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Work of National Artist of the Philippines, Leandro Locsin [1] Capitol Theater: Manila: 1930 2020 [2] [3] Don Tio Bonpu Heritage House Oslob, Cebu: 1919 2017 Local Heritage Site [4] Philippine National Bank Building: Manila: 1965 2016 [5] Relief Map of the Philippines Manila: Late-1960s 2023 [6] Sta. Cruz Building Manila: 1948 2021
The Bakunawa, also called the Philippine moon-eating dragon, the Philippine moon dragon, moon dragon, or the moon-eating dragon, is a serpent, that looks like a Dragon in Philippine mythology. It is believed to be the cause of eclipses , earthquakes , rains, and wind. [ 1 ]
The Ruins of Old Tanauan church is located at the lake shore of Talisay in Batangas Province are remains of a church structure dating to the Spanish Colonial Period of the Philippines. It is the site of the first stone church of Tanauan , before the whole town relocated to its present location in 1754.
The Republic of the Philippines ratified the convention on September 19, 1985, making its historical and natural sites eligible for inclusion on the list. The country had its first sites (the Baroque Churches and Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park ) included in 1993, and now has six sites, the latest being the Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife ...
Some shrines may be traditional non-Western cemeteries (libingan), ancient ruins or old places (sinaunang pook), rivers (ilog), mountains (bundok), mounds (burol), seas (karagatan), caves (yungib), lakes (lawa), forests (gubat) giant trees (malalaking puno) such as balete (one of the three most sacred trees for the Tagalogs, the other two being ...
In order to defend the settlements the Spaniards established in the Philippines, a network of military fortresses called "Presidios" were constructed and officered by the Spaniards, and sentried by Latin-Americans and Filipinos, across the archipelago, to protect it from foreign nations such as the Portuguese, British and Dutch as well as ...
In case you’re new to the world of dragon fruit (aka pitaya), these tropical fruits can be found with skin in three core colors: pink, purple, and yellow. That skin has scales that aren’t ...
Minokawa – a gigantic dragon-like bird. It has a beak and claws of steel. His eyes are mirrors, and each feather is a sharp sword. It lives in outer space and can devour the sun and the moon, and would try to do the same with the earth. [75] Olimaw (Ilokano) – a gigantic winged phantom dragon-serpent; seeks to swallow the moon.