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Historic sites in the Philippines are designated by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and its predecessor agencies through the installation of historical markers (Filipino: panandang pangkasaysayan). [1] The following are lists of NHCP historical markers by region:
The present name of the Philippines was bestowed by the Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos [1] [2] or one of his captains Bernardo de la Torre [3] [4] in 1543, during an expedition intended to establish greater Spanish control at the western end of the division of the world established between Spain and Portugal by the treaties of Tordesillas and Zaragoza.
The following is a list of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines. Luzon. Adan → Adams [1] Alava → Sison; Albay → Legaspi (1925) [2] → Legazpi;
In 1939, the Philippines Historical Committee (PHC) installed a historical marker on the site. [1] In 1952, in the grounds of the building, PHC installed a marker to commemorate the Fall of Bataan, a battle during World War II. [5] PHC became National Historical Commission and later renamed to National Historical Institute in 1972. [6]
The Philippines, [g] officially the Republic of the Philippines, [h] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
The term has since been adapted as the name of the basic political unit of the Philippines. [10] So historical barangays should not be confused with present-day Philippine barrios, which were officially renamed barangays by the Philippine Local Government Code of 1991 as a reference to historical barangays.
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Today, the fort, its bastions, and the prison dungeons for criminals used by the Spanish officials, is now part of a historical park which also includes Plaza Moriones and several ruins. The park houses well-preserved legacies from the Spanish colonial period including memorabilia of José Rizal at the Rizal Shrine , a replica of his ancestral ...