"HISTORICAL SITES"

 Escoda Monument

                  The statue of Josefa Llanes Escoda, outstanding feminist, national heroine – martyr of World War.

       Josefa Llanes Escoda,Illustrious daughter and pride of this town Dingras,magnetic organizer and brilliant spokesman of women and their participation in local and national affairs;dedicated social workers,educator and founder of Girl Scouting.

                   She died a martyr in Fort Santiago

Escoda Shrine

                  It is the historical birthplace of Josefa Llanes Escoda, she was born on this site on September 20, 1899. The eldest child of Gabriel Llanes and Mercedes Madamba.
                  Founder of the Girl Scouts of the Phillipine,civic leader and World War II heroine, imprisoned in Fort Santiago for Guerilla activities and missions of Mercury during the Japanese occupation,together with her husband Antonio Escoda.
                  She was  executed  in January 1945.
             

Escoda Memorial Hall

                   It is often used as the venue for birthday celebrations of the GSP founder. Programs and meetings are often held here.
                  

Escoda Museum.

                   This was inaugurated during the nationwide centennial birthday celebration of Mrs. Josefa Llanes Escoda in the year 1999. 

                   Escoda Museum is located in front of Dingras Municipal.

                                  Enriqueta de Peralta Monument


                 Enriqueta de Peralta (July 15, 1882 - April 13, 1940)     Was an Ilokana poet, social worker, and an advocate of women's rights and issues. Among the women's organizations where she became a member and officer were the Dingras Women's Club, Ilocos Norte Women's Club, and the Provincial Women's Club of Ilocos Norte.
                She also established the Puericulture Centers of Northern Luzon, was an auditor of the Rural Credit Association of Northern Luzon, and a delegate to the 1920 Infant Mortality Conference in Manila. Peralta also proposed the celebration of a Mother's Day to the National Convention of Women's Club and worked for the passage of a legislation that will grant Filipino women the right to vote. Died April 13, 1940.

             
     " HISTORICAL EDIFICES
                     DURING  THE SPANISH
                                  REGIME"

Dingras Church Ruins

                        One of the Town’s tourist attractions, it is usually the place where historical and cultural shows are held. It is one of the largest and oldest churches built during the Spanish regime.

                        Many Dingrenios are Catholics, that a church, their place of worship, was constructed when the old Catholic Church was ruined by the war and weather elements.
                       Year 2010 they start constracting the facade of the church and some part  inside it.

Ancestral Homes

                        The painted one was the ancestral home of Gregorio Puruganan, Floor Leader and Delegate of the Second District of Ilocos Norte to the 1971 Constitutional Convention, a nationally known poet and writer and an outstanding practicing lawyer.
                         This is a rural bank now of Dingras.

Tabaclera Building

                        This was the Spanish tobacco warehouse which manifested an intensive tobacco cultivation in Dingras Valley which included towns of Marcos, Solsona, Espiritu, Pinili and Nueva Era.
                     

The St. Joseph Institute

                         It is a very sturdy structure out of bricks and is now utilized as a private secondary school building.

                         In 1952 is a remarkable year in the history of Christian Education in the Municipality of Dingras. This was the birth of St. Joseph Institute through the efforts of Rev. Fr. Patricio Monis, Parish Priest of the St. Joseph Parish of Dingras. It was then, named St. Joseph Institute of Dingras, Inc., in honor of the patron of the town, St. Joseph, the Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary.