MUSEO NI EMILIO AGUINALDO (KAWIT CAVITE)

The shrine is the ancestral home of Emilio Aguinaldo,

officially the first President of the Philippines, the only
president of the First Philippine Republic. The house was
built in 1845 made from wood and thatch and
reconstructed in 1849. Here, Aguinaldo was born on
March 22, 1869. On June 12, 1898, the independence
from Spain was proclaimed from the window of the
grand hall. The Declaration of Philippine Independence
was read by its author, Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista The
Declaration of Independence was ratified by the Malolos
Congress on September 21, 1898.President Aguinaldo
greatly enlarged his home from 1919–1921, transforming
it into a monument to flag and country.[8] He constructed
an elaborate "Independence balcony", which Aguinaldo
and top Philippine officials used during independence
day celebrations. Many visitors today assume the
balcony to be the actual location of the Independence
Proclamation.[citation needed] Aguinaldo donated his home to the Philippine government on June 12, 1963, "to perpetuate the spirit of
the Philippine Revolution of 1896 that put an end to Spanish colonization of the country".During the independence celebration, the
Philippine flag designed by Emilio Aguinaldo was formally unfurled from the front window. It was first flown during the Battle of
Alapan in Imus City two weeks earlier on May 28, 1898 (now celebrated as Philippine National Flag Day each year). The Philippine
national anthem was also first played on the grounds by the marching band of San Francisco de Malabon (now General Trias, Cavite)
but as an instrumental music; the lyrics were not written until 1899 by José Palma.Emilio F. Aguinaldo died on February 6, 1964, at the
age of 94 at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City. The same year, the government declared the mansion as a National
Shrine on June 18 through Republic Act of 4039 signed by President Diosdado Macapagal.

CORREGIDOR ISLAND (CAVITE CITY)

Corregidor Island (Tagalog: Pulo ng Corregidor [kɔˈɾɛhidɔr]) is an
island located at the entrance of Manila Bay in southwestern part of
Luzon Island in the Philippines. Due to this location, Corregidor has
historically been fortified with coastal artillery to defend the
entrance of Manila Bay and Manila from attacks by enemy warships.
Located 48 kilometres (30 mi) inland, Manila has been the largest
city and the most important seaport in the Philippines for centuries,
from the colonial rule of Spain, Japan and the United States, to the
establishment of the Philippines in 1946.Corregidor (Fort Mills) is
the largest of the islands that formed the harbor defenses of Manila
Bay, together with El Fraile Island (Fort Drum), Caballo Island (Fort
Hughes) and Carabao Island (Fort Frank), which were all fortified
during the American colonial period. The island was also the site of
a small military airfield, as part of the defense.During World War II,
Corregidor played an important role during the invasion and liberation of the Philippines from Japanese forces. The island was heavily
bombarded during the latter part of the war, and the ruins serve as a military memorial to American, Filipino and Japanese soldiers who
served or lost their lives on the battlefield. Corregidor is one of the important historic and tourist sites in the country.
RIZAL SHRINE (CALAMBA LAGUNA)
Rizal ancestral house. The Spanish authorities
confiscated the house in 1891. Paciano Rizal,
brother of José Rizal, reoccupied the house during
the Philippine Revolution, but lost it again to the
friars. It was subsequently sold, destroyed in World
War II and eventually demolished. The government
bought what remained of the Rizal House for ₱
24,000.In 1949, President Elpidio Quirino passed
Executive Order no.145, facilitating reconstruction
of the house. Filipino school children provided most
of the funding for the project while Juan F. Nakpil
served as the supervising architect.Staying true to
the original home, the reconstructed house occupies
the same site and is built from the materials during
the time the house was built.On June 19, 1950, the
newly built home was inaugurated and now serves
as a repository for Rizal's memorabilia.During the
Centenary of the Philippine Independence in 1998, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts in cooperation with the National
Centennial Commission, decided that Rizal's Shrine should focus specifically on his childhood.[4]The house is intended to provide an
accurate representation of the home Rizal grew up in until his formal schooling in Biñan. Rizal's anecdotes often reference his childhood
home, recounting the nipa hut in the garden where he learned to sleep and sculpt; the kitchen where he learned the alphabet; the bedroom
where he learned to pray; the library where he discovered books and the azotea where he listened to his grandmother's stories of
"skeletons, buried treasures and trees that bloomed with diamonds."

