Towns and Cities - CAPIZ (Region VI: Western Visayas)

Towns and Cities

Agpayao Lake, in Brgy. Nagba, 1 km. from the town, is a picturesque 7-hectare, L-shaped and 30-ft. deep man-made lake surrounded by lush forested hills.
Agsagoksok Spring (Brgy. Mainit)
Muray-Bural Spring (Brgy. Mainit)
Naragobdob Lake (Bitoon Ilaya/Mahabang Sapa)
Agdahon Cave (Brgy. Agdahon)
Kinan-at Ulo Cave (Brgy. Carataya)

The town’s very refined and marblelike, coralstone Church of St. Thomas of Villanova was built in 1865 by Fr. Agustin Alvarez. A dome was added by Fr. Elviro Perez Jorde in 1893.
The Ortiz Ancestral House, built in 1921, once served as garrison during the Japanese Occupation.
Escutin Ancestral House
Welcome Arch
Cemetery
Newly restored, century-old Spanish-era bridge.

The town’s Latin cross-shaped Church of St. Martin, Bishop of Tours, located in front of the plaza, was started in 1833 by Fr. Agustin Duran, rebuilt in 1873 by Fr. Angel Abosolo, and destroyed, together with convent, during the January 17, 1875 typhoon. The church’s graceful, five-storey belltower, on the left side of the church, has five bells of different sizes, all brought in 1881 by Fr. Lesmes Perez.
The town has two cemeteries located 1 km. from the town, on opposite sides of the highway. One is circular, 40 m. in diameter with 10-ft. high coral walls and a windowless coral chapel while the other is rectangular, one hectare in area, was built in the 1880s and is no longer in use.
Suhot Cave, located 2 kms. from the town and 300 m. off the highway, is an 18-km. long, multi-chambered cave, one of the longest in the country. It has curious formations of stalactites and stalagmites, a natural bridge and an ice-cold underground river with a swimming hole that it feeds outside the cave’s entrance. Said to be connected by a tunnel to Dumarao’s Badiang Cave, it would take about 7 days to traverse the cave. About 2 kms. can be explored.

The town’s Church of Our Lady of the Nativity was started by the first quarter of the 18th century, between 1710 and 1728, by Fr. Jose Baldo while its convent was built in 1873 by Fr. Eugenio Villalar with tiles for the first floor and wood for the second floor. It was finished by Fr. Jose Aparicio in 1876. The church, together with the convent, was considerably damaged during the January 17, 1875 typhoon. A temporary church was built by Fr. Abundio Garcia in 1880 and was finished by Frs. Francisco Aguirre and Elias Rivate.
Badiang Cave is located on the other side of the hill of Suhot Cave. It is the site of a prewar phosphate mine. Near its mouth are clear streams and a sulfurous spring fed from cracks in the rocks.
Agmamba Falls
Agsubay Falls
Pari Cave
Patawan Lake
Sagrada Familia Cave
Tag-ao Spring
Tubahon Falls
Sibariwan Lake
World War II airstrip (Brgy. Salcedo).

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