Quezon Memorial Monument (Quezon City)

Philippines / Southern Tagalog / Malanday / Quezon City / Elliptical Road (N170/R-7)
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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.

In this building

  1. Quezon Memorial Shrine Museum
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Coordinates:   14°39'2"N   121°2'53"E

Comments

  • i exercised there when i was a boy.
  • i visited his coffin and there is a script written he died in saranac lake when my classmate has a birthday
  • Yes, he died in Saranac Lake. It is located in the state of New York.
  • 66m represents the age of Quezon when he died. the 3 angels represent luzviminda.
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