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Gates of the Mansion House in Baguio. The markers are in Ilocano, Filipino, and English. This list of historical markers installed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) is an annotated list of people, places, or events in the region that have been commemorated by cast-iron plaques issued by the said commission.
Baguio City Hall façade, with the historical marker on one of its columns. Some historical markers have also caused issues and controversies due to different reasons. Baguio City Hall – Markers have also been used to justify the historicity of the place and help preserve the area, like in the issue of developing the City Hall site in Baguio.
Highly urbanized city in Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines Baguio Highly urbanized city From top, left to right: City proper overlooking Burnham Park, Mines View Park, Baguio Cathedral, Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Session Road, SM City Baguio and Sky Ranch Baguio Flag Seal Nicknames: Summer Capital of the Philippines City of Pines Anthem: Baguio Hymn Map of Benguet with Baguio ...
Liberation of Baguio Marker Marker Naguilian Rd., Baguio City, Benguet: Dilapidated marker commemorating the efforts of the 33rd Infantry Division in liberating Baguio March 1945. Coord Gen. Yamashita Surrender Site Marker Kiangan, Ifugao: Date Gen. Yamashita, overall commander of Japanese forces in the Philippines surrendered at this location.
Historical marker in Baguio commemorating the first summer session of the Taft Commission to be held in Baguio, the namesake of Session Road. Session Road derives its name from the fact that it used to lead up to the old Baden-Powell Hall, where the Philippine Commission held its sessions from April 22 to June 11, 1904, and officially initiated the use of Baguio as the Philippine Summer Capital.
The region comprises six provinces: Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga and Mountain Province. The regional center is the highly urbanized city of Baguio, which is the largest city in the region. The region was officially created on July 15, 1987, [4] covering most of the Cordillera Mountain Range of Luzon that is home to numerous ethnic groups.
The Governor Pack Road (also referred to as Gov. Pack Road) is a major highway in Baguio, Philippines, named for the American William Francis Pack (1861-1944), who was appointed Military Governor of Benguet on November 15, 1901 and served as the civilian Governor of Mountain Province, in which Benguet was once part of as a subprovince, from 1909 to 1912.
Mount Mirador is a mountain situated in the city of Baguio in the Cordillera Central mountain range, Luzon Island in the Philippines.A meteorological station was established in September 1909 and was the second highest station during that time with the first being the meteorological station in Mount Fuji. [2]