGED TO PILILLA UP TO 1606 WHEN THE FIRST
CHURCH WAS BUILT. THE TOWN MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO IN 1620 BUT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THIS SITE
IN 1640. THE PRESENT CHURCH WAS COMPLETED IN I783.

Marker title: Claudio Intermediate School

Description: Constructed in 1921, dedicated to the memory of Tomas Mateo Claudio.

Location: Morong (currently within NHCP storage)

Language: English

Date issued: 1953

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Claudio Intermediate School

Constructed 1921 under Act No. 2881 in memory of Tomas Claudio who died 29 June 1918, of wounds
received in action near Cantigny, France during World War I.

Marker title: Jose Rizal

Description: National hero. Doctor, polyglot, and sculptor. Wrote Noli Me Tángere and El Filibusterismo.

Location: Taytay Elementary School, Taytay

Language: Filipino

Date issued: 2011

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JOSE RIZAL (1861-1896)

PAMBANSANG BAYANI NG PILIPINAS. DOKTOR, AGRIMENSOR, DALUBWIKA, MANUNULAT, MAKATA,

ESKULTOR AT PINTOR. ISINILANG SA CALAMBA, LAGUNA, 19 HUNYO 1861. MAY AKDA NG NOLI ME
TANGERE (1887) AT EL FILIBUSTERISMO (1891), MGA NOBELANG HIGIT PANG NAGPAALAB SA MGA
FILIPINO NA MAGHIMAGSIK LABAN SA ESPANYA. DINAKIP AT IPINATAPON SA DAPITAN, MINDANAO, 6
HULYO 1892. NAGBOLUNTARYO BILANG MANGGAGAMOT NG PUWERSANG ESPANYOL SA CUBA, 1896,
NGUNIT MULING DINAKIP HABANG PATUNGONG ESPANYA SA BINTANG REBELYON. BINARIL SA
BAGUMBAYAN (NGAYO'Y RIZAL PARK), MAYNILA, 30 DISYEMBRE 1896. IPINANGALAN SA KANYA ANG
BAGONG TATAG NA LALAWIGANG RIZAL, SA BISA NG PHILIPPINE COMMISSION ACT BLG. 137, 11 HUNYO
1901. PATULOY NA INSPIRASYON PARA SA KALAYAAN AT PAGKABANSANG FILIPINO.

Marker title: Jose Rizal (1861–1896)

Description: National hero. Province of Rizal named after him through the Philippine Commission Act
No. 137.

Location: Rizal Provincial Capitol, Ynares Center Complex, Antipolo City

Language: Filipino

Date issued: 2012

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JOSE RIZAL (1861-1896)

PAMBANSANG BAYANI NG PILIPINAS. DOKTOR, AGRIMENSOR, DALUBWIKA, MANUNULAT, MAKATA,

ESKULTOR AT PINTOR. ISINILANG SA CALAMBA, LAGUNA, 19 HUNYO 1861. MAY AKDA NG NOLI ME
TANGERE (1887) AT EL FILIBUSTERISMO (1891), MGA NOBELANG HIGIT PANG NAGPAALAB SA MGA
FILIPINO NA MAGHIMAGSIK LABAN SA ESPANYA. DINAKIP AT IPINATAPON SA DAPITAN, MINDANAO, 6
HULYO 1892. NAGBOLUNTARYO BILANG MANGGAGAMOT NG PUWERSANG ESPANYOL SA CUBA, 1896,
NGUNIT MULING DINAKIP HABANG PATUNGONG ESPANYA SA BINTANG REBELYON. BINARIL SA
BAGUMBAYAN (NGAYO'Y RIZAL PARK), MAYNILA, 30 DISYEMBRE 1896. IPINANGALAN SA KANYA ANG
BAGONG TATAG NA LALAWIGANG RIZAL, SA BISA NG PHILIPPINE COMMISSION ACT BLG. 137, 11 HUNYO
1901. PATULOY NA INSPIRASYON PARA SA KALAYAAN AT PAGKABANSANG FILIPINO.

Marker title: Juan M. Sumulong (1874 - 1942)

Description: Secretary of the revolutionaries against Spain, founder of the Province of Rizal.

