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Bonifacio is located directly on the Mediterranean Sea, separated from Sardinia by the Strait of Bonifacio.It is a city placed on the best and only major harbour of the southern coast and also is a commune covering a somewhat larger region including the offshore Isles Lavezzi, giving it the distinction of being the southernmost commune in Metropolitan France.
Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro (Tagalog: [anˈdɾes (anˈdɾez-) bonɪˈfaʃo], Spanish: [anˈdɾes βoniˈfaθjo]; [2] November 30, 1863 – May 10, 1897) was a Filipino revolutionary leader.
Bonifacio Day is a national holiday in the Philippines, commemorating Andrés Bonifacio, one of the country's national heroes. He was the founder and eventual Supremo of the Katipunan , a secret society that triggered the Philippine Revolution of 1896 against the Spanish Empire .
Lady of Bonifacio. A skeleton of a woman who lived in the Mesolithic is named Lady of Bonifacio. It was found at what is the Avenue Sylvère Bohn, north of Bonifacio, on Corsica. There is a rock shelter there, called Araguina-Sennola, which is classified as Monument historique.
The Bonifacio Monument, which was sculpted by Guillermo Tolentino in 1933, is an obelisk that rises to a height of 13.7 meters (45 ft); the obelisk is made up of five parts representing five aspects of the society, "Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalang na Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan" (transl. Highest and Most Venerable Association of the Sons of the Nation).
Fort Andres Bonifacio (formerly named Fort William McKinley) is the site of the national headquarters of the Philippine Army (Headquarters Philippine Army or HPA) located in Taguig City, Philippines. The camp is named after Andres Bonifacio , the revolutionary leader of the Katipunan during the Philippine Revolution .
Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo (lit. ' Bonifacio: The First President ') is a 2014 Philippine historical action drama film centering on the life of Katipunan revolutionary Andres Bonifacio. It was an official entry to the 40th Metro Manila Film Festival.
The most famous disaster in the Strait of Bonifacio was that of the French frigate Sémillante on February 15, 1855. Sémillante had left the port of Toulon the day before on her way into the Black Sea to supply the Crimean War with troops. A storm caused her to hit a reef; the ship sank and none of the 750 soldiers on board survived.