National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: Former Palace of the Governors General

NHCP Photo Collection, 2021

Location: Palacio del Gobernador, Gen. Luna Street, Intramuros, Manila (Region NCR)
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site, Government Office
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 1936

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

FORMER PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS GENERAL

THIS SITE WAS FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY THE STATELY RESIDENCE OF CAPTAIN MANUEL ESTACIO VENEGAS, SECRETARY TO GOVERNOR GENERAL DIEGO FAJARDO. VENEGAS DIED ON MARCH 7, 1660, A PRISONER AT FORT SANTIAGO. HIS RESIDENCE WAS CONFISCATED AND BECAME THE PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS UNTIL ITS DESTRUCTION BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF JUNE 3, 1863. THESE FOUNDATIONS, INTENDED FOR THE NEW GUBERNATORIAL PALACE, WERE ABANDONED WHEN IT WAS DECIDED TO MAKE MALACAÑAN THE PERMANENT RESIDENCE OF THE GOVERNORS GENERAL.

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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)

Former Palace of the Governors General

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