The Cagayan de Oro City Council recently passed a resolution (Res. No. 14959-2024) establishing a Local Cultural Inventory and endorsing the same to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) to form part of the Philippine Registry of Cultural Property (PRECUP). The inclusion of this local cultural inventory or registry in the PRECUP will help preserve these properties and the rich cultural and historical heritage of sites.
Included in the inventory of cultural properties in the city which is reflective of its rich and unique history are as follows:
- THE EXECUTIVE HOUSE
- AGUSAN HILL (Site of the Battle of Agusan Hill)
- MACAHAMBUS HILL (Site of the Battle of Macahambus Hill)
- CASA DEL CHINO YGUA (Balay nga Bato)
- SAINT AUGUSTINE METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL AND GARDEN
- CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY HALL GROUNDS (Pagtaas ng watawat ng Pilipinas sa Cagayan de Misamis, Enero 10, 1899)
- PLAZA DE LOS HEROES
- HULUGA CAVES
- CAGAYAN DE ORO MATERNITY HOSPITAL AND PUERICULTURE CENTER (Site of the signing of the Pact of Resistance in the onset of the Philippine-American War)
- CITY TENNIS COURTS (Site of the Spanish Colonial Period, Estacada de Defensa)
- MACABALAN WHARF
- YSALINA BRIDGE
- CAGAYAN WATERWORKS TANK / CITY MUSUEM OF CAGAYAN DE ORO AND HERITAGE STUDIES CENTER
- EL PUEBLO A SUS HEROES MONUMENT
- GASTON PARK / PLAZA CAGAYAN
- GOLDEN FRIENDSHIP PARK / PLAZA DIVISORIA
- JOSE RIZAL MONUMENT
The initiative is in compliance to Section 2 of Republic Act No. 10066, known as the “National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009” mandates the protection, preservation, conservation and promotion of the nation’s cultural heritage, its properties and histories, and the ethnicity of local communities.
