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Municipality in Cagayan, Philippines
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Piat is a town of Cagayan province in the Philippines. It is the pilgrimage center of the province, hosting a venerated image of the Virgin Mary dating from the 17th century.
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The main landmark and destination in Piat, it was established by the Spanish on a hilltop in the early 17th century, but has been drastically altered, rebuilt and expanded over the centuries to accommodate the increasing throng of pilgrims seeking blessings from the Our Lady of the Visitation of Piat, a 17th-century darkwood sculpture of the Virgin Mary that was imported from Macau and is believed to be miraculous. The present structure, which dates from the 2020s, is Romanesque-inspired and features a red-brick façade and white plaster. The church celebrates its feast day on July 2.
More of a brackish pond than an actual lagoon, it forms the nucleus of the People's Integrated Agri-Tourism Center, which serves as the town's municipal park.
A built on top of Black Hill. It is accessible following a climb and offers panoramic views of the town, including the Basilica.
A Hollywood-inspired sign spelling the town's name, built on top of a hill with panoramic views over the town center.
An elongated lake that sustains migratory birds through its wetlands.
A small dormitory-like accommodation.
Piat is along the Cagayan-Apayao Highway from Tuguegarao, where there are passenger vans going to town, although this entails waiting for an indefinite period for the vehicle to fill up.
Read in the guideTricycles are the main form of transportation within town. As the town center sits on a plateau on a road terminus, it is easy to get lost along the winding streets heading to locations beside the Basilica.
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