CAVITE CITY, Cavite (PIA) – Known for their pride in Cavite’s role in history, Caviteños are wrapping up the National Arts Month with a series of restoration efforts of historical markers within the City of Cavite.
Last February 27, volunteers from the Cavite Historical Society, Cavite State University, Kabataang Kabitenyo and Temple Street Primera Familia led the city-wide cleaning and restoration of historical markers within Samonte Park.
Led by the City Tourism Office and volunteers from the Manileños for Heritage Group, a non-government organization dedicated to restoring historical markers and monuments in Manila City, the cleaning and restoration activity included key historical items such as the 1872 Cavite Mutiny marker, Capital Marker, and the Ermita de Porta Vaga Façade and Marker.
In a statement, the city government noted that the project will prioritize the restoration of the Ermita de Porta Vaga replica monument and its marker.
“Recognizing our city’s historical value as a cradle of revolutionary heroes and martyrs, they vowed to help the City Government in restoring these markers and monuments to their former glory.”
The Ermita de Porta Vaga has been repeatedly defaced and vandalized over the past year, which captured the attention of civil society organizations. (PB-PIA CALABARZON, City Government of Cavite)
