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Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto Shrine is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage site in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, Philippines. The shrine was established on February 11, 1965, by Horacio Guanzon and Anita Guidote-Guanzon, whose family had it donated to the Diocese of Malolos on July 20, 2024.
The garden, which was previously a zoo, [1] was renamed to the Imelda Park by Ferdinand Marcos for his wife in 1970. [3] The park closed for ten months in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] During that time, it underwent a renovation which made the park more aesthetic and added ramps. [4]
The national park was created by Presidential Proclamation No. 667, covering an area of 16.76 square kilometres (6.47 sq mi) and signed by President Manuel L. Quezon on January 18, 1940, for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the Philippines and known as the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP). [4]
Mines View Park is an overlook park on the northeastern outskirts of Baguio in the Philippines.Located on a land promontory 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from downtown Baguio, the park overlooks the mining town of Itogon, particularly the abandoned gold [1] and copper mines [2] of the Benguet Corporation, and offers a glimpse of the Amburayan Valley. [3]
A Lourdes grotto is a replica of the grotto where the Lourdes apparitions occurred in 1858, in the town of Lourdes in France, now part of the sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes.
The Rose Garden is at the northern entrance of Burnham Park where the bust of the park's namesake, Daniel Burnham stands. At its center is an amphitheater. [4] Across the Burnham Park's rose garden gated entrance is Rizal Park, a small park [30] that is sometimes considered part of Burnham Park. [31] A dancing fountain was inaugurated in 2013 ...
During the Second World War, the cathedral served as an evacuation center, and was the only building in Baguio that withstood the carpet-bombing of the city by American forces during liberation on March 15, 1945. Former Baguio mayor Virginia de Guia, recalled that refugees "packed the church like sardines when the airplanes came". [2]
The Baguio City Heritage Hill and Nature Park (formerly and still commonly known as the Diplomat Hotel) is an abandoned structure atop Dominican Hill, Baguio, Philippines. The local government initiated rehabilitation efforts, which was started in April 2022, through a 15 million Philippine pesos grant from the National Commission for Culture ...