Location: Juan Sumulong Monument, Antipolo Town Plaza, Antipolo City

Language: Filipino

Date issued: December 27, 1974

Marker Content:

Juan M. Sumulong (1874-1942)

Isinilang sa Antipolo, Rizal noong ika-27 ng Nobyembre, 1874. Kalihim sa Morong ng mga naghimagsik
laban sa Kastila, manunulat, at manananggol. Naipanalo ang usapin ng El Renacimiento sa sakdal ng
libelo ng mga Amerikanong militar. Itinatag ang lalawigan ng Rizal dahil sa pagkakapagtibay sa kanyang
panukala na ang dating lalawigan ng Morong at ang ilang bayan ng Maynila ay pagsamahin at gawing
isang lalawigan. Hukom sa pagtatala ng lupa (1908); Kagawad ng Komisyon ng Pilipinas (1909-1913);
Nahalal na Senador, 1925-1931 at 1934-1935, at Kagawad ng ng Komisyon sa Kalayaan, 1930-1935. Utak
ng oposisyon na ang patakaran ay ang pagsasabi ng totoo at pagtatapat sa bayan. Namatay noong ika-9
ng Enero, 1942.

Marker title: Licerio L. Geronimo (1855-1924)

Description: Hero in the Battle of San Mateo. Born on August 27, 1855. Worked in the Philippine
Constabulary.

Location: Rodriguez Town Plaza, Rodriguez

Language: Filipino

Date issued: February 20, 1993

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LICERIO L. GERONIMO (1855-1924)

BAYANI NG LABANAN NG SAN MATEO. IPINANGANAK AGOSTO 27, 1855, SAMPALOC, MAYNILA. PUNO,
KAPULUNGANG KATIPUNAN NG WAWA, MONTALBAN, TAGAPAGTATAG, KATIPUNAN SA SAN MATEO AT
MARIKINA. NAPAURONG ANG MGA KASTILA NA SUMALAKAY SA PUWERSA NI HENERAL AGUINALDO SA
BUNDOK PURAY. NAHIRANG NA MEDYOR HENERAL NG DIBISYON NAKATALAGA SA SAN MATEO, 1898;
KOMANDANTE HENERAL NG IKATLONG SONA MILITAR NG LALAWIGAN NG MAYNILA, 1899. BUONG
TAPANG NA NAKIPAGLABAN KASAMA ANG KANYANG MGA TIRADORES DE LA MUERTE SA LABANAN NG
SAN MATEO KUNG SAAN NAPATAY NIYA SI HENERAL HENRY LAWTON AT IBA PANG OPISYAL NA
AMERIKANO. SINUNDAN ITO NG MGA PAGSALAKAY SA IBA'T IBANG HIMPILAN NG MGA AMERIKANO SA
BULAKAN, RIZAL AT MGA KARATIG BAYAN NG MAYNILA. SUMUKO SA MGA AMERIKANO, 1901.
NAGTRABAHO SA KONSTABULARYO NG PILIPINAS BILANG 4TH CLASS INSPECTOR HUNYO 1, 1902.
NAGING 3RD LIEUTENANT AT INSPECTOR DISYEMBRE 23, 1902. NAMATAY, ENERO 16, 1924.

Marker title: Licerio L. Geronimo (1855-1924)

Description: Hero in the Battle of San Mateo. Was able to make Spanish forces retreat after they invaded
the forces of Emilio Aguinaldo at Mount Puray.

Location: Camp General Licerio I. Geronimo, Taytay

Language: Filipino

Date issued: February 13, 2017

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LICERIO L. GERONIMO (1855-1924)

BAYANI NG LABANAN NG SAN MATEO. IPINANGANAK AGOSTO 27, 1855, SAMPALOC, MAYNILA. PUNO,
KAPULUNGANG KATIPUNAN NG WAWA, MONTALBAN, TAGAPAGTATAG, KATIPUNAN SA SAN MATEO AT
MARIKINA. NAPAURONG ANG MGA KASTILA NA SUMALAKAY SA PUWERSA NI HENERAL AGUINALDO SA
BUNDOK PURAY. NAHIRANG NA MEDYOR HENERAL NG DIBISYON NAKATALAGA SA SAN MATEO, 1898;
KOMANDANTE HENERAL NG IKATLONG SONA MILITAR NG LALAWIGAN NG MAYNILA, 1899. BUONG
TAPANG NA NAKIPAGLABAN KASAMA ANG KANYANG MGA TIRADORES DE LA MUERTE SA LABANAN NG
SAN MATEO KUNG SAAN NAPATAY NIYA SI HENERAL HENRY LAWTON AT IBA PANG OPISYAL NA
AMERIKANO. SINUNDAN ITO NG MGA PAGSALAKAY SA IBA'T IBANG HIMPILAN NG MGA AMERIKANO SA
BULAKAN, RIZAL AT MGA KARATIG BAYAN NG MAYNILA. SUMUKO SA MGA AMERIKANO, 1901.
NAGTRABAHO SA KONSTABULARYO NG PILIPINAS BILANG 4TH CLASS INSPECTOR HUNYO 1, 1902.
NAGING 3RD LIEUTENANT AT INSPECTOR DISYEMBRE 23, 1902. NAMATAY, ENERO 16, 1924.

