The elevated elliptical west of the cathedral features the 17th century Juan de Salcedo Monument, the oldest of its kind in northern Luzon. Located in between St.Paul Metropolitan Cathedral and the Provincial capital that highlights the said monument as founder of Vigan. It was in plaza Salcedo where Gabriela Silang was executed by public hanging in 1763.
Gabriela Silang .She was Maria Josefa Gabriela Carino Silang who was the first Filipino woman to lead a revolt during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines an active member of the insurgent force of Diego Silang her husband, she led the group for four months after his death before she was captures and executed in Plaza Salcedo.
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