National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: Iskong Bantay

Location: Iskong Bantay, Iskong Bantay Street cor. Angeles Street, Atimonan, Quezon

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Structure

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1952

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

ISKONG BANTAY

THE ONLY OBSERVATION AND DEFENSE TOWER EXISTING OF THE SEVEN BUILT AROUND 1752 IN ATIMONAN, QUEZON (TAYABAS), TO GUARD THE SEA COAST AGAINST PIRATES. REPAIRED, 1948–1951 BY THE MUNICIPALITY OF ATIMONAN, NAMING IT IN MEMORY OF FRANCISCO TANDAS, POPULARLY CALLED ISKONG BANTAY, CHIEF DEFENDER OF THE TOWN IN THE RAID OF 1872.

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LEVEL I - Sites and Structures declared as National Shrine, National Historical Landmark, National Historical Site, and National Monument (Entries with asterisks)

LEVEL II - Sites and Structures declared as Heritage Zones/Historic Centers, Heritage Houses and bearing Historical Markers

DELISTED - Declared and/or marked historic sites and structures that were removed from the national registry

LIFTED - Sites and structures 50 years old and above removed of its presumption as Important Cultural Property (R.A. 10066)

Iskong Bantay

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