dipolog city
HISTORICAL ATTRACTIONS

Holy Rosary Cathedral
Erected by the Spanish friars sometime in 1895, before Dipolog City became a municipality. Records show that the cathedral altar was designed by Dr. Jose Rizal who was still serving the tenure of his Dapitan exile in those years. Rizal's sketch of the altar was made upon the request of his former professor, Fr. Jose Vilaclara, who was then a Dapitan missionary. The sketch was patterned after the altar of the San Ignacio Church in Manila.

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Sta. Cruz
The spot where migrating Boholanos from the Visayas landed on and planted the cross for Christianity on May 3, 1905. Along the shore, it is at one end of Rizal Avenue and faces the Holy Rosary Cathedral at the other end.
Tulwanan Village
Tulwanan Village is the original settlement of Dipolog's early inhabitants, the Subanons. About 6 kilometers from the city proper and along the Dipolog River which the Subanons used to transport their products to trading posts and markets in the early days.
Dipolog City Hall
Built when the municipality of Dipolog was formally declared by the Governor of Mindanao, Gen. John J. Pershing. It was inaugurated on July 1, 1913 with Pershing himself present during the installation of the first set of municipal officials. The City Hall was fully renovated and expanded not too many years ago. But the refurnishing remained true to the original architecture of the building, retaining both the overall design and facade of the historic building.
Filipino-Japanese Memorial Park
A World War II memorial in barangay Dicayas now stands over a battleground where Filipino and Japanese soldiers clashed fiercely and where many lost their lives. The memorial is testimony to an epoch in local history that was kin to the struggle in the larger theater of conflict that was the Pacific. The memorial is 15 minutes from the city proper via the highway.


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