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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