Marker title: Paul P. de la Gironiere

Description: French traveler to the Philippines who established the hacienda at Jalajala.

Location: Jalajala

Language: Filipino

Date issued: December 6, 1980

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PAUL P. DE LA GIRONIERE
MANLALAKBAY NA PRANSES NA DUMATING SA MAYNILA NOONG 1820. NANIRAHAN SA PILIPINAS SA
LOOB NG DALAWAMPUNG TAON AT BINUO ANG ASYENDANG JALAJALA SA MORONG, NGAYO'Y
LALAWIGANG RIZAL. PINAUNLAD ANG PAG-AALAGA NG BABOY, PAGTATANIM NG INDIGO, TUBÓ AT KAPE
AT NAKAPAGTANIM NG KAPENG MAY 60, 000 PUNO SA IKALAWA NITONG PAG-AANI. DAHIL DITO SIYA'Y
TUMANGGAP NG KARANGALAN BUHAT SA LA REAL SOCIEDAD ECONOMICA DE AMIGOS DEL PAIS DE
FILIPINAS NOONG HUNYO 27, 1837. SINULAT ANG SALAYSAY NG KANYANG BUHAY AT PAGLALAKBAY SA
KAPULUAN NA PINAMAGATANG VINGT ANNEES AUX PHILIPPINES (DALAWAMPUNG TAON SA PILIPINAS).
NAGBALIK SA PRANSIYA AT BINAWIAN NG BUHAY NOONG 1865.

Marker title: Simbahan at Dambana ng Nuestra Señora de Aranzazu (Church and Shrine of Our Lady of
Aranzazu)

Description: Church was finished in 1715. Dr. Pio Valenzuela was jailed in the church convent in August
1896.

Location: San Mateo

Language: Filipino

Date issued: August 28, 2018

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SIMBAHAN AT DAMBANA NG NUESTRA SEÑORA DE ARANZAZU

IPINAKILALA NI PADRE JUAN ECHAZABAL, S. J. SA SAN MATEO ANG DEBOSYON SA NUESTRA SENORA DE
ARANZAZU, 1715. NATAPOS ANG SIMBAHAN, 1715. KASABAY NG PAGTATALAGA RITO AY ITINANGHAL NA
PATRONA ANG NUESTRA SEÑORA DE ARANZAZU SA PAMUMUNO NI PADRE JUAN PEDRO CONFALONIER,
S. J.,1716. IPINIIT SI DR. PIO VALENZUELA SA KUMBENTO NG SIMBAHAN, AGOSTO 1896. PINAGKUBLIAN
NG MGA ESPANYOL NANG SILA AY TINANGKANG LUSUBIN NG MGA KATIPUNERO SA ILALIM NI ANDRES
BONIFACIO, NGUNIT NASAGIP NG MGA PINADALANG KARAGDAGANG SUNDALONG ESPANYOL,
NOBYEMBRE 1896. NAPINSALA NOONG DIGMAAN LABAN SA MGA AMERIKANO NA SIYANG UMOKUPA
SA SIMBAHAN, DISYEMBRE 1899-23 ENERO 1903. MULING NASIRA NOONG IKALAWANG DIGMAANG
PANDAIGDIG. ITINALAGA BILANG DAMBANANG PANGDIYOSESIS NG NUESTRA SEÑORA DE ARANZAZU,
17 HULYO 2004. KANONIKAL NA KINORONAHAN ANG IMAHEN NG NUESTRA SEÑORA DE ARANZAZU NA
NAKADAMBANA SA SIMBAHANG ITO 31 MAYO 2017.

Marker title: Simbahan ng Bosoboso (Bosoboso Church)

Description: Building House of Worship. Established as a missionary base for Jesuits during the 17th
century. Restored in 1995.

