Bantayan ng Biliran

Location: Biliran Watchtower, Leyte–Biliran Road, Biliran, Biliran

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Watchtower

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: September 10, 2008

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

BANTAYAN NG BILIRAN

IPINATAYO SA BUROL NA ITO NI PADRE GASPAR IGNACIO DE GUEVARA KASAMA ANG SIMBAHAN AT KUTA NG NAGSILBING SANTUARYO NG MGA MANANAMPALATAYA, 1765–1774. TANGING NATIRA NANG SUNUGIN NG MGA PIRATANG MORO ANG POOK, 1774. GINAMIT SA PAGPAPALAGANAP NG RELIHIYONG KOMYUNAL SA BILIRAN, LEYTE AT SAMAR. HALIMBAWA NG ARKITEKTURA NA YARI SA KORALES AT BATO NOONG PANAHON NG MGA ESPANYOL. IPINAAYOS, 2000.

Balilihan Belfry

NHCP Photo Collection, 2010

NHCP Photo Collection, 2010

Location: Balilihan, Bohol (Region VII)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: Structure, Belfry
Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1953

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:

BALILIHAN BELFRY

CONSTRUCTED OF MATERIALS TAKEN NEAR BACLAYON, 1844, BY RECOLLECT FR. ANTONIO CORTES. WITHSTOOD THE 1863 STORM WHICH DESTROYED THE CHURCH, UTILIZED AS GUARD POST BY THE SPANISH, FILIPINO, AMERICAN AND JAPANESE FORCES.