Plaza Libertad.
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City: Tacloban City |
Keywords: Clouds, Monument, Park, Photography, Pictures, Statue |
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Camera Model: PENTAX K100D Super Date Taken: 1/9/2008 |
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Rizal Monument. Rizal Park.
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City: Manila |
Keywords: Clouds, Flag, Monument, National Park, Park, Rizal, Sculpture |
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Camera Model: PENTAX K100D Super Date Taken: 1/7/2008 |
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Rizal Monument. Rizal Park.
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City: Manila |
Keywords: Clouds, Flag, Monument, National Park, Park, Rizal, Sculpture |
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Camera Model: PENTAX K100D Super Date Taken: 1/7/2008 |
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Rizal Monument. Rizal Park.
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City: Manila |
Keywords: Clouds, Flag, Monument, National Park, Park, Rizal, Sculpture |
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Camera Model: PENTAX K100D Super Date Taken: 1/7/2008 |
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Monument to Living Veterans, cleaned up nicely since last time I saw it. Pier area and Camotes Sea in the background.
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City: Baybay |
Keywords: Clouds, Monument, Nature, Outdoors, Palm Tree, Park, Pier, Sky, War Memorial |
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Camera Model: PENTAX K100D Super Date Taken: 1/30/2008 |
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Tagaytay Rotonda. A statue of Ninoy Aquino stands atop a marker commemorating several historical events. Barangay Silang Junction North.
On February 3, 1945, the 11th Airborne Division of Lt. Gen. William Krueger’s 8th Army airdropped military supplies and personnel together with the Philippine Commonwealth troops on the Tagaytay Ridge amidst enemy groundfire. Their mission: to secure Tagaytay City and guarantee the easy flow of troops and supplies to Manila, an action later proved as significant to the Manila Liberation. A marker was made at the Silang Crossing to honor the event.
At the height of the presidential campaign in January 1986, a large crowd, perhaps the largest in history of Tagaytay, gathered in this place to support Cory Aquino and Doy Laurel against Marcos. the rally attended by many supporters from the provinces of Cavite, Batangas, and Laguna and spearheaded by the Tagaytay Religious Association, became a turning point in that controversial snap election. Ninoy’s statue here is a reminder of that important event.
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City: Tagaytay City |
Keywords: Flowers, HDR, Memorial, Monument, Sculpture, Statue, War Memorial |
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Camera Model: PENTAX K100D Super Date Taken: 1/5/2008 |
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MacArthur Landing Memorial is situated in Red Beach, Palo, Leyte. The monument marks the spot where General Douglas MacArthur landed with the American Liberation Forces in October, 1944 starting the Battle of Leyte.
The Battle of Leyte in the Pacific campaign of World War II was the invasion and conquest of Leyte in the Philippines by American and Filipino guerrillas forces under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, who fought against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita from 17 October 1944 to 31 December 1944. The battle launched the Philippines campaign of 1944-45 for the recapture and liberation of the entire Philippine Archipelago and to end of almost three years of Japanese occupation.
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Municipality: Palo |
Keywords: Bay, Beach, Dusk, Evening, Historic, Interesting, Memorial, Monument, National Park, Nightfall, Reflections, Sea, Shoreline, Statue, Sunset, Twilight, War Memorial, Water, World War II |
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Rizal Monument in Rizal Park. From Wikipedia:
The site is guarded 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by ceremonial soldiers. His poem, “Mi Ultimo Adios” (”My Last Farewell”) is inscribed on the memorial plaque.
The name “Luneta” is synonymous to the word lunette; the park was said to have the shape of a half moon in Spanish times and situated next to a Spanish fort serving as a buffer during rebellions by the locals.
The bronze and granite Rizal monument has long been considered among the most famous sculptural landmarks in the country. It is almost protocol for visiting dignitaries to lay a wreath at the monument. Located at the Luneta is not merely the statue of the national hero, but also the mausoleum that houses his remains. Both statue and mausoleum are located near the very spot where Rizal was executed.
On 28 September of that same year, the Philippine Assembly approved Act No. 243, “granting the right to use public land upon the Luneta in the city of Manila” where a monument shall be erected to Jose Rizal.” As conceived by the Act, the monument would not merely consist of a statue, but also a mausoleum to house Rizal’s remains.
A Committee on the Rizal Mausoleum consisting of Poblete, Paciano Rizal (the hero’s brother), Juan Tuason, Teodoro R. Yangco, Mariano Limjap, Dr. Maximo Paterno, Ramon Genato, Tomas G. del Rosario and Dr. Ariston Bautista was created. The members were tasked, among others, with raising funds through popular subscriptions.
The estimated cost of the monument was P100,000. By January 1905, that goal had been oversubscribed. When the campaign closed in August 1912, the amount collected had reached P135,195.61
More than twelve years after the Philippine Assembly approved Act No. 243, the shrine was finally unveiled on December 30, 1913 during Rizal’s 17th death anniversary.
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City: Manila |
Keywords: Cloudy, Flag, HDR, Memorial, Monument, Outdoors, Park, Rizal, Sculpture, Statue |
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Camera Model: PENTAX K100D Super Date Taken: 1/7/2008 |
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Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines - 20060710153338
December 6, 2006
Taken along street near Ormoc Superdome (ahead to the left). (View Largest Size)
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City: Ormoc |
Keywords: Clouds/Cloudy, Monument, Sky, Tree(s) |
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Camera Model: Panasonic DMC-FX8 Date Taken: 07/10/06 |
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Baybay, Leyte, Philippines - 20060712094743
December 5, 2006
Monument to Living Veterans. (View Largest Size)
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City: Baybay |
Keywords: Clouds, Cloudy, Monument, Outdoors, Sky, Statue, War Memorial |
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Camera Model: Panasonic DMC-FX8 Date Taken: 07/12/06 |
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