A quick visit to the town Vallehermoso

A third class municipality with a population of about 40,000 , is this simple yet has a very rich in history known as a beautiful valley from atop a hill- Vallehermoso.

One Sunday noon,  we went to look for a beach where we can rest and have coffee, then we passed by this town, where my friend has recently been re-elected as Vice Mayor. There were many people at the park, and we saw the signage, Town Fiesta May 14-15- and in unison we said....wooooh!. 

The town of Vallehermoso in the Province of Negros Oriental is the nearest and right next to San Carlos City, Negros Occidental in the north, this is also the town where we pass thru  Canlaon City, that zigzag road located at Barangay Tagbino, with picturesque walls which actually prevents landslide along the highway,  the nearest passable route to the coastal side of Negros Oriental from Northern Negros Occidental. 



Fronting the town hall is the monument of Revolutionary leader and trader  Diego de La Vinia, he was born in Binondo ,Manila on the 20th of May 1849. Established Vallehermoso as a Hacienda of the town Guilhulngan, Negros Oriental in 1891. He was appointed Brigadier General of the Revolutionary  Force and lead the freedom of the towns in the north and Dumaguete. He was  elected as a  Delegate of War of the Military Zone in Northern Negros on November 25, 1898 - May 15 1899.After serving the military he went back to farming and worked on the separation of Vallehermoso from Guihulngan as a separate town on the 1st of January 1913. He died on March 20, 1920.

Retaining Walls at Vallehermoso to prevent landslide
along the zigzag road from Canlaon City.



Senior Citizen Hall at Vallehermoso



Saint Isidore Parish of the Municipality of Vallehermoso








Mc Shane Bell Foundry was founded in 1856 and has been producing
America's finest church bells the world has ever heard.

Wishing Well at the Saint Isidore the Farmer Parish with a Mc Shane Church Bell 











You see this vintage lamp in every corner of the town proper, this is of the Spanish era originally powered by gas at Vallehermoso. As a first time visitor of the town, i believe that this is  what makes the town unique and tells us about their  heritage. 

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