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The Leon Kilat Street is a tribute to Pantaleon Villegas for his bravery and his love for his fellow citizens.León Kilat was a revolutionary leader in Cebu during the Philippine Revolution against Spain.uring the rebellion against Spain! Kilat led the revolutionaries in Cebu. "nitially intending to begin the rebellion on #aster Sunday! he

was forced to change his plans when the Spaniards discovered the planned revolt. Kilat and his $en began the rebellion in Cebu onPal$ Sunday! %pril &! '()(. *e was! however! betrayed and $urdered on +ood ,riday! %pril (! '()(! in Carcar! Cebu. *e was

stabbed to death by his own aide-de-ca$p! %polinario %lcuitas.

#lizabeth all e/terior! Leon Kilat Street! Cebu City

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%ng a0ong 1alay 2on ,lorencio 3oel *ouse4 in Carcar City!

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5n %pril 6! '()( 2*oly Thursday4! Leon Kilat was in Carcar. *is plan was to attac0 the Spaniards on #aster Sunday in Carcar. Leon

Kilat was treated as an honored guest and he stayed in the house of Tiyoy 1arcenilla. 7pon Leon Kilat8s re9uest! a tailor too0 his

$easure$ents because Leon Kilat wanted a new unifor$ to wear the ne/t day. % feast was prepared in the 1arcenilla *ouse for Leon

Kilat and guests.

:hat Leon Kilat did not 0now was that one of the $en! ,lorencio 3oel! had $et the Spanish friar! ,ather ,rancisco 1lanco. ,ather

1lanco had reportedly told 3oel that the only way Carcar would escape Spanish retaliation was if Leon Kilat would be 0illed.

So! on the night of *oly Thursday! goat! chic0en! por0 were served to the $en at the 1arcenilla *ouse! and afterwards! the $en dran0

coffee and +inebra 2gin4 in the living roo$. eanti$e! the Carcar $en who had decided to do away with Leon Kilat! beca$e ill atease! and they whispered a$ong one another! and in fact! %polinario %lcuitas shouted in Cebuano! ;1rothers! " a$ infor$ing all of

you that tonight! " will slaughter a horse.;

%ll of this apparently went unnoticed by Leon Kilat! or perhaps he had too $uch +inebra! because he didn8t flee. *e went to bed! inthe roo$ near the stairs of the 1arcenilla *ouse. Vicente 1arcenilla chatted with Leon Kilat in his roo$< he goes down in history asthe last person to have seen hi$ alive.

Then so$eti$e during the night! several $en entered Leon Kilat8s roo$. 5ne of the$ used Kilat8s own rifle butt to s$ash his s0ull.

%nd then the $en stabbed Kilat. "t was a collective deed! but %polinario %lcuitas8 na$e goes down in history as the assassin.

%fter insuring Leon Kilat was dead! the group brought his corpse to the center of town to display it. "t was = a.$. +ood ,riday! %pril

)! '()(.%n earlier battle with the Spaniards was successful and the Spaniards had to retreat to ,ort San Pedro. 1ut the Spaniards 9uic0ly

dispatched a ship to Cebu. :hen the revolutionaries heard about the Spanish ship! they retreated to Carcar.

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,ort San Pedro

Location> Plaza "ndepedencia

Fuerte de San Pedro is a $ilitary defence structure!

 built by Spanish and indigenous Cebuano labourers

under the co$$and of Spanish con9uistador ! iguel

L?pez de Legazpi and the Spanish

+overn$ent in Cebu. "t served as a stronghold for

,ilipino revolutionaries near the end of the ')thcentury. This served as the nucleus of the first Spanish

settle$ent in the Philippines.

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The Cry of Pugad Lawin 2,ilipino> Sig@w ng Pugad Lawin4! alternately and originally referred to as the Cry of Balintawak  was the

 beginning of the Philippine Revolution against the Spanish #$pire.

 

The Cry of 1alintawa0 

Location> City of 3aga! Cebu

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#n August $%& Bonifacio assembled the leaders and hundreds of comradesinarms in the hills of Balintawak& north of 'anila (n

an emotionladen ceremony& the fighters tore their residence certificates to symboli)e the termination of their loyalty to Spain

while shouting the battle cry* "'abuhay ang +ilipinas," The event went down in +hilippine history as the "Cry of Balintawak" and

is regarded as the starting signal for the +hilippine revolution

The aga$i Revolt was a revolt against Spanish colonial rule led by the Lu$ad rebel! Dagami! in the island of actan in thePhilippines! in '=A6.

actan "sland is a place full of historical accountsBthe very site where the 1attle of actan occurred. actan 1attle is the first battle

 between native ,ilipinos and #uropeans in '='.

Location> actan "sland

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"n this historic battle! the e/plorer ,erdinand agellan $et his death at the hands of Lapu-Lapu! one of the islandDs $ost fa$ousrulers. This place has what then beca$e as Lapu-Lapu CityBan honor for one of the Philippines very first heroes. The $ar0er can also

 be found in the island! $a0ing the account $ore interestingEinteresting enough for locals and foreigners to flag the place every year.

"n fact! a yearly celebration has been conceptualized to co$$e$orate this event.

oreover! actan "sland is one of the countryDs sy$bolic indications of the ,ilipinos love for freedo$ and bravery in the face of battles.

ango %venue! one of  Cebu City8s

$ain thoroughfares! was rena$ed

a/ilo$ %venue in honor of the

general.

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General Arcadio Maxilom y Molero 23ove$ber '&! '(AE%ugust 'F! ')G4 was a ,ilipino teacher  and hero of the Philippine

Revolution.

+en. a/ilo$ fought side by side with the other Cebuano revolutionaries in the 9uest for freedo$ fro$ the hands of the Spaniards.#ventually! the local insurgency $ove$ent gained control of Cebu after the assault at ,ort San Pedro. uring the revolution of '()(! a

revolutionary govern$ent was set up on ece$ber 'A of that year by +en. %rcadio a/ilo$! the province8s revolutionary head.

%fter Kilat8s betrayal and assassination! a/ilo$ continued the revolution in Cebu. 7nder his co$$and! the Katipunan was able to

regroup in the central highlands! which Spanish forces found i$penetrable. 5n ece$ber 'A! '()(! a/ilo$ wrote a letter to the

Spanish authorities in Cebu! de$anding that the latter surrender. :eary after incessant fighting! the Spaniards 9uic0ly responded!

as0ing a/ilo$ for two to three days to leave the province. 1y Christ$as #ve! the Spaniards have left! leaving behind only

three Catholic clerics.

Little did the Cebuanos! indeed! all ,ilipinos! 0now that their newfound liberty would be short-lived! Spain having already been forced

to sell the fate of their for$er subHects to the 7nited States for twenty $illion dollars

an o %venue one of Cebu Cit 8s $ain thorou hfares was rena$ed a/ilo$ %venue in honor of

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