Museo ng Kasaysayang Pampulitika ng Pilipinas - Casa Real Shrine (Malolos)

Philippines / Central Luzon / Malolos
 museum, shrine
"Casa Real de Malolos", built in 1580, it originally served as the seat of government of the town. It also became the town’s Casa Tribunal, Ayuntamiento, and Casa Presidencia Municipal. It served as the office of the Treasury and the office of the town’s gobernadorcillo during the Spanish period. It served as the national printing press of the First Republic, where the revolutionary organs La Independencia, El Heraldo de la Revolucion, Kalayaan and Kaibigan ng Bayan were printed. It was restored in 1852. When the Americans captured Malolos, Casa Real became the seat of their Military Government. It was turned into a hospital in 1923 and later became an annex of the Bulacan High School in 1941. It housed the Japanese Chamber of Commerce during the Japanese Occupation, and lastly, it was converted into a municipal library. Now a museum serving as final repository of existing memorabilia. One of the permanent exhibits of Casa Real Shrine are relics of the Brave Women of Malolos of whom Rizal wrote a poem to honor their courage of setting up a school against objections from the towns friars.
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Coordinates:   14°50'39"N   120°48'41"E

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