The San Agustin Museum is a privately-owned museum maintained by the Augustinian Friars and housed inside the monastery of the San Agustin Church. The museum features ecclesiastical art and regalia illustrating the history of the monastery a…
The Manila Central Post Office is the head office of the Philippine Postal Corporation, and houses the country’s main mail sorting-distribution operations. Designed by Juan M. Arellano and Tomás Mapúa, the post office building was built in …
Plaza Miranda is a public square bounded by Quezon Boulevard, Hidalgo Street and Evangelista Street in Quiapo, Manila. It is the plaza which fronts the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene (Quiapo Church), one of the main churches of the City of …
San Diego de Alcala Church is a parish church in Valenzuela, located about 15.5 kilometres (9.6 mi) north of Manila. The original church was the oldest church in the city, built by Father Juan Taranco and finished by Father Jose Valencia in 1632. Residents …
The CCP provides performance and exhibition venues for various local and international productions at its eponymous 62-hectare (150-acre) complex located in the Cities of Pasay and Manila. Its artistic programs include the production of …
Located alongside Roxas Boulevard, Manila and next to the century-old walled city of Intramuros, the Luneta National Park or “Luneta” as many call it, is an historical urban park where the execution of national hero…
The chapel’s façade was inspired by the structure of the Church of Our Lady of Grace in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy. Its design represents the desire to bring St. Pio closer to the hearts, minds and souls of his spiritual children, by providing them w…
The Minor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception informally known as Manila Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic basilica dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, the Principal…
The main attraction of Manila Ocean Park is the Oceanarium which houses 14,000 sea creatures from about 277 species all of which is indigenous in Southeast Asia. The Oceanarium has seven sections and contains 3,000 cubic meters of sea water….
The Andrés Bonifacio Monument, commonly known simply as Bonifacio Monument or Monumento, is a memorial monument in Caloocan which was designed by the National Artist Guillermo Tolentino to commemorate Philippine revolutionary …
Casa Manila is a museum in Intramuros depicting colonial lifestyle during Spanish colonization of the Philippines. The museum is the imposing stone-and-wood structure c. 1850, one of the grand houses in Barrio San Luis (one of the four original…
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