National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: Town of Cagsaua

Location: Barangay Busay, Daraga, Albay

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1940

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

TOWN OF CAGSAUA

THIS SITE WAS FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY THE TOWN OF CAGSAUA WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY THE ERUPTION OF MAYON VOLCANO FEBRUARY 1, 1814. TOWN WAS BURIED UNDER ROCKS, LAVA AND VOLCANIC ASH. ABOUT 1,200 PERSONS PERISHED. ON JULY 16, 1814. THE AUTHORITIES OF CAGSAUA ASSEMBLED AT LIGAO AND DECIDED TO TRANSFER THE TOWN TO DARAGA. THE FIRST CENTENARY OF THIS ERUPTION WAS SOLEMNLY COMMEMORATED BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE BICOL REGION, FEBRUARY 1, 1914 WITH A PILGRIMAGE TO CAGSAUA. A HIGH MASS WAS CELEBRATED OVER THE RUINS OF THE CHURCH IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES.

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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)

Town of Cagsaua

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