Location: Iskong Bantay, Iskong Bantay Street cor. Angeles Street, Atimonan, Quezon
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: Structure
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1952
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
ISKONG BANTAY
THE ONLY OBSERVATION AND DEFENSE TOWER EXISTING OF THE SEVEN BUILT AROUND 1752 IN ATIMONAN, QUEZON (TAYABAS), TO GUARD THE SEA COAST AGAINST PIRATES. REPAIRED, 1948–1951 BY THE MUNICIPALITY OF ATIMONAN, NAMING IT IN MEMORY OF FRANCISCO TANDAS, POPULARLY CALLED ISKONG BANTAY, CHIEF DEFENDER OF THE TOWN IN THE RAID OF 1872.
