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A commemorative marker, in Brgy. Labi, marks the site where former First Lady Doña Aurora A. Quezon was ambushed and killed on April 28, 1949 by Hukbalahap rebels together with her daughter Ma. Aurora and son-in-law Felipe Buencamino III.
Mt. Olivete has cascading waterfalls, medicinal springs and more than a dozen caves.
Luna Falls
Ruins of brick walls are part of the old provincial capitol

Camp Pangatian Shrine, in Brgy. Cabu, was a pre-war military training camp and site of a large World War II concentration camp for U.S. and Filipino troops captured at Bataan and Corregidor. Nearly 2,000 Americans died of hunger and disease during the first two months of captivity. The camp and its 532 inmates were liberated on January 29, 1945 by elements of the U.S. 6th Ranger Battalion commanded by Lt.-Col. Henry Nucci and assisted by Filipino guerillas led by Eduardo Joson.
The Statue of Gen. Antonio Luna, located near the plaza and in front of the cathedral, marks the site of the revolutionary general's assassination by Aguinaldo's guards led by Capt. Janolino on June 15, 1899. The assassins where previously disarmed by Luna for insubordination in Polo, Bulacan. Luna's aide, Col. Francisco Roman, was also killed.
The Cathedral of St. Nicolas of Tolentino and convent were first built in 1866 by Fr. Jose de la Fuente, destroyed by the July 18, 1880 earthquake, rebuilt in 1891 by Fr. Mariano Rivas, burned in 1934 and totally rebuilt. The cathedral, the largest in the province, has one main nave and two aisles. Its main entrance has a tilted, Romanesque-style, semicircular arch. Only the adobe-lined side walls are original.
The Nueva Ecija Golf and Country Club, at the Good Samaritan Cmpd. along Burgos Ave., has an 18-hole golf course. Tel: 463-0891.

The Church of St. John Nepomucene was first built before 1846, rebuilt and reinforced by Fr. Federico Cortazar in 1871 and finished by Fr. Martin Arconada in 1884. Its restored Baroque facade, devoid of columns, has rounded arches and a very graceful curved pediment. The interior has a beautifully paneled ceiling.