(Part 2 of a series on
Gapan City)
by Randy R.I.
Espinoza
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| Gapan's Old Casa Municipal (Municipal House), the pink building to the right |
Unknown to many, Gapan City, established in 1595, is the oldest town in Nueva
Ecija and one of the oldest in the Philippines. Cabanatuan City may be the provinces’s most progressive city and the town of San Isidro was declared the country’s
interim capital in 1899 by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo during the Philippine-American War, but
Gapan remains the province’s crown jewel, a veritable heritage town that rivals
others in the entire Central Luzon in terms of historical and cultural
significance.
