Municipality of Panay Capiz
PanayWe all know Panay is the greatest production of Capiz .One of the most well-known places in Western Visayas. This place have lots of rich resources and beautiful views. The Second Spanish Settlement next to Cebu, Home of the biggest bell in the world where housed in the three-storey belfry of Sta. Monica Church which made of 70 socks of coins 5ft in diameter and weighs 10.4 tons. is the place where the dawn of Christianity started. it is also the center of the first act of revolt against the Spaniards in the province of capiz. the first encounter between the Filipino revolutionaries and the Spanish forces happened in may 1897 at Tadio Bridge. Despite the inferiority in manpower and arms, the revolutionaries were able to repulse the advances of the Spanish forces by sheer ingenuity. using only "gafas" nipa stalks which looked like rifles from afar, they have the Spaniards thinking that the Filipino revolutionaries were well equipped and prepared retreated to Capiz now Roxas city.
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