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  2. Quezon Memorial Circle - Wikipedia

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    Originally conceived as the site for the National Capitol in Quezon City, the Quezon Memorial circle was intended to house the Congress of the Philippines.This location was part of a broader plan for a National Government Center (NGC) encompassing Elliptical Road and the Quezon City Quadrangle, which includes the North, South, East, and West Triangles.

  3. Quezon City - Wikipedia

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    Quezon Memorial Circle is the focal point of the newly established capital city, site of the proposed National Capitol building. With the development of the People's Homesite Corporation housing in the Diliman Estate and the creation of the new UP Campus, the creation of Quezon City was justified. [19]

  4. Commonwealth Avenue (Quezon City) - Wikipedia

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    However, by 1949, the revised Frost Plan shifted focus to constructing a road directly connecting Quezon Memorial Circle, which replaced the original Capitol site that was scrapped after World War II, to the new National Government Center (location of the present-day Batasang Pambansa Complex) at Constitution Hill, which replaced the proposed ...

  5. U.P. Campus, Quezon City - Wikipedia

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    U.P. Campus is a barangay in Quezon City, Philippines. As its name suggests, a large part of the barangay is occupied by the main Diliman campus of the University of the Philippines (UP). UP Diliman, the university campus itself, covers seven other barangays in Quezon City, namely Krus na Ligas , San Vicente, Botocan, Culiat, Old Capitol Site ...

  6. Capital of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    After the war, Quezon City was put back on track as capital of an independent republic. In 1945, President Sergio Osmeña, who had taken over when Quezon died, organized the Quezon Memorial Committee (QMC) to raise funds for a memorial. In 1946 newly elected President Manuel Roxas created a Capital Site Committee to look at other possible sites ...

  7. Broadcast City - Wikipedia

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    It was located at Old Balara, Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City and served as the three network's main television and radio production center and main transmission facility. It was inaugurated in July 1978 and was the most modern broadcast facility at that time.

  8. Quezon Memorial Shrine - Wikipedia

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    The 66-meter (217 ft) monument is composed of three connected pylons and is located at the center of the Quezon Memorial Circle, a major park in Quezon City. [8] An observation deck is also present at the top of the structure which has a capacity of 60 people which can provide a panoramic view of the city.

  9. List of oldest buildings and structures in Metro Manila

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    Quezon City: 1699 [9] The site was donated to the Franciscans on February 17, 1590 by Governor Santiago de Vera in the name of King Philip II. Chapels were built of thatch and bamboo in 1590, of wood in 1593, and of volcanic tuff in 1599. The last was badly damaged in the Chinese uprising of 1639.