How the natives first learned the Spanish language and embraced the Catholic faith. And Pangasinan was born on April 5, 1580.

The Research and Study Committee on Pangasinan’s Charter Date chaired by Atty. Gonzalo T. Duque has recommended April 5, 1580 as the founding date of the province.

How else can we know and understand the lands and the culture that is Pangasinan? In what she calls an “ethnocultural map”, respected Pangasinan scholar and University of the Philippines Philippine studies expert Crisanta Nelmida-Flores, attempts a cartography of Pangasinan based on its geographical history, and its three popular icons—Princess Urduja, the Lady of Manaoag and its traveling caravans.

It’s a little known fact that Tagaytay would not have been the tourist attraction of today had it not been for Taal’s fury displayed more than five times in our history. The tremors and subsequent explosions pushed the land upward even more and had created a lake we now view with awe and wonder. Molten rock and lava that were spewed for miles around contributed to the richness of its soil, allowing for lush growth.