Kapitolyo ng Capiz

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

Location; Capiz Provincial Capitol, J.M. Basa Street cor. Magallanes Street, Roxas, Capiz

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Capitol building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker unveiling date: 22 April 2022

Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Marker text:

KAPITOLYO NG CAPIZ

IPINATAYO NA YARI SA KAHOY. IPINAAYOS NI SIMPLICIO JUGO VIDAL, UNANG GOBERNADOR NG CAPIZ, 1901-1903. DULOT NG MALAKAS NA BAGYO, MULING IPINAAYOS NA YARI SA KONGKRETO SA PANUNUNGKULAN NI GOB. JOSE CORTEZ ALTAVAS, AT NATAPOS 1911. IDINAGDAG ANG IKATLONG PALAPAG, 1945-1949. PINANATILI ANG DISENYONG AGILA NA NAKAUKIT SA HARAPAN NG GUSALI BILANG SAGISAG NG UGNAYAN NG PILIPINAS AT ESTADOS UNIDOS SA ILALIM NG REHIMENG AMERIKANO.

Manuel Acuña Roxas (1892–1948)

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

Location: Hughes Street cor. Rizal Street, Roxas, Capiz

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 2011

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

MANUEL ACUÑA ROXAS 

(1892–1948)

PATRIOT, STATESMAN AND SOLDIER. FIFTH PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, 1946–1948. BORN IN CAPIZ, CAPIZ (NOW ROXAS CITY), 1 JANUARY 1892. OBTAINED BACHELOR OF LAWS, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES; BAR TOPNOTCHER, 1913. GOVERNOR OF CAPIZ, 1919–1922. REPRESENTATIVE OF CAPIZ AND SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, 1922–1934; HEADED THE PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE MISSION TO THE UNITED STATES WITH SERGIO OSMEÑA KNOWN AS OS–ROX MISSION, 1931–1933. DELEGATE TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, 1935; SECRETARY OF FINANCE, 1938; SENATOR, 1941; PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, 1945–1946. BECAME MAJOR DURING WORLD WAR II, 1941; AND BRIGADIER–GENERAL, 1945. DIED, 15 APRIL 1948.

Filamer Christian University

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

Location: Roxas City, Capiz

Category: Association/Institution/Organization

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 8 October 2014

Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Marker text:

FILAMER CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

ITINATAG NG MGA MISYONERO SA PANGUNGUNA NINA REV. JOSEPH ROBBINS AT CECILIA SAINZ ANG BAPTIST HOME SCHOOL, ISANG PAARALANG PRIMARYA, SA TAHANAN NI CECILIA SAINZ UPANG TURUAN AT BIGYAN NG TAHANAN ANG MGA BATANG NAULILA SA BAYAN NG CAPIZ (NGAYO’Y ROXAS CITY, CAPIZ), 1904.  INILIPAT SA KASALUKUYANG LOKASYON, 1908. NAGSARA ANG PAARALAN AT GINAMIT BILANG GARISON NG MGA HAPON NOONG IKALAWANG DIGMAANG PANDAIGDIG. PINANGALANANG FILAMER CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE BILANG PAGKILALA SA PAGKAKAIBIGAN NG MGA PILIPINO AT AMERIKANO, 1948.  BINUKSAN ANG ANTAS NG KOLEHIYO, 1968. TINAWAG NA FILAMER CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, 1985. NAGING UNIBERSIDAD, 2010.

Memorare (General Esteban Contreras and the Capiz Revolutionary Movement)

Location: Pontevedra, Capiz

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Commemorative marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 4 May 1997

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text: 

MEMORARE

IN MEMORY OF GENERAL ESTEBAN CONTRERAS, ORGANIZER OF THE CAPIZ REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT, AND OTHER REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS WHO RISKED AND GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCTRACY IN THE BATTLE OF TADIAO, BATTLE OF LAHAB, PAN-AY AND THE BATTLE OF BALISONG, PILAR, ALL IN THE PROVINCE OF CAPIZ, THIS HISOTRICAL CENTENNIAL MARKER IS DEDICATED IN THEIR HONOR BY THE GRATEFUL FILIPINO PEOPLE.

Church of Pan-ay*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2010

NHCP Photo Collection, 2010

NHCP Photo Collection, 2010

Location: Pan-Ay, Capiz (Region VI)

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of worship

Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Legal basis: NHI Resolution No. 3, s. 1997

Marker date: 6 December 1997

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

CHURCH OF PAN-AY

PAN-AY ORIGINALLY CALLED BAMBAN, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1572. THE FIRST CHURCH, CONSTRUCTED IN 1774 BY FR. MIGUEL MURGUIA, WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED BY TYPHOON IN 1875. THE PRESENT CHURCH WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1884 UNDER THE DIRECTION OF FR. JOSE BELOSO WHO COMMISSIONED DON JUAN REINA TO CAST A BELL FOR THE CHURCH FROM SEVENTY SACKS OF COINS DONATED BY THE TOWNSPEOPLE. THIS BELL, THE BIGGEST IN THE PHILIPPINES, MEASURES SEVEN FEET IN DIAMETER, FIVE FEET IN HEIGHT AND WEIGHS 10,000 KIL0GRAMS. BY VIRTUE OF NHI BOARD RESOLUTION N0. 3, S. 1997, THIS CHURCH IS DECLARED A NATIONAL HISTORICAL LANDMARK.

Birthplace of Manuel Acuña Roxas

NHCP Photo Collection 2019

NHCP Photo Collection 2019

Location: Roxas City, Capiz (Region VI)

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House

Status: Level II - Historical Marker
Marker date: 1958

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

BIRTHPLACE OF MANUEL ACUNA ROXAS

ON THIS SITE OF THE TOWN CAPIZ, WAS BORN PRESIDENT MANUEL A. ROXAS,1 JANUARY 1892. FIERY ORATOR, DIGNIFIED STATESMAN, REALISTIC ECONOMIST, AND TRUE PATRIOT. SECOND SON OF GERARDO ROXAS AND ROSARIO ACUNA. BECAME LAWYER IN 1913; TOWN COUNCILOR, 1917; PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR, 1919; SPEAKER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1922-1934; SECRETARY OF FINANCE, 1941; PRESIDENT, PHILIPPINE SENATE, 1945-1946; LAST PRESIDENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, 1946-1948. DIED OF HEART ATTACK AFTER AN IMPASSIONED SPEECH IN DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY AT CLARK FIELD, PAMPANGA AS GUEST OF MAJOR GENERAL EUGENE L. EUBANK, C.G., U.S.A., 13TH AIR FORCE, 15 APRIL 1948.