[3] Piat is dubbed as the "Pilgrimage Center of Cagayan Valley" because of the thousands of devotees and tourists who come here to pay homage.

It is the home of Our Lady of Piat which continues to be the source of inspiration and object of devotion of many Catholics in the region.

Jose Bugarin's Dictionary "Pia-t, a tree, and the name of a town in the province in the Ytaves (Itawes) district."

Poverty incidence of Piat Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] As a municipality in the Province of Cagayan, government officials in the provincial level are voted by the electorates of the town.

The interior contains curved ceilings made of wood with historical images and accounts along the tops of the walls.

In April 2005, the spring started to draw crowds of devotees along with the woman who dreamed of the Miraculous Lady of Visitation of Piat.

10 years earlier while working abroad she received a dream where it was insisted that she personally go to Piat to look for the hidden spring near the sanctuary on the hill where the Miraculous Lady was being enshrined.

Devotees share stories on how they get healed of their ailments or recover from their surgical operations after drinking and washing themselves with the miraculous water drawn from this “Bukal ng Buhay”.

The bukal was featured on several television documentaries in the Philippines such as Rated K and Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho.