List of historical markers of the Philippines in the Ilocos Region

This list of historical markers installed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) in Ilocos Region is an annotated list of people, places, or events in the region that have been commemorated by cast-iron plaques issued by the said commission. The plaques themselves are permanent signs installed in publicly visible locations on buildings, monuments, or in special locations.

While many Cultural Properties have historical markers installed, not all places marked with historical markers are designated into one of the particular categories of Cultural Properties.

Ilocos Norte

Marker title	English Translation	Category	Type	Description	Location	Language	Date Issued	Image
Abolition of Tobacco Monopoly [1]				Brought both prosperity and abuse, abolished in 1882.	Laoag City	English	1958
Anastacia Giron Tupas				Distinguished Filipina nurse.	Laoag City Hall, Laoag City	Filipino	December 18, 1985
Antonio Luna 1866-1899[2]				Delegate of the Malolos Convention and Commander-in-Chief during the Filipino-American War.	Luna Shrine, Badoc	Filipino	October 29, 2016
Bahay ni Luna [3]	Luna House	Building	House		Luna Shrine, Badoc	Filipino	September 11, 1977
Bahay Pamahalaan ng San Nicolas	San Nicolas Municipal Hall	Building	Government Center		San Nicolas Municipal Hall, San Nicolas	Filipino	December 30, 2009
Bayan ng Solsona	Town of Solsona	Site	Town Center		Solsona		January 29, 2010
Birthplace of Gregorio Aglipay		Site	Memorial	Site where Gregorio Aglipay, the founder of the Philippine Independent Church, was born.	Batac City	English	1949
Birthplace of Juan Luna y Novicio		Building	House, NHCP Museum	The birthplace of painter and patriot Juan Luna.	Badoc	Filipino, English	1957, 1977
Birthplace of Valentin Diaz [4]				Birthplace of a La Liga Filipinas member and the treasurer of the Katipunan.	Paoay	English	1951
Catholic Church of Sarrat [5]		Building	House of Worship	Formerly named Church of San Miguel in commemoration of the arrival at Sarrat of the first missionaries on the feast of San Miguel 29 September 1727.	Sarrat Church, Sarrat	English	1959
Church of Laoag		Building	House of Worship	Founded in 1580 by Augustinian friars.	Laoag Church, Laoag City	English	1950
Church of Paoay [6]		Building	House of Worship	Founded in 1593 by Augustinian missionaries.	Paoay Church, Paoay	English	May 2, 1980
Church of San Nicolas		Building	House of Worship	Founded in 1584 by Augustinian missionaries.	San Nicolas Church, San Nicolas	English	1952
Claro Caluya [7]				Ilocano poet and dramatist	Piddig	English	May 6, 1975
Don Mariano Marcos y Rubio (1897 - 1945)				Became the representative for the Second District of Ilocos Norte	Don Mariano Marcos State University, Batac City	Filipino	October 24, 1983
Enriqueta de Peralta				Ilocanda poet and local leader.	Dingras	Filipino	January 14, 1989
General Artemio Ricarte (VIBORA) [8]		Site	Site	Filipino general during the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine–American War.	Batac City	English	1966
Gregoria M. Rivera de Quirino Memorial Hospital		Building	Hospital		Dingras		March 19, 1987
Guho ng Simbahang Katoliko ng Dingras [9]	Ruins of the Catholic Church of Dingras	Structure	Ruins	One of the biggest church ruins in the Philippines.	Dingras	Filipino	March 19, 1987
Josefa Llanes Escoda [10]				Founder of the Philippine Girl Scouts movement.	Dingras
Heneral Fidel V. Segundo				A Filipino general who was one of those tortured by the Japanese.	Laoag City	Filipino	May 30, 1970
Juan Luna y Novicio				Foremost Filipino Painter and a contemporary of José Rizal.	Badoc	English	1957
Kul-labeng Assembly		Site	Site		Pinili		November 7, 1998
Ang Parola ng Cape Bojeador [11]	Cape Bojeador Lighthouse	Structure	Lighthouse	Design by the engineer Magin Pers y Pers, 1987.	Cape bojeador Lighthouse, Burgos	Filipino	September 19, 2007
Roque Ablan					Laoag City	English	1951
Roque B. Ablan		Structure	Monument	World War II hero.	Laoag City	Filipino	1959
Santiago A. Fonacier y Suguitan				One of the founders of iglesia Filipina Independiente.	Laoag City	Filipino	May 21, 1985
Servando Castro				One of those who signed the Doctrina y Reglas Constitucionales	Batac City	Filipino	December 6, 1983
Ang Simbahan ng Badoc	The Church of Badoc	Building	House of Worship	Founded in 1591 by Augustinian friars.	Badoc Church, Badoc	Filipino	May 2, 1980
Tahanan ng Angkang Puruganan [12]	House of Puruganan Clan	Building	House		Dingras	Filipino	March 19, 1987
Teofilo Yldefonso [13]				Swimmer and soldier, known as the “Ilocano Shark”	Piddig	Filipino	September 21, 2009
Tomas S. Fonacier				First dean of U.P. Iloilo.	Laoag City	Filipino	July 5, 1982

