NHCP Photo Collection, 2009
Pagsanjan
Location:
Pagsanjan, Laguna
Category:
Sites/Events
Type: Town
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker Date:
1953
Installed By:
Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
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.
