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Melchora Aquino. The historical marker installed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines at the Melchora Aquino Shrine in Quezon City in 2012. Melchora Aquino (January 6, 1812 – February 19, 1919) was a Filipino revolutionary. She became known as " Tandang Sora " ("tandang" meaning "old") because of her age during the ...
Commonwealth Avenue, formerly known as Don Mariano Marcos Avenue, [ a] is a 12.4-kilometer (7.7 mi) highway located in Quezon City, Philippines. It spans from six to eighteen lanes, making it the widest road in the country. [ 3] The avenue is one of the major roads in Metro Manila and is designated as part of Radial Road 7 (R-7) of the older ...
Historical marker. The Tandang Sora Shrine was "restored" by the Quezon City government in 2005 as a tribute to Melchora Aquino [4] and the shrine was built in 2008 [2] during the tenure of then-Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr. Prior to the shrine's construction, a marker is already present near the site of the shrine although it is generally hidden from view from the public by houses.
The Metro Rail Transit Line 7, also known as MRT Line 7 or MRT-7, is a rapid transit line under construction in the Philippines. When completed, the line will be 22.8 kilometers (14.2 mi) long, with 14 stations, and the first line to have a third rail electrification. [ 3] The line runs in a northeast–southwest direction, beginning at San ...
Quezon City, the most populous city in the Philippines, is politically subdivided into 142 barangays. All of Quezon City's barangays are classified as urban. [ 1] These barangays are grouped into six congressional districts, with each district represented by a congressman in the House of Representatives.
Tandang Sora Avenue, formerly known as Banlat Road, [2] is a major east-west thoroughfare bisecting Quezon City in Metro Manila, the Philippines.It is a two-to-six lane highway and municipal road that runs for 9.6 kilometers (6.0 mi) from its eastern terminus at Magsaysay Avenue in Pansol and U.P. Campus in Diliman to its western terminus at Quirino Highway in Baesa and Talipapa in Novaliches ...
Agoncillo places the Cry and tearing of certificates at this point the house of Juan Ramos at Pugad Lawin. Alvarez writes that they met at the house of Melchora Aquino (known as Tandang Sora, and mother of Juan Ramos) in Bahay Toro on that date. Agoncillo places Aquino's house in Pasong Tamo and the meeting there on August 24.
Santo Domingo Church, formally known as the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of La Naval de Manila (Spanish: Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario de La Naval de Manila; Filipino: Pambansang Dambana ng Mahal na Birhen ng Santo Rosaryo ng La Naval de Manila), is a Roman Catholic national shrine and parish church in Quezon City, Metro Manila in the Philippines.