


The Town Plaza: Then and Now
In 1582, as part of Spanish colonization, a plan called “reduccion,” from the word reducir, which means “to resettle,” was presented by the Franciscan Fr. Juan de Plasencia to the Synod of Manila.
In 1582, as part of Spanish colonization, a plan called “reduccion,” from the word reducir, which means “to resettle,” was presented by the Franciscan Fr. Juan de Plasencia to the Synod of Manila.