Location: Bosoboso, Antipolo

Language: Filipino

Date issued: October 27, 2001

Marker content:

SIMBAHAN NG BOSOBOSO

UNANG ITINATAG BILANG SIMBAHANG PANGMISYON NG MGA PARING HESWITA NOONG LABING
PITONG DANTAON AT ISINAILALIM SA PATRONAHE NG NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA ANUNCIATA. NALIPAT
ANG PANGANGASIWA SA MGA PARING SEKULAR NOONG 1788. NAPINSALA NG LINDOL NOONG HULYO
18, 1880. NILISAN NOONG 1930 NANG ANG BAYAN AY INILIPAT UPANG MAGBIGAY-DAAN SA ISANG
PINAPANUKALANG PRINSA. NAGBALIK ANG TAONG BAYAN SA BOSOBOSO NANG HINDI
NAISAKATUPARAN ANG GAWAIN. ANG SIMBAHAN AY NATUPOK NG APOY NOONG 1943 AT IBINALIK SA
DATING KALAGAYAN NOONG 1995 SA PAMAMAGITAN NG KABUTIHANG LOOB NG MGA
MANANAMPALATAYA.

Marker title: Simbahan ng Cainta (Church of Cainta)

Description: Building House of Worship. Stone church built by Jesuit Fr. Gaspar Marco in 1707. Offered to
the Nuestra Señora de la Luz in 1727.

Location: Cainta Church facade, Cainta

Language: Filipino

Date issued: 2007

Marker content:

SIMBAHAN NG CAINTA

IPINATAYO NI PADRE GASPAR MARCO, S. J. ANG SIMBAHANG YARI SA BATO, 1707. TINAPOS NI PADRE
JOAQUIN SANCHEZ, S. J., 1716. INIALAY SA PATRONATO NG NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA LUZ, 1727. NAGING
SIMBAHANG PAROKYAL, 1760. NASUNOG KASAMA ANG LARAWAN NG PATRON NOONG DIGMAANG
FILIPINO-AMERIKANO, 1899. IPININTA NI FERNANDO AMORSOLO ANG REPLIKA NG LARAWAN NG
PATRON, 1950. MULING IPINATAYO AT IPINANUMBALIK ANG ORIHINAL NA HARAPAN NI ARKITEKTO
FERNANDO OCAMPO, 1966. PINASINAYAAN NI RUFINO CARDINAL SANTOS, 25 PEBRERO 1968.

Marker title: Simbahan ng Pililla (Pililla Church)

Description: Building House of Worship. The Franciscans arrived in 1572. First built in 1583 using light
materials.

Location: Pililia

Language: Filipino

Date issued: January 16, 1977

Marker content:

SIMBAHAN NG PILILLA
DUMATING ANG MGA UNANG PARING MISYONERO NOONG 1572 SA POOK NA ITO. UNANG SIMBAHANG
KAWAYAN AT KOGON AY IPINAGAWA NG MGA PARING PRANSISKANO NOONG 1583 SA ILALIM NG
PATRONA SANTA MARIA MAGDALENA. NAGING SIMBAHANG TABLA AT PAWID NOONG 1599. NASUNOG
NOONG 1632 ANG SIMBAHANG BATO AT MULING ITINAYO NOONG 1670-1673. ALTAR AT KUMBENTO
NITO AY ISINAAYOS NOONG 1848 AT MULING ISINAGAWA NG NANUNUNGKULANG KURA PAROKO
NOONG 1962-1976.

Marker title: Simbahan ng Taytay (Taytay Church)

Description: Building House of Worship. First built by Franciscans using light materials in 1759 near the
shore of Laguna de Bay. Moved to the present site by Fr. Pedro Chirino, S. J. in 1591.

Location: Taytay Church facade, Taytay

Language: Filipino

Date issued: June 24, 1992

Marker content:

SIMBAHAN NG TAYTAY

DATING YARI SA MAHIHINANG KAGAMITAN NA IPINATAYO NG MGA MISYONERONG PRANSISKANO

MALAPIT SA BAYBAYIN NG LAGUNA DE BAY, 1579. NAHIWALAY BILANG VISITA NG SANTA ANA DE SAPA,
1583. INILIPAT SA KASALUKUYANG POOK NI P. PEDRO CHIRINO, S. J., 1591 AT BININYAGAN ANG BAYAN
NG PANGALANG SAN JUAN DEL MONTE. IPINAGAWA ANG UNANG SIMBAHANG BATO SA LABAS NG
MAYNILA. MULING IPINAGAWA ANG PANGALAWANC SIMBAHANG BATO NA HIGIT NA MALAKI NI P. JUAN
DE SALAZAR, 1630. NASIRA ANG BUBUNGAN NG MALAKAS NA BAGYO, 1632; IPINAAYOS SA
PAMAMAHALA NG MGA SEKULAR, 1768; AT SA MGA AGUSTINONG REKOLETOS, 1864. MULING
NASUNOG NOONG DIGMAANG FILIPINO-AMERIKANO, 1899; PINALAKI PARA MATUGUNAN ANG
LUMALAKlNG POPULASYON NOONG MGA UNANG TAON NANG 1970's.