TAAL VOLCANO (PROVINCE OF BATANGAS)

Taal Volcano (Filipino: Bulkang Taal, IPA:
[taal]; Spanish: Volcán Taal) is a large
caldera filled by Taal Lake on Luzon island
in the Philippines,and is in the province of
Batangas. Taal Volcano is the second most
active volcano in the Philippines, with 33
recorded historical eruptions, all of which
were concentrated on Volcano Island, near
the middle of Taal Lake. The caldera was
formed by prehistoric eruptions between
140,000 and 5,380 BP.Viewed from the
Tagaytay Ridge in Cavite, Taal Volcano and
Lake presents one of the most picturesque
and attractive views in the Philippines. It is
located about 50 kilometers (31 mi) south of
the capital of the country, the city of Manila.
The main crater of Taal Volcano originally
had a lake, until the 2020 eruption that evaporated the water inside it.The volcano has had several violent eruptions in the past, causing
loss of life on the island and the populated areas surrounding the lake, with the death toll estimated at about 6,000. Because of its
proximity to populated areas and its eruptive history, the volcano was designated a Decade Volcano, worthy of close study to prevent
future natural disasters. All volcanoes of the Philippines are part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
NAGCARLAN UNDERGROUND CEMETERY (NAGCARLAN LAGUNA)

The Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery (Filipino: Libingan sa

Ilalim ng Lupa ng Nagcarlan) is a national historical landmark
and museum in Barangay Bambang, Nagcarlan, Laguna
supervised by the National Historical Commission of the
Philippines. It was built in 1845 under the supervision of
Franciscan priest, Fr. Vicente Velloc as a public burial site
and its underground crypt exclusively for Spanish friars,
prominent town citizens and members of elite Catholic
families.It is dubbed as the only underground cemetery in the
countryFr. Vicente Velloc supervised the establishment of a
cemetery in Nagcarlan in 1845 below Mt. San Cristobal.
Unlike the traditional Spanish cemeteries at that time, Fr.
Velloc decided to build it away from the town's center. The
cemetery is planned to serve as a public resting place for the
people of the town while the underground chamber below the
chapel of the cemetery will only house remains of Spanish
friars and prominent people. It was built together with the construction of the expanded St. Bartholomew Parish Church and rectory.The
cemetery is built with a chapel where funeral masses were held and directly below it is an underground crypt. During the Philippine
Revolution, the cemetery served as a meeting place of revolutionary leaders of the Katipunan in 1896. Pedro Paterno and Gen. Severino
Taiño of the "Maluningning" command held a meeting at the cemetery where they planned the historic Pact of Biak-na-Bato in 1897. It
also served as hideout for Filipino leaders during the Philippine-American War and of guerillas in World War II.

CAPE SANTIAGO (CALATAGAN BATANGAS)

