We next walked towards the town’s church and plaza. A typical Spanish town, the town’s church (St. Francis of Assisi) and the municipal hall all face the plaza. The plaza has a circular patio flanked by a row of 8 torch-bearing statues of the Muses of Liberty as well as a statue of our National Hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal, inaugurated on December 30, 1924.
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| Church of St. Francis of Assisi |
The present St. Francis of Assisi Church was first built in 1599, the second in 1632 and the third in 1641. The structure, on its new site after the earthquake of 1743, was built in 1748. Ruins of the original church still remain in Brgy. Tumbaga. Inside the church are some fine old santos and the venerable image of the famous Crucified Christ of Burgos (Sto. Cristo de Burgos). An object of pilgrimage every Friday, the image was sent from Spain by galleon and installed in the old church at Tumbaga. The church and the village was burned after a Moro attack but the image was found intact amid the ashes. When the settlement was transferred to its new location, the image was wrapped in white cloth and carried by four men. After resting under a great tree, the four men found the image to be extremely heavy and could not lift it even with help from the other townspeople. Taken as a sign from God, they built the new church on the site.