fort san felipe (facts, about, location, date established)

Fort San Felipe

Fort San Felipe
Fort San Felipe is an old structure dating back to 1609 when the Spaniards built it to to protect part of the then growing city. The structure is made of granite blocks with walls approximately 30 feet high. A wide stairway leads to the top of the fort where a concrete house structure [...]

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House of General Riego de Dios (Cavite, about)

House of General Riego de Dios

House of General Riego de Dios
The old house is made of wood with an architecture dating back to a by gone era.. It is considered one of the country’s oldest houses in the area.
Location : Poblacion 2, Maragondon
How to get there : From Manila, take a Ternate-bound Saulog bus. Get off at Maragondon town plaza [...]

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tejeros convention (facts, cavite, historical site in cavite)

Tejeros Convention

Tejeros Convention
It was in Tejeros, a former sitio and now one of the 33 barangays of Gen. Trias, where the National Convention was held on March 22, 1897. Known as the Tejeros Convention, it was here that the Revolutionary Government was established. It was the forerunner that shaped the First Philippine Republic.
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andres bonifacio house

Andres Bonifacio House

Andres Bonifacio House
This is the place where the country’s revolutionary leader Andres Bonifacio lived. The facade of the house is of red bricks and adobe. Although renovated several times over, its original Spanish style has not changed.
Location : Poblacion, General Trias
How to get there : Saulog Transit buses bound for General Trias are stationed at [...]

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aguinaldo museum

Aguinaldo Shrine and Museum

Aguinaldo Shrine and Museum
The town of Kawit played an important role in Philippine political history. The proclamation of the Republic of the Philippines was made in this town in the balcony of the home of General Emilio Aguinaldo.
Now a national shrine, it was in this house where the Philippine flag was first unfurled. Emilio Aguinaldo
became [...]

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