Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Bonifacio High Street

Bonifacio High Street

Araneta Coliseum

Araneta Coliseum

Araneta Coliseum, also known as the Big Dome, is what makes Araneta Center unique. It has been the centerpiece of the Philippines entertainment world for more than forty five years. It houses different events ranging from entertainment events, business ventures, religious events to sports events. The Araneta Coliseum is and will remain to be the number one entertainment venue in the Philippines and it will hold this distinction well into the 21st century.

Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral

Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral

Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral is the ecclesiastical seat of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu in Cebu, Philippines. Cebu was established as a diocese in August 14, 1595 and was elevated as a metropolitan archdiocese in April 28, 1934 with the dioceses of Dumaguete, Maasin, Tagbilaran, and Talibon as suffragans.

Malilipot Church in Malilipot, Albay

Malilipot Church

Ayala Center The Terraces in Cebu City

Ayala Center Cebu's The Terraces

Ayala Center Cebu is a large shopping mall at the Cebu Business Park in Cebu City, Philippines. It is the first Ayala Shopping Center located outside Metro Manila.

On October 30, 2008, Ayala Center Cebu unveiled "The Terraces", a P600-million redevelopment that transformed what used to be a simple lagoon area to a food and beverage strip with the signature Ayala-landscaping and orchestrated water features.

Cebu Provincial Capitol Historical Marker

Cebu Provincial Capitol

Gen. Jose Ignacio Paua: A Chinese General in the Philippine Revolution

Gen. Jose Ignacio Paua: A Chinese General in the Philippine Revolution

There are many little-known, unsung heroes in the history of the Philippine revolution. One of them was Gen. Jose Ignacio Paua, the only pure-blooded Chinese general who supported the Katipuneros in the fight against the Spaniards and later joined Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo’s army in the short-lived war against the American colonizers.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Bonifacio Monument

Bonifacio Monument

The main landmark of Caloocan City, the Bonifacio Monument is located at the intersection of Rizal Avenue and EDSA. The monument commemorates the most proletarian of all Filipino heroes, Andres Bonifacio. The monument likewise marks the first encounter between Andres Bonifacio and his revolutionary group called Katipunan with the Spanish soldiers on August 3, 1896. The monument was immortalized by the great Filipino national artist Guillermo(Botong)Tolentino in 1933 together with Guillermo Masangkay, one of Bonifacio's generals adapting the facing of Bonifacio's Statue towards his birthplace in Tondo, Manila, which is situated on the south of Caloocan.

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