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Rizal Park

Rizal Park, also known as Luneta Park or colloquially Luneta, it is located in the heart of

the city of Manila, Philippines. Since the Spanish Colonial Era, the park has been a

favorite spot for unwinding, socializing, an urban oasis for family picnics on Sundays

and holidays. It is one of the major tourist attractions of Manila. The execution of pacifist

Dr. José Rizal on December 30, 1896, sparked the fire of the Philippine Revolution against

the Spanish colonizers, elevating the martyr as the national hero of the country. The park

was officially renamed Rizal Park in his honor and his monument serves as the symbolic

focal point of the park. The Declaration of Philippine Independence from American rule

was held here on July 4, 1946 as well as the political rallies of Ferdinand Marcos andCorazon Aquino in 1986 that led to the EDSA Revolution deposing the dictator. During

Spanish Colonial Period Luneta was called (lunette) because of its crescent shape. 

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IntramurosIntramuros is the oldest district in the present day city of Manila, the capital of theRepublic of the Philippines. Nicknamed the "Walled City", Intramuros is the historicfortified city of Manila, the seat ot the government during the Spanish Colonial Period. Itsname in Latin, intramuros , literally means "within the walls".Districts beyond the walls ofManila were referred to as extramuros , literally "outside the walls." The city was locatedthen along Manila Bay and south of the Pasig River entrance, before 20th-centuryreclamations obscured the city from the bay. Guarding the city is Fort Santiago, a citadellocated at the mouth of the river. Construction of its thick defensive walls were started bythe Spaniards in the late 16th century to protect the seat of the Spanish government from

foreign invasions (most notably British and Dutch) and raiding Chinese sea pirates. In anOctober 2010 report titled Saving Our Vanishing Heritage , the Global Heritage Fundidentified Intramuros along with Fort Santiago, as one of 12 worldwide sites "On the Verge"of irreparable loss and destruction, citing insufficient management and developmentpressures. During Pre-Hispanic period The strategic location of Manila, being on themouth of Pasig River and along Manila Bay, made it an ideal location for Tagalog andKapampangan tribes and kingdoms to trade with other Asian civilizations, includingChinese, Indian and Islamic merchants who had come from China, India, Borneo andIndonesia.Before the first arrival of Europeans in Luzon, it became part of Indianizedempire of Majapahit around the 14th century, according to the epic eulogy poemNagarakretagama which inscribed its conquest by Maharaja Hayam Wuruk. Intramurosnow a day give some memories that every Filipino will not forget.

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 National Museum of the Philippines

The National Museum of the Philippines is the official repository established in 1901 as a natural

history and ethnography museum of the Philippines. It is located next to Rizal Park and near

Intramuros in Manila. Its main building was designed in 1918 by an American architect Daniel

Burnham. Today, that building, the former home of the Congress of the Philippines, holds theNational Art Gallery, natural sciences and other support divisions