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Name used in the default map caption; image = Manila (proper) location map.svg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 14.6434 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 14.5495 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = 120.9205 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees; right = 121.0343 ...
The Manila galleon (Spanish: Galeón de Manila; Tagalog: Galeon ng Maynila) refers to the Spanish trading ships that linked the Philippines in the Spanish East Indies to Mexico , across the Pacific Ocean. The ships made one or two round-trip voyages per year between the ports of Manila and Acapulco from the late 16th to early 19th century. [2]
The former gardens of Plaza Moriones, taken in 2011. Plaza Moriones was originally bare open space, with the plaza being documented as having grass as early as 1875. [4] By 1903, despite still being considered an "unremarkable" space, [4] the plaza had a few trees growing around its periphery, and by the 1930s, aerial photos show that trees were found growing on the northern side of the plaza ...
The origin of Padre Burgos Avenue could be traced back to a street running in parallel along the moat surrounding the walled area of Intramuros, called Paseo de las Aguadas [3] or Calzada de las Aguadas, Calzada de Vidal [4] or Paseo de Sebastián Vidal (apparently named after Spanish botanist Sebastián Vidal y Soler, director of the nearby Botanical Garden of Manila), [5] and Calzada de ...
Manila (/ m ə ˈ n ɪ l ə / mə-NIL-ə; Filipino: Maynila), officially the City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), is the capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with 43,611.5 inhabitants per square kilometer (112,953/sq mi) and a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. [10]
The Magallanes Interchange is a four-level partial turbine interchange in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines.It serves as the junction between the Osmeña Highway, Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA), and South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) while also intersecting with inner streets and Chino Roces Avenue.
España Boulevard near University of Santo Tomas The Welcome Rotonda, also called the Mabuhay Rotonda. España Boulevard is an east–west artery in Manila. It connects Lerma and Nicanor Reyes (formerly Morayta) streets of Sampaloc district at the west end to the Mabuhay (or Welcome) Rotonda, Quezon City at the east end.
The Manila city government partnered with University of Santo Tomas College of Architecture alumni John Benedict Fallorina, Sean Patrick Ortiz, Leon Centeno Tuazon, and faculty member Juanito Malaga, MTLA; and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts for the underpass’ overall design.