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Agoo Luzdenia
Agoo, officially the Municipality of Agoo ( ilo, Ili ti Agoo; pag, Baley na Agoo; fil, Bayan ng Agoo), is a 1st class municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of La Union, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 66,028 people. Agoo is from Metro Manila and from San Fernando, La Union, San Fernando, the provincial capital. Etymology The name ''agoo'' is usually attributed to "''aroo''" or "''agoho''," a pine-like evergreen tree (Casuarina equisetifolia or Whistling Pine) that thrived in the western coast during the pre-Spanish Period. History Agoo's administrative dates back further than most Philippine municipalities, with the town being established within the same decade that the Spanish colonizers arrived on the Island of Luzon. The history of the settlement now known as Agoo dates back even further, with both documentary and artifactual evidence supporting the assertion that it was a major port of call f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basilica Minore Of Our Lady Of Charity
The Basilica Minore of Our Lady of Charity (Spanish: ''Basilica Menor de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad''), better known as Agoo Basilica, is a Roman Catholic minor basilica in Agoo, La Union, the Philippines dedicated to Our Lady of Charity. It is the seat of the Santa Monica Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Fernando de La Union under the Vicariate of St. Francis Xavier (Vicar Forane Raul S. Panay). The diocese of San Fernando La Union is part of the territory of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia. The basilica is under the leadership of parish priest Alfonso V. Lacsamana and parish vicar Liberato A. Apusen. It is situated along MacArthur Highway in Agoo, La Union in front of the Jose D. Aspiras Civic Center. History The parish was founded in 1578 by Franciscan friars John Baptist Lucarelli of Pesaro, Italy and Sebastián de San Francisco of Baesa, Spain. The original church was constructed with native materials, nipa and bamboo (in Barangay Nagreban or Nagrugcan) unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
