Spanish colonial bridges in Tayabas

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Map of Tayabas City in Quezon Province.

The Spanish colonial bridges in Tayabas are bridges built during the Spanish-colonial era in Tayabas, Quezon. The city government of Tayabas declared eleven bridges in the city as Historical bridges of Tayabas for protection purposes.[1] These are the bridges of Alitao, Isabel II, Urbiztondo, Don Francisco de Asis, Bai, Despedidas, Ese, Princesa, Malagonlong, Lakawan and Mate. In 2011, ten bridges in Tayabas was declared as National Cultural Treasure under the Historic Bridges of Tayabas.[2] The declared national cultural treasures under the list are the bridges of Alitao, Isabel II, Don Francisco de Asis, Gibanga, Malagonlong, Lakawan, Mate, Ese, Despedida, Tumuloy and Princesa.

Tayabas Historic Bridges

The Tayabas Historic Bridges is a group of existing Spanish-colonial era bridges in Tayabas, Quezon declared by the National Museum of the Philippines as a National Cultural Treasure on August 12, 2011.[2]

  Also declared as a National Historical Landmark by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines
Image Bridge Location Coordinates Description
150px Puente de Alitao Alitao River, Poblacion Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A two arched adobe bridge built in 1793 by Don Diego Urbano. It is the earliest surviving colonial bridge in Tayabas.
150px Puente de Reina Isabel II Iyam River, Brgy. Baguio Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The bridge was constructed under the term of Gobernador Don Jose Maria de la O in March 15, 1852. It was finished in July 16, 1853 and was dedicated to Queen Isabel II of Spain.
150px Puente de San Francisco de Asís Domoit River, Brgy. Domoit Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Built in 1854
Puente de Gibanga Brgy. Gibanga
Malagonlong Bridge.jpg Puente de Malogonlong Dumacaa River, Brgy Matuena Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The longest Spanish colonial era bridge in the Philippines built by Franciscan Fr. Antonio Mateos from 1841 to 1850
150px Puente de Lakawan Lakawan River, Brgy. Lakawan Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
150px Puente de Mate Mate River, Brgy. Mate Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
150px Puente de la Ese Ibiyang Munti, Brgy. Camaysao Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
150px Puente de las Despedidas Malaking Ibiya, Brgy. Lalo Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Puente de Tumuloy
150px Puente de la Princesa Ilayang Dumacaa (Upper Dumacaa), Brgy. Matuena Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Other Spanish-colonial era bridges

Besides the declaration of the National Museum on National Cultural Treasures and the city government of Tayabas on historic bridges, all Spanish colonial era bridges are declared cultural properties (part of the Philippine Registry of Cultural Property) under the National Cultural Heritage Act.

  Part of the declared historic bridges by the city government of Tayabas
Image Bridge Location Coordinates Description
150px Puente de Baawin 136.55 Kilometer Post Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
150px Puente de Baguio Brgy. Baguio Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
150px Puente de Bai Bai Creek, Brgy. Dapdap Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
150px Puente de Calumpang Tayabas-Sariaya Provincial Road, Brgy. Calumpang Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
150px Puentecito de Malao-a Brgy. Malao-a Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
150px Puentecito de Putol Brgy. Putol Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
150px Puente de Ubli Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
150px Puente de Urbiztondo Malao-a River, Barangay Malao-a Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Built in 1854

References

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