National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: Plaza Olivia Salamanca

Location: U.N. Avenue, Ermita, Manila (Region NCR)
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Plaza
Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1955

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:

PLAZA OLIVIA SALAMANCA

IN MEMORY OF OLIVIA SALAMANCA, M.D. PIONEER WOMAN PHYSICIAN OF THE PHILIPPINES. BORN IN SAN ROQUE, CAVITE ON 1 JULY 1889; APPOINTED GOVERNMENT SCHOLAR IN 1905; STUDIED IN DREXEL INSTITUTE, PHILADELPHIA. DIED ON 11 JULY 1913. A DEVOTED AND COMPETENT PRACTITIONER, SHE WAS A CREDIT TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND AN INSPIRATION TO HER FELLOW WOMEN.

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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)

Plaza Olivia Salamanca

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