Loay beach house

Located in Bool District, Tagbilaran City a marker which commemorates the spot the Datu Sikatuna, a native chieftain, forged a blood compact with Don Miguel Lopez Legazpi, representing the king of Spain for the purpose of fostering friendly relations between the two countries. The blood compact on March 16, 1565 is considered as the first Treaty of Friendship between the brown and white races.

Located in Tagbilaran City, the Bohol Museum was once the home of former Pres. Carlos P. Garcia and his family, the fourth president of the Philippine Republic and the greatest statesman in Bohol was, is and will be. On display are the late President and his family's memorabilia, old relics plus a collection of shells found in Bohol shores.

Located inside the convent of Baclayon Church, this museum contains a rich collection of religious art, ecclesiastical vestments. librettos of church music in Latin printed on animal skins and other priceless relics and artifacts dating back to the early 16th century.

Located in the town of Loay, 18 km. away from the city the Clarin Ancestral House was built in 1840 and was declared by the National Historical Institute as heritage house. Foundation is made of coral stone; fabrics is indigenous material of wood; thatched nipa roofing; and vaulted receiving hall. The House is residence of the politically prominent Clarin family.

Located in the town of Dimiao, 37 km. away from the city, the so-called Ermita Ruins are coralline limestone structures built parallel to the nave of the St. Nicholas Tolentino Parish Church in Dimiao. It is a secondary burial site and is one of only two of its kind in the Phil, the other being Paco Park. The National Museum conducted archaeological excavations in 1995 and 1998. It plans to declare the structures as a site museum.

SOUTHERN BOHOL AREA: PANGLAO, DAUIS, LOAY, PUNTA CRUZ, PAMILACAN ISLAND, TAGBILARAN CATHEDRAL (BELL TOWER), BACLAYON (BELL TOWER), BALILIHAN The watchtowers erected on southern Bohol area served as a crude network. Constructed either of mamposteria or sillares, they were mostly built by the Jesuit and Augustinian Recollect friars known in history as El Padre Capitan

Declared by the National Historical Institute (NHI) a national historical landmark in 1995. Definitely not the oldest stone church in the country, but the best preserved Jesuit-built church in the region. Christian community organized by the Jesuits on 17 November 1596 and thereafter a visit was erected; canonically raised to the status of a parish in 1717; present stone church completed in 1727. Casa parroquial built by the Augustinian recollects in 1872. Ecclesiastical museum established in 1969/70; now a branch of the Diocesan Museum of Tagbilaran museum system. Its narthex has the cuadro paintings of the historically acclaimed Filipino painter Liberato Gatchalian. Paintings were executed in 1859.

Declared by the NHI as a national historic landmark in December 1998. Established as a visita by the Jesuits on May 1597 and was used as Bohol residence of the Jesuits effective 1600. Presumably became a parish in 1602. In 1605, a boarding school for boys was established. The rectory is a three-story casa parroquial, the only one of its kind in the entire country. It is reputedly the fabric of the older church built after the 1638 fire and completed in 1670. The present coralstone church was constructed in 1734. Ecclesiastical museum established in May 1998 and now a branch of the Diocesan Museum of Tagbilaran museum system.

The Diocesan Commission for the Cultural Patrimony of the Church, Diocese of Tagbilaran, has identified the following churches as heritage structures: aside from Baclayon and Loboc, the list includes Loon, Maribojoc, Cortes, Balilihan, Tagbilaran Cathedral, Lila, Loay, Dauis, Panglao, Valencia, Alburquerque, Dimiao, Calape and Tubigon. Citeria presence of preserved, though deteriorating ceiling paintings executed by Ray Francia and Canuto Avila in the 1920; presence of pipe organ earmarked for full restoration e.g., Loay; architectural fabric is made of coral stones and constructed out of Filipino indigenous materials and style; uniqueness due to architectural style, e.g. Calape in the neo-Gothic revival style; presence of parquette flooring e.g., Valencia; baldaquin retablos of the neo-classical style e.g. Loon, Dauis, Valencia, Loay Filipino baroque retablos e.g. Maribojoc, Loon, Baclayon, Loboc

TAGBILARAN CITY The National Historical Institute may declare the area a heritage zone depending on legislative measures for scientific conservation and provisions for enforcement. The zone will highlight the Rocha Houses, The Mendoza Houses, The Suarez House, The Beldia House and other such similar structures.

Implemented for organization, institutionalization, and professionalism by decree of the First Diocesan Synod of Tagb. in 1997. The DMT is a museum system involving the ecclesiastical museums of Baclayon, Loboc, Maribojoc and Dimiao as its branches. Work is on-going.

The Bohol Achieves consist of the archival materials from the municipalities and parishes in Bohol and are to be housed in the 3 archives buildings constructed of coral stone at Loay, Bohol, flanking the Most Holy Trinity Parish Church at present, it is owned by the Municipal Government of Loay under usufruct by the DECS-Bohol. NCCA has earmarked a P5M grant for its restoration. Work will commence within 4 months. When completed all archival documents of the Bohol municipalities will be housed in the so-called Bohol Provincial Archives, and all the archival documents of the parishes will be housed in the so-called Diocesan Historical Archives of Tagbilaran.