Manila Bay and Waterfront from Del Pan Bridge to the Cultural Center of the Philippines*

NHCP Resolution No. 19, s. 2012

NHCP Resolution No. 19, s. 2012

NHCP Resolution No. 1, s. 2018

Location: Roxas Boulevard, Ermita and Malate, Manila
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark
Declarations: Resolution No. 19, s. 2012 and Resolution No. 1, s. 2018

Declared by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Date of declaration: 2012

Leyte Landing*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2017

NHCP Photo Collection, 2017

NHCP Photo Collection, 2017

NHCP Photo Collection, 2017

NHCP Photo Collection, 2017

Location: Palo, Leyte (Region VIII)
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Legal Basis: Resolution No. 10, S. 2004 & Proclamation No. 618, 1969

Marker date: 2004

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text (Filipino):

PAGLUNSAD SA LEYTE

SA POOK NA ITO SA PALO, LEYTE, NAGBALIK SA PILIPINAS SI HENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR NOONG 20 OKTUBRE 1944 AT PERSONAL NA NANGUNA SA MABILISANG PAGTATABOY SA HUKBONG HAPONES NA NASA PILIPINAS AND PANGULONG SERGIO OSMEÑA AT ILANG KAGAWAD NG NAGDESTIYEPONG PAMAHALAAN AY DUMATING KASAMA NI HEN. MACARTHUR AT KUMILOS PARA SA MULING PAGTATATAG, PAGPAPANUMBALIK, AT PANGANGASIWA SA PAMAHALAANG KOMONWELT NG PILIPINAS. IPINAHAYAG NG PAMBANSANG TANDANG PANGKASAYSAYAN, 2004.

Marker text (English):

LEYTE LANDING

ON THIS SPOT, PALO, LEYTE, GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR RETURNED TO THE PHILIPPINES ON 20 OCTOBER 1944 AND PERSONALLY LED THE SWIFT DRIVE AGAINST THE JAPANESE FORCES IN THE PHILIPPINES. PRESIDENT SERGIO OSMEÑA AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT-IN-EXILE ARRIVED WITH GENERAL MACARTHUR AND PROCEEDED TO REORGANIZE, RESTORE, AND ADMINISTER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES. DECLARED A NATIONAL HISTORICAL LANDMARK, 2004.

First Mass in the Philippines*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2018

NHCP Photo Collection, 2018

NHCP Photo Collection, 2018

Location: Limasawa Shrine, Southern Leyte (Region VIII)
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Marker date: 1950

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

FIRST MASS IN THE PHILIPPINES

CELEBRATED HERE ON EASTER SUNDAY, 31 MARCH 1521, WHEN MAGELLAN LANDED ON THIS ISLAND OF LIMASAWA ON HIS VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD. EARLY IN THE MORNING MAGELLAN SENT ASHORE PRIEST PEDRO DE VALDERAMA WITH MEN TO PREPARE A MASS AND TO INFORM RAJAH KOLAMBU, THROUGH AN INTERPRETER THAT HE AND HIS MEN WOULD LAND TO ATTEND. THE RAJAH SHOWED CONSENT BY SENDING GIFTS. AS MAGELLAN AND HIS MEN APPROACHED THE SHORE A SALVO OF SIX GUNS WAS FIRED AS A SIGN OF PEACE. RAJAHS KOLAMBU AND SI-AGU EACH EMBRACED MAGELLAN FLANKED HIM AND TOGETHER WITH THE SAILORS, THEY MARCHED TO THE PLACE OF WORSHIP. DURING THE MASS THE RAJAHS REMAINED ON THEIR KNEES WITH CLASPED HANDS; AT THE ELEVATION THE SHIPS FIRED ALL THEIR ARTILLERY IN RESPONSE TO MUSKET SIGNAL FROM THE SHORE.