The region is also formally known as the Southern Tagalog Islands.

Puerto Princesa Islands Philippines
Puerto Princesa City Historical Attractions

Princess Eulalia Park
Features the statue of a princess whom the park was named and a memorial marker as a perennial remembrance to the founder of Puerto Princesa.

Plaza Cuartel
A restored ruin of an old garrison wherein the evening of December 14,1944, Japanese soldiers burned around 150 American prisoners of war in a tunnel found beneath the park's portal which nowstands as a grim reminder of World War II atrocities.

Immaculate Conception Cathedral
March 10, 1872, six (6) days after the Spanish expidition arrived in Puerto Princesa, the first mass was celebrated by the Rev. Fr. Exequiel Moreno in the same place where the cathedral now stands.

Mendoza Park,
Named after Dr. Higinio Mendoza Sr., the war hero of Palawan. His resistance to Japanese control led to his execution on January 24, 1944 at Canigaran Beach.

Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm
Unique prison without bars was established by the Americans in 1904. The inmates tend vast farms instead of idly spending time behind bars.

Mindoro (divided into Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro), Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan (El Nido, Puerto Princesa)
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