Sarrat

Cabayugan was how the people called Sarrat by its first settlers led by the village chief Minagel (Maingel) Bang'at and his wife Sarrah, before the arrival of the Spaniards on the latter part of the 16th century.After the colonization of the Spaniards, the town was renamed to San Miguel when the Augustinians erected a parish coinciding with the gaining of its township status on September 29, 1724.Two then Senators, Santiago Fonacier and Isabelo delos Reyes, eventually created the bill that changed the town's name from San Miguel to Sarrat in 1916.Sarrat is bounded by the cities and municipalities of Batac to the south-west, San Nicolas to the west, Laoag to the north-west, Piddig to the north-east, Dingras to the east, the town of Marcos to the southeast, and a small portion of Banna to the south.[6] The town is traversed and divided into two by the Padsan River, creating a north and south areas that are connected by the Sarrat Bridge.A few months later, on August 16, an magnitude 7.8 earthquake severely damaged the church's main altar and upper facade.The impressive convent, known as the Casa del Palacio Real, was first built in 1779, completely burned on February 3, 1816, and was reconstructed in 1817 and 1886.Within its environs, then were a jail where criminals and political prisoners were incarcerated and tortured, a sala court, a strangulation room and other secular sections.The Santa Monica Parish Museum is a repository of artifacts and memorabilia that dates back to the construction of the church edifice in 1779.De la Cuesta, Arnold Segundo and Guia M. Valenciano The nipa hut cottages along the banks of the Padsan River are another visitor attraction in the town.
Sarrat Church
Santa Monica Parish Museum
Kimpoys hut
Barrio Uno River Resort
Former seal of Sarrat
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