Rizal, Tuao, and Piat : Visiting Three Historic Malaueg and Itawes Towns of Cagayan

Three towns on the south westernmost part of the province of Cagayan are definitely places worth visiting for, especially to someone who has much interest on antiquity, culture, and everything in between. Belonging to the Itawes region of the province, Rizal (also known as Malaueg), Tuao, and Piat are all able to preserve their local identity through their main language, Itawes and Malaueg, and other local dialects which is still being used by the locals. But equally important to that is that they were also able to preserve colonial edifices and structures that bears imprint of their past, as well as the whole nation's past. These are the things that made my trip, together with another heritage enthusiast from Nueva Vizcaya, Mr. Juval Rey Valdez, a very memorable and fruitful one.

An ancestral house in Tuao, Cagayan.