Bagacay Point Lighthouse is locally known as "Parola sa Liloan", this lighthouse was also one of the reason why Liloan was called "The Light of the North" that provides guiding light to mariners, navigators and fishermen from coastal towns in northern Cebu. Overlooking the Mactan Channel, the lighthouse is situated on an elevated area in Barangay Catarman, Liloan and was built during the American period under the executive order issued by the first American governor-general of the Philippines, William Howard Taft on July 28, 1903 who allocated an area on where it was built on 1904 the 72 feet lighthouse was errected on April 1, 1905. The lighthouse is one of the most important heritage site and symbolic structure in the coastal town until today.
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