Ilocos Sur

Marker title	English Translation	Category	Type	Description	Location	Language	Date Issued	Image
The Base Hospital, USAFIP, NL [14]	Where the base hospital was transferred				Tagudin	English	1958
The Battle and Liberation of Cervantes					Del Pilar	English	1959
The Battle and Liberation of Suyo				Battle began on the morning of February 1, 1945	Suyo	English	1959
The Battle of Bessang Pass		Site	Site	Commemorating the battle that hastended the surrender of the Japanese imperial forces under General Tomotuki Yamashita.	Cervantes	English	1954
Birthplace of Father Burgos		Building	House	Commemorating the birthplace of one of the martyr priests of GomBurZa.	Burgos Ancestral House, Vigan City	English	1939
Cathedral of Vigan		Building	House of Worship	Built in 1641, became the seat of the Diocese of Nueva Segovia.	Vigan Cathedral, Vigan City	English	1949
Church of Narvacan					Narvacan	English	1950
Elpidio R. Quirino [15]					Vigan City	English	1982
Gregoria M. Rivera de Quirino Memorial Hospital					Vigan City	English	1949
Gregoria M. Rivera Memorial Library		Building	Library		Vigan Provincial Jail (now National Museum Vigan branch), Vigan City		1949
Isabelo F. de los Reyes (1864 - 1938)				Established the labor movement in the Philippines.	Vigan City	English	1939
Isabelo Abaya 1866-1900				Revolutionary hero of Candon for both the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine-American War.	Candon City	Filipino	2014
Ang Labanan sa Pasong Tirad	The Battle of Tirad Pass			Where Gregorio H. del pilar tried to halt American advance to capture Aguinaldo.	Tirad Pass, Cervantes	Filipino, English	1952
Leona Florentino [16]				Foremost ilocano poetess, subtle satirist, and playwright.	Florentino Ancestral House, Vigan City	Filipino	April 19, 1959
Leon C. Pichay				Writer and poet of Vigan.	Vigan City	Filipino	July 5, 1983
Maria Gabriela Silang (1723 - 1763) [17]					Santa	English	1963
Memorare		Site	Site	Commemorating the Battle of Tirad Pass.	Del Pilar	Filipino	2000
Mena Crisologo				First governor of Ilocos Sur	Vigan City	Filipino	July 5, 1983
Pasong Diego-Gabriela Silang [18]	Diego-Gabriela Silang Pass	Structure	Road		Santa		1976
Pedro Bukaneg				Father of Ilocano literature	Vigan City	Filipino	July 5, 1983
Seat of the Diocese of Nueva Segovia					Vigan City	English
Simbahan ng Candon	Church of Candon			Established by Augustinians in 1591.	Candon City	Filipino	2016
Simbahan ng Sta. Maria [19]	Sta. Maria Church	Building	House of Worship	Originally built by Augustinians as the Chapel of Navarcan.	Sta. Maria	Filipino	September 26, 1982
Sigaw ng Candon	Cry of Candon			Katipunan victory over the Spaniards in Candon.	Candon City	Filipino	2016
Site of the Diocese of Nueva Segovia		Building	House		Arzobispado, Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia in Vigan City	English	1949
Syquia Mansion		Building	House	Syquia heritage house.	Syquia Ancestral House, Vigan City	English, Spanish	1950;[20] 1951; February 2, 2002

