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The Philippines being one of the major theaters of World War II, has commissioned a number of monuments, cemeteries memorials, preserved relics, and established private and public museums, as well as National Shrines, to commemorate battles and events during the invasion, occupation, and liberation of the country. The United States and Japan ...
Loyola Memorial Park – Sprawling area of 36,000 m² and developed in 1965, the Loyola Memorial Park Manila Boystown Complex – A 23-hectare Manila city government-owned institution and facility is exclusively for Manila’s abandoned, forgotten, and voluntarily surrendered children, teenagers, and senior citizens.
Unfortunately, the structure was destroyed in World War II. A new house of worship was later built in another location but a large fire gutted it in 1908. Point of Interests: Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center; Blue Wave Mall; Cityhood Park; Marikina River Park; Marikina Public Market; Marikina Clock Tower Arch
The ice-free Schirmacher Oasis, which now hosts the Maitri and Novolazarevskaya research stations, was spotted from the air by Richard Heinrich Schirmacher (who named it after himself) shortly before the Schwabenland left the Antarctic coast on 6 February 1939. [9] MS Schwabenland in 1938 German map of Antarctica (1941) showing Neuschwabenland ...
A monument is placed at the Evolution Park in Marikina Heights commemorating Filipino soldiers in the Korean War. Before becoming a barangay in 1978, the area was once known as Sitio Mapunso and Sitio Kasuyan of barrios Bayan-Bayanan (now Concepcion) and Parang, with Champagnat Street serving as the boundary of its two mother barrios.
Barangka is an urban barangay in Marikina, Metro Manila, Philippines.It is part of the 1st district of Marikina and is one of the oldest barangays in Marikina.. Located along the southwestern border of Marikina, with the Marikina–Infanta Highway and A. Bonifacio Avenue, which serve as thoroughfares connecting Quezon City and Marikina, and with the municipalities of San Mateo and Rodriguez ...
The park was developed as part of a rehabilitation program called Save the Marikina River Program by the Marikina city government. Launched in 1993, the program aims to reduce flooding and improve the Marikina riverbanks for better water discharge after a 1992 flood left 25% of the city under floodwater. [1]
Santo Niño is a barangay located in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines. The barangay surrounds the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on its west and south sides, with a large portion of the barangay extending into the property of the airport grounds to include Terminal 1 as well as the western half of Runway 06/24.