Historical Religious Sites

HISTORICAL SITES

The original Palompon town has several historical sites and heritage to reckon with that can be equated with the interesting saga and unflinching struggle of the ancient Palomponganons in making a virtual place in the annals of the history and etched a proverbial deck in the sun. The bravery and undaunted valiant stanch against all odds of our forefathers to vanquish foreign invaders way back the moro marauders in the ancient times down to their collective participation to repeal the controversial atrocities of Spaniards, Americans, Japanese in the Land had echoed to other municipalities in the Leyte Islands.

The historic places and sites of the ancient Palompon are still there for everyone to give a nostalgic focus. But due to the ramification of its former barangays to townhood and even cityhood where geographical subdivisions followed and were made appurtenant , the present Palompon map has been trimmed down of some of its interesting locations that bespeak the rich and formidable historical accounts of the Palomponganons through the years.

But in spite of the development process, still Palompon is replete with historical sites and heritage that herald and relate to the present genre the town’s glorious past. One of them is the PALOMPON LIBERTY PARK (PLP).

A full account on how this historical icon and location came to be follows in the succeeding pages of this article.. It was authored by a centenarian, Salud Esmero Reposar at 103 years old, who left the PLP legacy to us before she went home back to the Lord.


RELIGIOUS SITES

Palomponganons are incontrovertibly religious people. This heritance and burning passion for the religious life can be traced back in the olden times. The fact, that Palompon is one of the early few towns of ancient Leyte where the first mass of Christendom in the Philippines was held.

The townspeople are predominantly Roman Catholics. But interestingly, there are at present 14 religious sects sheepherding their respective pious faithful in town. Thus, with the given number multifarious religious sites and various displays are expected and worth for everyone’s valued time. 

The Roman Catholic Church of Palompon which was built for 44 years and thereafter was formally founded on November 12, 1784 is considered the oldest church in Leyte. Hence, a blown up feature on it is highlight on the succeeding pages for everyone’s information, guidance, and a boon to religious fervor.