#15 Purisima bridge

This is a photo of the Purisima bridge that leads to Guinhangdan Hill. This bridge (now restored) was built around 1878, and it's told that during that time a man in a kalesa (horse carriage) fell through a hole in the bridge and drowned in the Bangon river below. The old people said it's because the foothills of Guinhangdan are enchanted by spirits and they were angered when the bridge was built. The Franciscan friars and other priests decided to build a shrine of La Purisima (Virgin of the Immaculate Conception) at the foothills to calm the townsfolks.. if not the spirits. There.. we're a superstitious lot.

During Holy Friday, people walk up to the hill where there's a cross that's about 12ft high. It's supposed to be a pilgrimage but young people do it for fun. Up there, you can see the view of Palo and the red beach (McArthur beach). Worth going if you don't have weak knees :-)