CAMARINES NORTE


PEOPLE�S PARK

This Park which haws a panoramic garden view with fountain, benches and a monument of Rizal is located in Poblacion Labo, besides the Labo Sports Complex, about 15 minutes by jeepney or bus from Daet.

FIRST RIZAL MONUMENT

It is a three-tiered stone pylon with its square base supporting a triangle in tow stages, the last one tapering off to a point.  Built in 1898, the First Monument of Rizal in the Philippines is located across the Old Daet Municipal Hall.  Its foundation, it is believed, is made of mortars and boulders from the demolished Old Spanish Jail in Daet where many patriots died, making it historically and culturally significant.

LANITON LANDMARK

It is the site of the first guerilla encounter against the Japanese Imperial Army at Barangay Laniton, Basud, Camarines Norte.  It could be reached in about 15 to 20 minutes ride from Daet town proper.

VINZONS CHURCH

One of the oldest church in the Philippines which celebrated its 400 years anniversary in 1981.

CAPALONGA SHRINE OF THE BLACK NAZARENE

One of the famous tourist attractions of the province where all roads, it seems, lead to it every May 13.  All devotees and / or pilgrims of different nationalities flock to pay homage to the miraculous image of the Black Nazarene, whose shrine is right in the town proper of Capalonga.

VINZONS SHRINE

It is a tow storey house, the residence of Wenceslao Q. Vinzons, Sr., a hero during the Japanese War.  It was converted into a shrine complete with public library and museum which stores the memorabilia of the hero.  It is located in the town proper of Vinzons (formermly Indan).

JOSE MARIA PANGANIBAN�S MONUMENT

This is a bronze statue (9 ft. tall) erected inhonor of Jose Maria Panganibn, a Filipino Propagandist in Spain and hero, dubbed as the �Avenger of Filipino Honor�, who was born in Mambulao (former name of the Municipality of Jose Panganiban).  It stands right in front of the Jose Panganiba Municipal Hall and contains the remains of the martyr which have been laid below it and inside the center of the monument�s base.

PARACALE GOLD MINING INDUSTRY

Sites of this industry are located at the barangays of Pinagbirayan Gumaus, Tawis and Paracale town proper.  These are some of the richest gold mining sites in the province or region.  Thousands of gold panners come here from the different provinces of bicol and the province of Quezon and Batangas.

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