Quezon Memorial Monument (Quezon City)
Philippines /
Southern Tagalog /
Malanday /
Quezon City /
Elliptical Road (N170/R-7)
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World / Philippines / Metropolitan Manila / Quezon City
memorial, tomb(s), monument, interesting place
An iconic structure of the city, the Quezon Memorial is 66 metres tall (217 ft.), one metre for each year of President Manuel L. Quezon's life. The tower is composed of three vertical pylons, representing the main geographic divisions of the Philippines: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. These are surmounted by three angels in mourning, dressed in each island group's traditional garb and holding bearing wreaths of sampaguita (the national flower), sculpted by the Italian sculptor Monti.
The three pylons are circumscribed by a drum-like, two-storey structure containing a gallery from which visitors could look down at Quezon's catafalque, modelled after that of Napoleon Bonaparte in the Invalides in France. The gallery and the catafalque below are lit by an oculus, in turn reminiscent of Grant's Tomb. In the base of the tower can be found Manuel Quezon's actual tomb, set in stone, and in a side chapel is that of his consort, Doña Aurora Aragón-Quezon.
Surrounding the triangular base of the tower are three, small fountains that have a star-shaped bowl, echoing the national flag's three stars.
The three pylons are circumscribed by a drum-like, two-storey structure containing a gallery from which visitors could look down at Quezon's catafalque, modelled after that of Napoleon Bonaparte in the Invalides in France. The gallery and the catafalque below are lit by an oculus, in turn reminiscent of Grant's Tomb. In the base of the tower can be found Manuel Quezon's actual tomb, set in stone, and in a side chapel is that of his consort, Doña Aurora Aragón-Quezon.
Surrounding the triangular base of the tower are three, small fountains that have a star-shaped bowl, echoing the national flag's three stars.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 14°39'2"N 121°2'53"E
- Quezon Memorial Circle 0.4 km
- Ever Memorial Garden 12 km
- (Arimathea) Our Lady of Peace Memorial Garden 17 km
- Manila Memorial Park - Sucat 21 km
- Original Fort Stotsenberg then CAB Parade Grounds 82 km
- Capas POW National Shrine (Death March) 95 km
- Fort Guintabuan - Stronghold of Iloilo & Negros Brave warriors against the Americans 493 km
- Manila Memorial Park Cebu by MCDF Agency 570 km
- Bislig City Memorial Park 916 km
- Davao Memorial Park 979 km
- Department of Agriculture (DA) 0.5 km
- Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center 0.5 km
- National Government Center 0.6 km
- North Triangle 1 km
- Triangle Park 1 km
- Veterans Memorial Medical Center 1.1 km
- East Triangle 1.2 km
- University of the Philippines Diliman 1.3 km
- Vertis North 1.4 km
- Diliman 1.6 km
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