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General Tomoyuki Yamashita Prince Yasuhito Chichibu. Yamashita's gold, also referred to as the Yamashita treasure, is the name given to the alleged war loot stolen in Southeast Asia by Imperial Japanese forces during World War II and supposedly hidden in caves, tunnels, or underground complexes in different cities in the Philippines.
Movable National Cultural treasures- movable objects with historical, anthropological, archaeological value and/ or associated with national history Immovable National Cultural treasures- structures that shall not be relocated, rebuilt, defaced or otherwise changed in a manner, which would destroy the property's dignity and authenticity, except ...
National Cultural Treasures of the Philippines. Unique structures and items with outstanding historical, cultural, artistic and/or scientific qualities, ...
Among the most important gold artifact discoveries are the "Surigao Treasure" found by construction worker Berto Morales in 1991, [12] the Agusan image found by Manobo woman Belay Campos in 1917, [13] the Bolinao Skull discovered by the National Museum of the Philippines at the Balingasay Archaeological Site in Bolinao, Pangasinan,and the Oton ...
The treasure would be composed of "carved silver, gold jewellery, pearls and stones of value, Chinese porcelain, rich fabrics, paintings and perhaps 500,000 pesos". [10] The stories about this treasure are varied, some place it in the environment of the Roques de Anaga , while others place it in the zone of Punta del Hidalgo and the cave of San ...
It is the second level of protection after the classification of List of National Cultural Treasures in the Philippines. The lists of cultural properties are declared by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, National Historical Commission of the Philippines, and the National Museum of the Philippines. Last list of important cultural ...
The province of La Union in the Philippines has various Spanish colonial watchtowers (bantayan) which are recognized as National Cultural Treasures since 2014. [1]
Rogelio "Roger" Domingo Roxas (died May 25, 1993) was a former Filipino soldier who had worked as a locksmith before allegedly discovering in a cave north of Manila a hidden chamber full of gold bars and a giant golden Buddha statue – which Roxas estimated to weigh one metric ton – on a plot of state-owned land near Baguio General Hospital, in Baguio on January 24, 1971. [1]