Pagsanjan

NHCP Photo Collection, 2009

Location: Pagsanjan, Laguna

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Town

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1953

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

PAGSANJAN

FORMERLY A BARRIO OF LUMBANG. ORGANIZED INTO A MUNICIPALITY, 1668. FRANCISCO UMALI, FIRST GOBERNADORCILLO. BECAME CAPITAL OF LAGUNA, 1688–1858. TOWN GATE CONSTRUCTED, 1878–1880; INAUGURATED, 1984, BY DON PEDRO A. PATERNO. OCCUPIED BY THE REVOLUTIONISTS, 1896; BY THE AMERICANS, 1899; BY THE JAPANESE, 1942. LIBERATED, 1945, BY THE FILIPINOS, LED BY MANUEL SORIANO.