City of Tagbilaran, Province of Bohol

                                                                                                                                                                                                        

CITY OF TAGBILARAN

PROVINCE OF BOHOL

Year Approved: 1997

ARMS LOCKED OVER A SARO AND NATIVE CUP FILLED WITH WINE - symbolize the historic blood compact between Boholano Chieftain Datu Sikatuna and Captain General Miguel Lopez de Legaspi of Spain on March 16, 1565 at the little settlement or village of Bohol, some three (3) kilometers southeast of Tagbilaran; It also signifies friendship, peace and brotherhood of men Tagbilaran being dubbed as the City of "Peace and Friendship".

GALLEONS - represent the four (4) big ships of the Legaspi-Urdaneta expedition on board were 280 men mostly Mexican Mariners that lifted anchor from Natividad, Mexico on November 21, 1564 and reached the Philippines on February 13, 1565. The chief mission of the expedition, the second sent by King Philip II of Spain to the Philippines, was to colonize the islands and Christianize the natives thereof. "La Capitans" was the name of the huge flagship of the Legaspi-Urdaneta expedition.