National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: The Tejeros Convention*

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Location: Barrio Tejeros, San Francisco de Malabon (now General Trias) Cavite (Region IV-A)

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Legal basis: Resolution No. 2, s. 1995

Marker date: 1941

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

THE TEJEROS CONVENTION

A REVOLUTIONARY ASSEMBLY WAS HELD MARCH 22, 1897, IN THE BUILDING KNOWN AS THE CASA-HACIENDA OF TEJEROS, THAT ONCE STOOD ON THIS SITE. PRESIDED OVER BY ANDRES BONIFACIO TOWARD THE END OF THE SESSION, THE ASSEMBLY DECIDED TO ESTABLISH A CENTRAL REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT, AND ELECTED EMILIO AGUINALDO, PRESIDENT; MARIANO TRIAS, VICE-PRESIDENT; ARTEMIO RICARTE, CAPTAIN GENERAL; EMILIANO RIEGO DE DIOS, DIRECTOR OF WAR; AND ANDRES BONIFACIO, DIRECTOR OF THE INTERIOR. CERTAIN EVENTS ARISING IN THE CONVENTION CAUSED BONIFACIO TO BOLT ITS ACTION.

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LEVEL I - Sites and Structures declared as National Shrine, National Historical Landmark, National Historical Site, and National Monument (Entries with asterisks)

LEVEL II - Sites and Structures declared as Heritage Zones/Historic Centers, Heritage Houses and bearing Historical Markers

DELISTED - Declared and/or marked historic sites and structures that were removed from the national registry

LIFTED - Sites and structures 50 years old and above removed of its presumption as Important Cultural Property (R.A. 10066)

The Tejeros Convention*

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