Towns and Cities - BOHOL (Region VII: Central Visayas)

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The town’s present Church of St. Monica was built in the early 20^th century by Recollect Fr. Facundo Volganon.

The town’s present Church of the Holy Cross, built with coral stone, was started in 1852 by Fr. Manuel Plaza (1843-1859) and finished in 1872 by Fr. Fernando Rubio (1861-1875 and 1877-1884). The church has a two-level façade, a low, four-sided pyramidal roof.squat and a bulky bell tower with seven bells, a separate ground floor entrance and clock faces at two of its windows. Inside is a fully-painted ceiling, five magnificently carved and painted retablos,a choir loft with large organ and a spacious sacristy behind the sanctuary (now a museum). From the sacristy, a passage leads to the stone convent, built by Fernando Rubio during his second stint as parish priest (1877 to 1884). A greater part is now occupied by St. Vincent Institute, a school.
The Municipal Hall, located across a road from the church and convent, was built in the American era. It still carries the words “Maribojoc Presidencia,” its old title.
Magsaysay Spring flows from the ground into a concrete catch basin.
The Spanish-era Punta Cruz Watchtower, located at the most westerly point of Bohol, was built in 1796 as a defense against pirates. Named Castillo de San Vicente, its ramparts was shaped in a perfect isosceles triangle over which rises a short hexagonal tower. It was restored with a time-weathered wooden cross in front of it.

The 300-hectare, 1.4 billion peso Malinao Dam has a man-made lake ideal for boating and fishing.

The Church of St.. Monica, one of the first stone churches in the country, was first built of wood and bamboo in 1842 and later by a larger and sturdier church in 1856. The present coralstone church was started in 1885 by Fr. Manuel Muro (1882 to 1896), continued by his successor in 1896 and completed during the 1920s and 30s. Its Moorish-inspired square bell tower has bells dating to 1867. Inside is a painted ceiling done by Ray Francia from April 12 to August 3, 1932.
The convent was started by Fr. Tomas Fernandez (1869 to 1875) and finished in 1879 by Fr. Antonio Munro (1876-1879). It is connected to the church by a pasadizo (arcade), unique to Bohol, and together they form one of the more picturesque church complexes in Bohol.
The white sand Sta. Fe Beach is located about 1.5 kms. from the town proper.

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