Location: Pagsanjan, Laguna
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Town
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1953
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
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.
