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 American Cemetery and Memorial is located in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. The cemetery, 152 acres or 615,000 square metres in area, is located on a prominent plateau, with a total of 17,206 graves, it has the largest number of graves…
Makati is the financial center of the Philippines and it has the highest concentration of multinational and local corporations in the country. The biggest trading floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange is situated along the city’s Ayala Avenue. Makati is also known for being a major cultural and entertainment hub in Metro Manila. Although its population is just half a million, the daytime population of the city is estimated to be more than one million during a typical working day because of the large number of people who go to the city to work, shop, and do business.
The Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat, or Manila Abbey, is a Benedictine men’s monastery located on Mendiola Street in Manila, the Philippines. The monastery was founded by monks from Spain in 1895, in the final years of Spanish colonial era in the Philippines and is dedicated to Our Lady of Montserrat.
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 …
The La Loma Cemetery (Campo Santo de La Loma) was opened in 1884 and is located in Caloocan City, Metro Manila. A portion of the southern part of the cemetery is located in Manila. The La Loma Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Manila with an area of slightly less than 54 hectares…
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 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 …
The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, or simply the University of Santo Tomas (UST), is a private, Roman Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines. Founded on 28 April 1611 by Miguel …
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 …
The Santa Ana Church, also known as the Parish of Our Lady of the Abandoned, is a Spanish colonial period church located in the district of Santa Ana. The parish was established by the Franciscan missionaries in 1578 under the patronage …
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….
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