Location: Agutaya, Palawan
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: Structure, Fortification
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1939
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
FORT OF SAN JUAN BAUTISTA
SITE OF FORT SAN JUAN BAUTISTA. BUILT OF STONE, QUARE IN FORM, WITH FOUR BASTIONS. BEGUN WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OF GENERAL ANTONIO DE ROXAS, THIS FORT WAS FINISHED AND MAINTAINED BY THE RECOLLECT AUGUSTINIANS TO PROTECT THE TOWN AGAINST PIRATES. THE PLANS WERE PREPARED BY REV. JUAN DE SAN SEVERO, A. R.