Marker title: Tomas Claudio

Description: World War I soldier. Tomas Claudio Memorial School was named in his honor.

Location: Tomas Claudio Monument, Town Plaza, Morong

Language: Filipino

Date issued: May 27, 1992

Marker content:

TOMAS CLAUDIO (1892-1918)

BAYANI NG UNANG DIGMAANG PANDAIGDIG. IPINANGANAK, MAYO 7, 1892, MORONG, RIZAL.

NAGTAPOS NG KOMERSYO, CLARK HEALDS BUSINESS COLLEGE, SPARKS NEVADA; 1916. UMANIB SA
HUKBO NG ESTADOS UNIDOS, NOBYEMBRE 2, 1917; NAGTUNGO SA PRANSYA BILANG KASAPI NG IKA-41
DIBISYON, DISYEMBRE 15, 1917. LUMIPAT SA IKA-28 REHIMENG IMPANTERIYA. UNANG DIBISYON AT
BUONG TAPANG NA NAKIBAKA SA MADUGONG LABANAN NG CANTIGNY, PRANSYA, MAYO 28. NAMATAY
BUNGA NG TINAMONG SUGAT, HUNYO 29, 1918. IBINALIK ANG MGA LABI SA PILIPINAS AT INILIBING
NANG MAY KARAMPATANG SEREMONYA SA CEMENTERIO DEL NORTE, 1921. BILANG PARANGAL, ANG
TOMAS CLAUDIO MEMORIAL SCHOOL AY ITINATAG SA BISA NG BATAS LEHISLATURA BLG. 1281, NOONG
1921.

Marker title: Town of Tanay

Description: Part of Pililla from 1573-1606. Moved to the present site and founded the town in 1640.

Location: Tanay Town Plaza, Tanay

Language: English

Date issued: 1939

Marker content:

Town of Tanay

A small village on Monte Tan-ay, now Inalsan, under the jurisdiction of Pililla from 1573. Tanay became
an independent parish under San Ildefonso in 1606. In 1620, it was transferred to San Antonio (Pantay).
When San Antonio was burned in 1633, the people moved to the present site and founded the town in
1640.

Description:

First stone church finished in 1680. Present church was built from 1773-1783.

Marker content:

The first stone church in this town was finished in 1680. The present church was built in 1773-1783. Two
irrigation dams were built in 1790-1808. A school for boys and a school for girls were opened in 1821. A
stone bridge, built across the Tanay river in 1854-1856, was destroyed by the typhoon and flood of
September 27, 1864, but rebuilt in 1877. A municipal building was erected in 1888 and a schoolhouse in
1893. These public improvements were achieved largely by voluntary contribution.

Description:

Rawang Pass ang Kalinawan Plateau became strongholds of Filipinos against Spaniard in the Filipino-
American War.

Marker content:

Rawang Pass and Kalinawan Plateau in the mountains of the town were strongholds of the Filipinos in
the revolution against Spain and in the Filipino-American War. In April-May, 1900, the American forces
occupied this town. With the establishment of the Civil Government in 1901, the town became a part of
the province of Rizal.
Marker title: Yungib ng Pamitinan (Pamitinan Cave)

Description: Secret meeting site of Andrés Bonifacio. It was a sacred ground to early Filipinos, and
known as the dwelling place of the mythical Bernardo Carpio.

Location: Rodriguez

Language: Filipino

Date issued: April 12, 1997

Short background:

Pamitinan Cave is a limestone cave in the foothills of the Sierra Madre mountain range near Wawa
Dam in Rizal, Philippines. The cave was formerly known as the "Cave of Bernardo Carpio," a figure
in Philippine mythology who was rebuked by the gods because of his insolence.

On April 12, 1895, Andres Bonifacio along with eight other Katipuneros declared the Philippine
independence from the Spanish empire inside of this cave. The walls still bear inscriptions of "Viva la
Independencia Filipina" from the time of the Philippine Revolution. On June 21, 1996, Pamitinan cave
was declared a historic site by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines.

Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historical_markers_of_the_Philippines_in_Calabarzon

https://www.lakadpilipinas.com/2012/01/rizal-morongs-st-jerome-church.html?m=1

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Joseph_Church_(Baras,_Rizal)

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jose_Rizal_historical_marker_at_Rizal_Capitol.jpg

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1924%29_Taytay_Police_Station_NHCP_Historical_Marker_and_Statue.jpg