Cape Santiago (Spanish: Cabo Santiago, Filipino: Kabo
Santiago) is the southwestern point of the island of Luzon
located within the municipality of Calatagan in Batangas,
Philippines. It is a cape at the southern tip of Calatagan
Peninsula which faces the South China Sea to the west and
Pagapas Bay, an arm of Balayan Bay, to the east. The cape
has been the site of a navigational aid since the 1890s.Cape
Santiago is located about 130 kilometres (81 mi) southwest
of Manila. It is administratively part of the barangay of
Bagong Silang. Cape Santiago is located about 6.8
kilometres (4.2 mi) southeast of the Port of Calatagan where
ferries bound for Lubang Island operate. It is 91 to 116
metres (299 to 381 ft) high, wooded, and fringed by a drying
reef extending 0.16 kilometres (0.099 mi) offshore. There
are depths of 7 to 9 metres (23 to 30 ft) at the edge of the
reef, increasing steeply to more than 91 metres (299 ft) deep
about 0.8 kilometres (0.50 mi) offshore.A dangerous coral rock lies 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) southeast of the cape in the Verde Island
Passage known as Minerva Rock, named after an Australian ship that struck on it in 1834.A lighthouse marks a low rocky promontory
about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west-northwest of the south extremity of the cape. A conspicuous windmill stands about 0.4 mile east-
southeast of the lighthouse.
HINULUGAN TAKTAK (RIZAL PHILIPPINES)
Hinulugang Taktak Protected Landscape, also known as Hinulugan
Taktak, is a protected area located in Rizal, Philippines. Initially
assigned as a recreation area, the waterfall area has been designated as
a national park by virtue of Republic Act No. 6964 in 1990. Ten years
later, it became a protected landscape in accordance to Proclamation No.
412.It is being managed by the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources and the Rizal Provincial Government.As of 2003 and 2004,
Hinulugang Taktak is the second most popular national park in the
Philippines in terms of number of visitors.[ Folk knowledge has it that
the name was derived from a large bell (taktak) which was thrown
(hinulog) into the falls during the 15th century or the 16th century
because the local villagers considered it too loud. Since then, it has
become known as Hinulugang Taktak or the place where the bell
fell.Being one of Antipolo's iconic destinations, the other being the
Antipolo Cathedral,[8] Hinulugang Taktak is featured in the hymn Antipolo composed by German San Jose in 1929.[6] The lyrics
indicate that even at the time, it was already a popular recreational area.On 15 July 1952, five lots with a total area of 0.85 hectares (2.1
acres) were reserved as a recreation area under the administration of the Antipolo Municipal Government. The largest lot came from the
property of James O'Hara and Concepcion Francisco, while the rest of the lots came from the properties of Concepcion Leyba y Banson
and the Manila Railroad Company. Beginning in the 1960s, the waters have been slowly polluted. To stop the degradation of the falls,
it was designated as a national park on 18 September 1990. As part of its conversion into a national park, the reserved area was increased
to 3.2 hectares (7.9 acres). The rehabilitation began as early as 1991. Seven years later, up to 75 percent of the area has been restored at
a cost exceeding 45 million pesos.On 17 November 2000, it became a protected landscape in accordance to Proclamation No. 412,
effectively transferring its administration to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Rizal Provincial
Government. It also mandated the use of the trust fund through the Integrated Protected Area Fund System to add to the limited funding
for the park from the national government.Renewed efforts were made to rehabilitate the area starting 2009 with an initial three-year
budget of 100 million pesos, and in 2013. However, an oil spill in 2015 forced the closure of the park, and to further intensify
rehabilitation efforts.

PEOPLES PARK IN THE SKY (TAGAYTAY)

The People's Park in the Sky, often simply called People's Park and
originally named Palace in the Sky, is a historical urban park in Tagaytay,
Cavite, Philippines.The park was converted from an incomplete mansion,
known as the palace in the sky. It was built during the Marcos era to host the
visit of US President Ronald Reagan. Work stopped when Reagan canceled
his visit.The incomplete scaffolding of the mansion remained intact.The
Shrine of Our Lady, Mother of Fair Love and a Doppler weather radar station
maintained by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical
Services Administration (PAGASA) is also within the park. Imelda Marcos
decided to build a mansion on top of Mount Sungay, which was at that time
land owned by the government. The summit before was used by the Bureau
of Air Transport as a radar station. Construction in the mansion began in
1981, and the work was a difficult due to the height of the summit. Roads
were built specially for this purpose enabling supplies to reach the summit of
the 2,500 ft Mount Gonzales. The mountain was leveled by bulldozers, and
farmers living on the mountainside were asked to relocate. Construction of the mansion was hastened when US President Ronald Reagan
announced his intention to visit the Philippines in November, 1983. It was reported that the Marcos administration planned to
accommodate Reagan at the then-completed mansion.Post-People Power Revolution critics of the Marcos administration described the
unfinished mansion as a symbol of the Marcos administration's excess.
THE RIZAL MONUMENT (CALAMBA LAGUNA)

