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Madridejos is a on Bantayan Island in the province of , Philippines.〔 According to the , it has a population of . It is one of the three municipalities that make up the island of Bantayan, which lies to the west of the northern tip of Cebu. It is bounded to the south by the municipality of Bantayan, and on all other sides by the Visayan Sea. There is a light station – LS Madridejos – about north of the mean highwater mark at Kota point . ==History== Lawis was the old name of Madridejos. Even today people still use the name "Lawis", meaning "promontory", the portion carved out to constitute the municipality of Madridejos being the peninsula located on the northern side of Bantayan island facing the Visayan Sea. During the time of governor Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera (1635–1644), the Visayas were continually harassed by the Moros, who wreaked dreadful havoc, capturing, massacring, robbing, sacking churches, and burning everything there was. Legend credits Loreto as the first to settle in this part of the island of Bantayan. It was also Mangubat who proclaimed it a ''visita ''(beginnings of a parish) of the town of Bantayan. The kota (''kuta'' = fort) was probably built in 1790 or 1792. The people of the town grouped at the kota when they can hear the sound of the ''budyong'' (a blown alarm) for safety, warning the people Moros are coming in vintas. Blowing of the ''budyong'' – served as signal of the coming of the Moros. A watch tower was built in Kaongkod, a barrio about () from the fort. It is the place from where the approach of the Moros could easily be seen, to give a timely warning to the townsfolk of their coming. All watchtowers on Bantayan where built by Fr. Doroteo Andrada del Rosario, parish priest of Bantayan in the 19th century (Moro attacks were worst around 1840s). The general scenery of Lawis was that of a quiet place, of virgin grounds covered by small shrubs and lantana. When more people discovered Lawis and flocked to it, the place became a visita. In 1917 barrio Lawis became a town named Madridejos. This was the name given to the third town of Bantayan island in honour of Benito Romero de Madridejos the former archbishop of Cebu. The town's feast day is celebrated annually on . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Madridejos, Cebu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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