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Pinaglabanan Shrine was built in 1976 to commemorate the 1896 Battle of Pinaglabanan in the city, then known as the town of San Juan del Monte. [2] The battle was part of a campaign by Katipunan revolutionaries, led by Andrés Bonifacio, who intended to seize El Deposito, an underground reservoir supplying water to Intramuros, and El Polvorín (the gunpowder depot).
"Pinaglabanan" is a Tagalog word for "fought over". The present-day San Juan Elementary School stands on the former grounds of the ruined El Polvorín . [ 12 ] In 2006, a museum for the Katipunan was opened by the San Juan city government located by the shrine.
The Archdiocesan Shrine of Saint John the Baptist, known colloquially as Pinaglabanan Church, is a 19th-century Roman Catholic church in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines. [2] It belongs to the Archdiocese of Manila .
The Museo ng Katipunan was opened as the Museo ng Rebolusyon (transl. Museum of the Revolution) on August 30, 1996, during the centennial of the Battle of Pinaglabanan. [1] Prior to 2006, the museum mainly featured the Battle of Pinaglabanan and had pictures, cutouts, and busts of Andres Bonifacio , Emilio Jacinto , and Apolinario Mabini as ...
Poverty incidence of San Juan 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 2006 2.90 2009 1.46 2012 0.28 2015 2.35 2018 0.76 2021 0.09 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Primex Tower, the tallest building in San Juan. San Juan is predominantly residential, mixed with commercial and manufacturing businesses. The Greenhills shopping district is the hub of trade and commerce in San Juan. The shopping complex housed ...
The San Juan River Bridge (Filipino: Tulay ng Ilog San Juan), also known as Pinaglabanan Bridge, San Juan del Monte Bridge, San Juan Bridge and the Old Santa Mesa Bridge, is a bridge that connects San Juan and Manila, spanning the San Juan River. The 46.85-meter (153.7 ft) bridge connects the N. Domingo Street in San Juan and Old Santa Mesa ...
The Museo El Deposito is housed inside a two-storey building on top of the El Deposito underground reservoir and is beside the Museo ng Katipunan, another museum. [2] It has three galleries namely: the Audio-Visual Room, Resource Center, and the Virtual Reality Room.
[63] [64] However, more recent studies have advanced the view that the planned attack did occur; according to this view, Bonifacio's battle at San Juan del Monte (now called the "Battle of Pinaglabanan") was only a part of a bigger "battle for Manila" hitherto unrecognized as such. [9] [61]