Cabatuan Cemetery Chapel Photo by Basrah Galindo (CNCHS Class 1999)

CABATUAN   CEMETERY

Inside The Capilla Photo by Michael John Sabido  (CNCHS Class 2007)

Cabatuan Cemetery This is the only extant Spanish cemetery in the Philippines that is a perfect square. With an area of four hectares, it was completed in 1894 after a nine-year construction period. The construction was done under forced labor, with its walls and chapel made of selected stones from the mountains of Leon. The cemetery is Roman in style and enclosed on all four sides by solid limestones base with artistically-designed steel railings. At the center of the cemetery stands a capilla with three entrance archways. The capilla is still in good condition with its stone carvings still visible. Inscribed on a stone tablet at its main entrance is the line: "Hatagi siya O Guinoo sang capahuayan nga dayon (Eternal rest grant unto him, Oh Lord)." Description by Nereo C. Lujan (CNCHS Class 1986)