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  THE LANDMARKS  (Dulag, Leyte) Dulag, Leyte, also known as "The Karatong Country" and "Liberation Town". My hometown is a coastal town wherein a south of the concurrent  regional center of Eastern Visayas and the administrative capital of provincial government of Leyte, Tacloban.   It is known as "The Karatong Country" due to the numerous bamboos which you can observe when you visit the coastal town. It is called "The Karatong Country" because Dulagnons, the people who lived in Dulag, are known as resilient, born-ready, determined, versatile and especially strong just like bamboos. Dulag, Leyte considered as The Liberation Town after the World War era. In connection to this matter, there were historical spots that you can visit or view in Dulag Leyte. These historical landmarks reminds us, especially the Dulagnons on how the people conquer and fight for the freedom under the spanish conquest in the town.

  THE RUINS Brgy. Sungi Dulag, Leyte An original Spanish structure built in 1595 and considered as the first exclusive Jesuit School in the province of Leyte. Opened as a religious school by a Jesuit priest named Fr. Alonzo de Humanes and subsidized by the Government of Spain pursuant to a royal decree, the school was descrived then as the only one of its kind in the country and far ahead of its time.  Destroyed by World War II in October 1944 when the American liberation forces led by General Douglas McArthur, landed in Dulag and used by the American forces as its 60th field hospital. Currently, it is reserved as historical site and heritage for generations to come. CAPTAIN ISAO YAMAZOE SHRINE Brgy. Del Pilar Dulag, Leyte One such local hero is a Japanese army leader, Captain Isao Yamazoe. Capt. Yamasoy, who was then the Dulag Garrison Commander of the Japanese Forces sometime between 1941-1943, ensured that the Dulagnons’ quotidian lives remained as normal as possible. He valued Dula