La Union

Marker title	English Translation	Category	Type	Description	Location	Language	Date Issued	Image
Bacsil Bridge					San Fernando City	English	1958
Basilica of Our Lady of Charity				Parish church of La Union's oldest town.	Agoo Basilica, Agoo	English	1982
The Battle of San Fernando				Crucial battle of allied forces against the Japanese.	San Fernando City	English	1959
Caba				Town where Diego Silang was born.	Caba	Filipino	June 24, 1979
Camilo Osias				Writer, editor, and statistician	Balaoan	Filipino	March 17, 1898
Camp Spencer				Named on honor of Private Grafton Spencer, AUS	Darigayos, Luna	English	1958
Church of San Fernando, La Union		Building	House of Worship	Chapel made of stone and thatch erected 1764.	San Fernando City	English	1949
Diego Silang				Born in this town, started a revolt against the Spaniards.	Caba	English	1963
Elpidio Quirino				Former president of the Philippines.	Caba	Filipino	November 16, 1983
Manuel E. Arguilla					Nabrebcan, Bauang	Filipino	August 25, 1983
Ang Parola ng Poro Point	Poro Point Lighthouse	Structure	Lighthouse	First built in 1885.	San Fernando City	Filipino	January 28, 2008
Pitugan				Where Manuel Roxas while escaping from the Japanese contacted the American Liberation Forces.	Pitugan, Tubao	Filipino	1958

Pangasinan

Marker title	English translation	Category	Type	Description	Location	Language	Date issued	Image
Bani				The town had 13 martyrs during the Spanish regime.	Bani	Filipino	March 17, 1979
Church of Dagupan		Building	House of worship		At the facade of the old St. John Cathedral, Dagupan City	English	1939
Church of Nuestra Señora de Manaoag		Building	House of Worship	Admiministered by the Dominicans since 1605.	Manaoag Church facade, Manaoag	English	1937
Colegio de San Alberto Magno	College of San Alberto Magno			Site of the school constructed by the Dominicans in 1892	Dagupan City (currently in NHCP storage)	English	1939
Daniel Maramba				Became part of the Katipunan	Sta. Barbara	Filipino	July 24, 1970
"I Have Returned"[21]				Landing of American liberation forces		English
Juan Cabreros Laya				Writer and educator.	San Manuel	Filipino	July 12, 1982
Lingayen Beach		Site	Beach	Where General Lloyd Wheaton landed his troops on November 7, 1899, to cut off the retreat of General Emilio Aguinaldo.	Lingayen	English	1948
Lungsod ng San Carlos	City of San Carlos			First town in Pangasinan, named after King Charles of Spain.	Parish Church, St. Dominic Plaza, San Carlos City	Filipino	September 25, 1988
Luzon Landing		Site/Events	Site	Site where General McArthur returned to the Philippines to liberate the commonwealth from the Japanese.	Blue Beach Site, Dagupan City	English	1949
Ang Paglunsad (1945)				Where Carlos P. Romulo landed in Lingayen in a mission, under McArthur, to liberate the Philippines.	Lingayen Beach, Lingayen	Filipino
Pook Kung Saan Sinulat ang "Filipinas", Liriko ng Pambansang Awit Bautista, Pangasinan[22]	Site Where "Filipinas", Lyrics to the National Anthem, was Written Bautista, Pangasinan			Where the lyrics of the national anthem was written	Casa Hacienda, Bautista	Filipino	2015
Ramos House Lingayen, Pangasinan		Building	House		Presidential Hotel, Lingayen	English	1993
Ramos House Lingayen, Pangasinan		Building	House		Ramos Ancestral House, Lingayen	English	1995
Simbahan ng San Carlos	San Carlos City Church	Building	House of worship		Sto. Domingo Church, San Carlos City	Filipino	August 8, 1989

See also

• List of Cultural Properties of the Philippines in the Ilocos Region

References

Footnotes

Bibliography

• National Historical Institute (1993). Historical Markers: Regions I-IV and CAR. National Historical Institute. 
• National Historical Institute (2008). Historical Markers (1992 - 2006). National Historical Institute. 
• A list of sites and structures with historical markers, as of 16 January 2012
• A list of institutions with historical markers, as of 16 January 2012

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• A list of sites and structures with historical markers, as of 16 January 2012
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• National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines
• Policies on the Installation of Historical Markers

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