Plaza Salcedo (Vigan)

Philippines / Ilocos / Bantay / Vigan / Plaza Salcedo, Vigan City, Ilocos Sur
 park, town square

Plaza Salcedo, named after the Spanish conqueror, Juan de Salcedo who subdued the early native settlement in Vigan and established upon it Villa Fernandina for the monarchs of Spain in 1572. With this, Juan de Salcedo founded the third of many Hispanic settlements in the Philippines.
It was in Plaza Salcedo where Gabriela Silang was executed by public hanging in 1763.


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Coordinates:   17°34'31"N   120°23'15"E

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