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Batangas


Facts

Region: 4 Capital: Batangas City Cities: Batangas City, Lipa City Land Area: 316,580 hectares Number of Towns: 32

1. Agoncillo
2. Alitagtag
3. Balayan
4. Balete
5. Bauan
6. Calaca
7. Calatagan
8. Cuenca
9. Ibaan
10. Laurel
11. Lemery

12. Lian
13. Lobo
14. Mabini
15. Malvar
16. Mataas na Kahoy
17. Nasugbu
18. Padre Garcia
19. Rosario
20. San Jose
21. San Juan
22. San Luis

23. San Nicolas
24. San Pascual
25. Santa Teresita
26. Santo Tomas
27. Taal
28. Tanauan
29. Talisay
30. Taysan
31. Tingloy
32. Tuy


Churches and Religious Shrines

BASILICA OF ST. MARTIN DE TOURS, Taal - Rebuilt twice after volcanic and earthquake damage. Once the largest church in Asia.

CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF CAYSASAY - One of the province's distinct cultural artifacts for housing some of the priceless relicts of the Spanish colonial period.


Historical Sites

CASA DE SUGUNDA KATIGBAK, Lipa City - The ancestral home of prominent Batangas family, the Casa is a typical "Bahay na Bato".

GENERAL MALVAR MUSEUM AND LIBRARY, Sto Tomas - Memorial to the last Filipino General to surrender to American Forces.

MABINI SHRINE, Mabini - Houses the remains and belongings of the "Brains of the Katipunan."

TAAL HERITAGE VILLAGE - Restored historic buildings in the town.

PUNTA DE SANTIAGO LIGHTHOUSE, Calatagan - Built in 1890, it is one of the earliest lighthouses that still function up to this date.


Major Attractions

1. Gerthel Beach
2. Hugon Beach
3. Mabuhay Beach
4. Mainit Hot Spring
5. Mt. Maculot
6. Mahabang Buhangin

7. Munting Buhangin Beach
8. St. Louis of Toulouse
9. Submarine Garden
10. Tingga Falls
11. Taal Lake and Volcano


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