List of Cultural Properties of the Philippines in Soccsksargen

This list contains an overview of the government recognized Cultural Properties of the Philippines in Soccsksargen. The list is based on the official lists provided by the National Commission on Culture and the Arts, National Historical Commission of the Philippines and the National Museum of the Philippines.

Cultural Property wmph identifier	Site name	Description	Province	City/Municipality	Address/Location	Coordinates	Image
PH-12-0001	Church of the Immaculate Conception of Tamontaka	Built by the Jesuits by the Tamontaka River in 1872 as part of the Tamontaka Mission to oversee the welfare of the youth and to spread the Gospel in the Cotabato region. A school for the boys were built under the Jesuits and for the girls under the Religious of the Virgin Mary. Transferred to its present site in 1879 and became the center of Jesuit missions. Abandoned in 1899 and was placed under the administration of the Jesuits in Zamboanga. It became part of the Cotabato Mission of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in 1939. The church was destroyed by the August 17, 1976 earthquake, it was rebuilt in 1978. A fire burned down the church in 1994 and was rebuilt in the same year. Declared a National Historical Landmark on July 19, 2004. (See marker)	—	Cotabato City	Conception Street, Tamontaka	7°11′01″N 124°13′20″E / 7.18363°N 124.222185°E / 7.18363; 124.222185
PH-12-0003	Fort Pikit	Among the forts built during the Spanish regime to conquer Mindanao and prevent the Moros from asserting their independence from the colonial government, 1893. Used by the American forces and Philippine Constabulary composed of Christian and Muslim Filipinos. Occupied by Japanese forces, 1942–1945. Recovered by American forces to free eastern part of Mindanao, April 1945. Served as a Philippine Marine Corps station until 2005. Declared as a National Historical Landmark on April 24, 2012.	Cotabato	Pikit

See also

List of historical markers of the Philippines in Soccsksargen

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Cultural Properties of the Philippines by region

I – Ilocos Region II – Cagayan Valley III – Central Luzon IV-A – Calabarzon IV-B – Mimaropa V – Bicol Region VI – Western Visayas VII – Central Visayas VIII – Eastern Visayas IX – Zamboanga Peninsula X – Northern Mindanao XI – Davao Region XII – Soccsksargen XIII – Caraga ARMM – Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao CAR – Cordillera Administrative Region NCR – National Capital Region

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