Villa Santiago de Libon: Kabikolan's First Spanish Citadel

by Danilo Madrid Gerona

Exalted by a royal privilege of being granted the sublime status of a Villa, Libon served as a strategic base for the conquest of a large portion of Kabikolan. But as a consequence of the transfer of the Spanish settlement to the newly-founded city of Nueva Caceres, the exuberant Castillian spirit which shocked the erstwhile somber mood of the native world of Libon gradually vanished. Libon relapsed to a long and dreary state of cultural stupor. The memory of its exalted place in national history receded to the background until completely swallowed up by the mist of oblivion.

167 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2010