ABRA

Cards (10)

  • Abra National Museum

    Museum in Tayum that houses a collection of coins, paper money, Philippine gold artifacts, and prehistoric pottery
  • Abra River

    • Originates from the Cordillera Mountains and flows down to Ilocos Sur
    • Ideal place for swimming and fishing
    • Converging point of all the rivers and streams in the nearby provinces
    • One of the largest rivers in the area
  • Bangued Church

    Constructed in 1722, one of the oldest churches in the area showcasing the craftsmanship of the people who originally built it and of those who had rebuilt it over the years
  • Gabriela Silang Monument

    Monument in Pidigan to commemorate Gabriela Silang, who led the Ilocano resistance against the Spaniards in 1763 after the death of her husband Diego Silang
  • Kimkimay Lake

    • Legend says that beneath this lake lies a village that was sunk by the gods as punishment for its inhabitants
    • Favorite among picnickers
    • Ideal place for swimming and fishing
  • Libtec Underground River

    • Believed to be inhabited by mysterious water creatures
    • Located inside a cave and surrounded by extruding stalagmites
  • Provincial Capitol, Bangued

    Three-storey building housing the provincial government, situated in a cool atmosphere surrounded by trees, nearby is the Provincial Library
  • Tangadan Tunnel

    40-meter tunnel along the Abra-Ilocos Sur National Road, a popular landmark welcoming the province's visitors
  • Tugot ni Angalo (Footprints of Angalo)

    Claimed to be the real footprints of legendary giant Angalo, who is the "Adam" in Abra mythology, the monument is 15 meters long, 5 meters wide and 10 feet deep
  • Victoria (Casamata) National Park
    • Located on top of a hill overlooking the town of Bangued and the nearby municipalities, has a shrine of the Blessed Mother cradling the Infant Jesus, and a swimming pool built near a water reservoir