Bantayan sa Hari also called Buluarte in Mandaue City, Cebu is located below the Old Mandaue-Mactan Bridge in Barrio Looc, built around the early 1800's, the watchtower serve to protect the locality from marauders from the seas. The incursions of the Moro Pirates in the town led to the construction of the "Bantayan sa Hari". A bell in the tower kept the villagers informed about any such danger as they would then take refuge in the Patriarch church of Saint Joseph. In wanting to preserve the historic structure, well meaning but misguided authorities cemented over the relic thus its totally modern look.
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