The Rizal Monument in Calamba is a monument built to commemorate the

sesquicentennial (150th) birth anniversary of Dr. José Rizal, the Philippines'
unofficial national hero and the greatest son of Calamba. It is a 22 metres (72 ft)
statue sculpted by Jonas Roces and is located at The Plaza, a 6.7-hectare (17-acre)
park in front of the Calamba City Hall Complex along Bacnotan Road in the barangay
of Real. President Benigno Aquino III led the unveiling of the monument on June 19,
2011.[1] The monument was cited as the tallest Rizal monument in the world before
former Laguna Governor Jeorge 'E.R.' Ejercito Estregan inaugurated a 26 feet bronze
Rizal Monument sculpted by Toym Imao, son of National Artist for Sculpture
Abdulmari Asia Imao in Santa Cruz, Laguna for the 2014 Palarong Pambansa hosted
by the province. The City Government of Calamba, through the leadership of then
Mayor Joaquin Chipeco started the idea of building the tallest Rizal monument as a
gift of the people of Calamba as a tribute to its greatest son. He realized that it is
proper and fitting to have the tallest monument in honor of Rizal in his hometown.
Together with the local government unit of Calamba, the Philippine Amusement and
Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) initilially funded the construction of the Rizal
Monument. A young sculptor Jonas F. Roces from Marikina was commissioned to
build the Rizal monument on December 2010. The original plan was to build a 16.4
feet monument. However, then Mayor Chipeco learned that the monument being
sculpted is behind the current tallest Rizal monument in Nueva Vizcaya built by a
Jordanian national.[7] Three months before the official unveiling, the Rizal@150
Executive Committee increased the height of the monument to 22 feet.[1] It was
officially unveiled by President Benigno Aquino III on June 19, 2011 on the sesquicentennial birth anniversary of Rizal. It consists of
two markers from the National Historical Commission of the Philippines and from the City Government of Calamba.

PULANG LUPA (MARINDUQUE)

The Battle of Pulang Lupa (Filipino: Labanan sa Pulang Lupa,
Spanish: Batalla de Tierra Roja) was an engagement fought on
September 13, 1900, during the Philippine–American War,
between the forces of Colonel Maximo Abad and Devereux
Shields, in which Abad's men defeated the American force."The
severity with which the inhabitants have been dealt would not
look well if a complete history of it were written out." —
Governor-General of the Philippines William Howard Taft,
concerning the U.S. Army campaign on the island of
Marinduque during the Philippine–American War of 1899-1902
On September 11, Captain Devereux Shields led a detachment
of 54 29th U.S. Volunteer Infantrymen into the mountains of
Torrijos to combat the elusive Abad and his guerrillas.278 They
experienced little success, except for the dispersing of 20
guerrillas, in which no casualties were inflicted on either side.Abad had excellent intelligence and was informed of Shields' movements
by the local guerrillas ahead of time. In response, he assembled his entire force of around 180-250 regular Filipino soldiers and 1,000-
2,000 bolomen, although some sources claim as few as 300 altogether. The regular Philippine soldiers were well organized and
reasonably well armed with bolos, pistols, and Spanish Mausers, despite the fact that most were poor shots. The bolomen, armed only
with machetes or bolos, served mainly to bolster Abad's forces. Dressed as friendly farmers or civilians in the daytime, they took part
in guerrilla activities at night: ambushing small detachments of American soldiers, sabotage, and most importantly, supplying Abad
with intelligence on American positions and movements. They had little military value, however, considering they had no firearms.