Taytay is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. The historic Taytay Fort, the Fuerza de Santa Isabel, built in 1667 under the Augustinian Recollect Fathers and named in honor of Spain’s Queen Isabela II in the 1800s, was used as a military station during that period. During the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, Taytay became the capital of the Province of Calamianes, the entire territory of Palawan, in 1818; and the Province of Castilla, a land area occupying the northern part of Palawan, in 1858. During the American era, Taytay ceased being Palawan’s capital, and its administrative boundary was reduced by approximately 500,000 hectares upon the creation of the Municipality of El Nido in 1916.
Municipality of Taytay, Palawan
Taytay Fort (Fuerza de Santa Isabel)
Taytay Pier
Taytay Municipal Hall
Taytay Church
