Municipality in Quezon, Philippines
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Pagbilao Church
Pagbilao's main Roman Catholic church, built in a Baroque style during the Spanish era in 1730. Its belfry contains some colonial-era bells.
The seat of local government in Pagbilao, it was built in 1927 and is one of a few civic buildings in the Philippines that survived World War II.
The main Roman Catholic church in eastern Pagbilao, it is home to a venerated image of Saint Anne. The current church building dates from 1960.
A well-preserved colonial-era private residence built in the late 19th century and transferred in 1909 to its current location due to the expansion of the Manila Railroad.
An extensive protective area composed of estuarine mangrove woodland along Pagbilao Bay. It has various species of flora and fauna such as crabs, monitor lizards and birds.
It is a protected landscape on the southern end of the mighty Sierra Madre range, which straddles the boundary with Atimonan. It was founded in 1934 as a national park until it was elevated into a protected area in 2003. It covers of tropical rainforests, home to endemic species of birds, reptiles, mammals, and trees. Inside the park is Mount Pinagbanderahan, where a Philippine revolutionary flag was raised, and is reachable through an hour of hiking. There are also caves and waterfalls within the park, and some campsites.
A large island at the eastern edge of Pagbilao Bay. To the east is Pagbilao Chica (little) island, actually an extension of the main island connected to it by a narrow isthmus. It is home to Pagbilao's unspoiled beaches and at the same time, a thermal power plant that has been an eyesore for the environmentally-concerned.
Built in 1916, it is one of a few such buildings to have survived World War II.
Pagbilao is along the Maharlika Highway (Manila South Road, numbered Route 1/AH26) which also serves as the town's main street.
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