TIGBAUAN HISTORICAL MARKERS & TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

•Tigbauan Parish Church/

 St. John of SahagunChurch

 

a Catholic Church which is 433 years old and was founded in 1575; Known for its beautiful baroque façade in rococo finish

 

Barangay Namocon Marker

•     Site of the First Guerilla Ambush in Southern Panay Island against the Japanese Occupation Forces on September  2, 1942

 

U.S. Liberation Marker

       Located at Barangay Parara Sur, Tigbauan, where the U.S. Forces landed on March 18, 1945 and liberated Panay Island from Japanese Occupation Forces.

 

Marker of the first Jesuit Boarding School for boys 

–the first Educational Center in the Philippines;

– Established in 1592 by Fr. Pedro Quirino;

            located at the Tigbauan Church yard

South East Asian Fisheries Development Center
 (SEAFDEC), 

–a Multi-National Aquaculture  Research Center which undertakes artificial breeding of   prawn and milkfish;

–Located at Barangay Buyu-an, Tigbauan.

SEAFDEC Fish World
– a Museum for Aquatic Organism