San Vitores Martyrdom Site
San Vitores Martyrdom Site is located in Guam
San Vitores Martyrdom Site
Location0.7 miles south of Bijia Point off Rte. 4, Tamuning, Guam
Coordinates13°30′59″N 144°48′21″E / 13.51639°N 144.80583°E / 13.51639; 144.80583
NRHP reference No.75002154[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 31, 1975

The San Vitores Martyrdom Site, located 0.7 miles south of Bijia Point off Guam Highway 4 in Tamuning, Guam, has significance from 1672. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

It is an important site in marking where Father Diego Luis de San Vitores was killed, and for association with the Spanish-Chamorro Wars against the imposition of Catholic Christianity in Guam. At the time of NRHP listing, the site was marked by a wooden cross and by a historical plaque placed there in 1940.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Stephen F. Lander (October 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: San Vitores Martyrdom Site". National Park Service. and accompanying photo from 1974


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