Built in 1796 and dedicated to San Vicente Ferrer, the Punta Cruz watchtower on the shores of the municipality of Maribojoc served as the lookout for incoming pirates. It was part of a wider defens net build along the Visayan coast to protect settlements from slave raiding moros that struck during the season of the [...]
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Clarin Ancestral House
December 1, 2008 By 5 Comments
When you go for a tour around Bohol, you’ll notice that there’s a lot of old structures and houses around the province. That is because many portions of Bohol remains unexploited. You will definitely appeciate how the Boholanos was able to preserve their culture and heritage. One of the things the people of Bohol is [...]
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Man Made Forest in Bilar
January 5, 2008 By 1 Comment
In the 1960′s, a nationwide reforestation program was launched by the Philippine government under then president Diosdado Macapagal. In Bohol, the program was spearheaded by then governor Lino Chatto thousands of Mahogany seedlings were planted on a cleared area of 857 hectares in Bilar and Loboc towns. Fast track to the 21st century, the mahogany [...]
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Dauis Church
April 16, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Located in the town of Dauis, three kilometers from Tagbilaran City, Dauis Church is one of Bohol’s beautiful churches that has retained its Spanish architecture despite a semi-modern façade. It was built in the year 1697, its design largely influenced by Romanesque and Byzantine architecture. Beautiful frescoes painted in 1916 by a painter named Ray [...]
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Baclayon Church
April 14, 2007 By 1 Comment
Constructed in 1595 by the Jesuit priests, Baclayon Church is the second oldest stone church in the Philippines(San Agustin Church in Intramuros being the oldest –1571). It is still intact and houses important relics and images reminiscent of the historic Roman Catholic religion in the country. Adjacent to the church and part of the compound is an [...]
