List of Quincentennial historical markers in the Philippines
The following is a list of Quincentennial historical markers unveiled by the National Historical Commission and the National Quincentennial Committee as part of the 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines (QCP).
Background
Sites
Thirty four historical markers will be unveiled in several sites in the Philippines as part of the 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the country. The markers were installed on site with the help of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines .[ 1] Of these markers, ten were installed in Eastern Visayas .[ 2] The first marker unveiled was the Suluan marker in the island of the same name in Guiuan , Eastern Samar on March 16, 2021, with the last marker scheduled to be unveiled on October 28, 2021.[ 3]
Design
The markers were created through the coordination of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and the National Quincentennial Committee (NQC), the latter being the main government-run organizing body for the 2021 Quincentennial. The markers collectively depict select events of the Magellan-Elcano voyage in the Philippine archipelago. Each marker consist of a pedestal with a globe motif on top as a finial . The tiltation of the globe element was also certified by the Philippine Space Agency . On one side of the pedestal is the commemoration plaque and on another side is a dust marble relief which has a design dependent on the specific site of the marker. The reliefs are made by sculptors Jonas Roces and Francis Apiles and are based on sketches by muralist Derrick Macutay. The NHCP described the designs as a deviation from typical "orientalist " depictions by foreigners of pre-colonial Filipinos as savages. The markers are an attempt to depict events of the expedition from a Filipino point of view.[ 1]
The "Samar" marker is unique because aside from the usual pedestal and markers, it also had a Spanish -language marker on a separate pedestal. The marker was a gift from Spain through then-Ambasador Jorge Moragas .[ 4]
List
Order number
Marker title
Marker location
Date(s) of commemorated event[ 5]
Date when marker was unveiled
Marker photo
1
Samar
Calicoan Island , Guiuan , Eastern Samar
March 16, 1521
March 18, 2021[ 6]
2
Suluan
Suluan , Guiuan , Eastern Samar
March 16, 1521
March 16, 2021
3
Homonhon
Homonhon Island , Guiuan , Eastern Samar
March 17, 1521
March 17, 2021[ 7]
4
Gibusong
Gibusong , Loreto , Dinagat Islands
March 25, 1521
March 25, 2021[ 8]
5
Hinunangan
Hinunangan , Southern Leyte
March 25, 1521
March 25, 2021[ 8]
6
Limasawa (Mazaua)
Limasawa , Southern Leyte
March 27 – April 4, 1521
March 31, 2021[ 9]
7
Leyte
Brgy. Combado, Maasin , Southern Leyte
April 1521
April 4, 2021[ 10]
8
Canigao
Canigao Island , Matalom , Leyte
April 1521
April 5, 2021[ 10]
9
Baybay
Punta Church, Brgy. Punta, Baybay , Leyte
April 1521
April 5, 2021[ 10]
10
Gatighan
Himokilan Island, Hindang , Leyte
April 1521
April 5, 2021[ 10]
11
Ponson
Ponson Island , Pilar , Cebu
April 1521
April 6, 2021
12
Poro
Mactang Beach, Brgy. Esperanza, Poro (Poro Island ), Cebu
April 1521
April 6, 2021
13
Ticobon
San Francisco (Pacijan Island ), Cebu
April 1521
April 6, 2021
14
Cebu
Plaza Sugbo, Brgy. Central, Cebu City , Cebu
April 7 – May 1, 1521
April 7, 2021[ 11]
15
Mactan
Mactan Shrine , Mactan Island , Lapu-Lapu City , Cebu
April 27, 1521
April 27, 2021
16
Bohol
Brgy. Punta Cruz, Maribojoc , Bohol
May 2, 1521
June 17, 2021
17
Panilongon (Negros)
Rizal Boulevard, Dumaguete
May 1521
May 4, 2021[ 12] [ 13]
18
Kipit
Brgy. Kipit, Labason , Zamboanga del Norte
May 1521
May 7, 2021[ 14]
19
Cagayan (Mapun)
Isla Keana, Brgy. Iruk-Iruk, Mapun , Tawi-Tawi
No recorded date
September 6, 2021
20
Palawan
Sitio Marikit, Barangay San Juan, Aborlan , Palawan [ 15]
No recorded date
September 22, 2021[ 16]
21
Tagusao (Dyguazam/Tegozzao)
Sitio Tagusao, Brgy. Barong-Barong, Brooke's Point , Palawan
No recorded date
October 19, 2021[ 16] [ 17]
22
Balabac
Brgy. Poblacion V, Balabac , Palawan
No recorded date
October 11, 2021[ 16] [ 18]
23
Palawan Cape
Buliluyan Elementary School, Brgy. Buliluyan, Bataraza , Palawan
No recorded date
November 9, 2021[ 16] [ 19]
24
Sulu
Jolo, Sulu
October 1521
October 24, 2021[ 20]
25
Tagima (Basilan)
Fuego Fuego Beach Front, Barangay Tabiawan, Isabela, Basilan
October 1521
November 11, 2021[ 21]
26
Cawit
Cawit Elementary School, Brgy. Cawit, Zamboanga City
October 1521
December 27, 2021[ 22]
27
Subanin
Zamboanga City
October 1521
March 21, 2022[ 23]
28
Manalipa
Brgy. Manalipa, Zamboanga City
October 1521
March 21, 2022[ 24]
29
Katubigan ng Golpo ng Moro
Pagadian City Fish Port, Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur
October 1521
December 22, 2021[ 25]
30
Maguindanao
Old Cotabato City Hall, Cotabato City
October 1521
October 19, 2021
31
Benaian
Brgy. Kamangan, Maasim, Sarangani
October 1521
October 25, 2021
32
Batulaki
Brgy. Batulaki, Glan, Sarangani
October 26, 1521
October 26, 2021[ 26] [ 27]
33
Candighar (Balut)
Municipal Compound, Brgy. Mabila, Balut Island, Sarangani, Davao Occidental
October 27, 1521
October 27, 2021
34
Sarangani
Sitio Upper Pali, Brgy. Camalig, Sarangani Island, Sarangani, Davao Occidental
October 28, 1521
October 28, 2021
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