Bonifacio Monument (Caloocan City South)

Philippines / Southern Tagalog / Niogan / Caloocan City South / Monumento Circle
 memorial, monument, landmark, place with historical importance, roundabout / traffic circle, rotunda
The main landmark of Caloocan City, the Bonifacio Monument is located at the intersection of Rizal Avenue and EDSA. The monument commemorates the most proletarian of all Filipino heroes, Andres Bonifacio. The monument likewise marks the first encounter between Andres Bonifacio and his revolutionary group called Katipunan with the Spanish soldiers on August 3, 1896. The monument was immortalized by the great Filipino national artist Guillermo(Botong)Tolentino in 1933 together with Guillermo Masangkay, one of Bonifacio's generals adapting the facing of Bonifacio's Statue towards his birthplace in Tondo, Manila, which is situated on the south of Caloocan.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifacio_Monument
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Coordinates:   14°39'25"N   120°59'2"E

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  • MacArthur Highway begins at Monumento and the road takes you to Malabon, Valenzuela, Central Luzon (Bulacan, Pampanga and Tarlac), Pangasinan and ends in La Union.
  • MacArthur Highway is a road in the Philippines, which runs from Monumento in Caloocan City to La Union reaching Malabon and Valenzuela City in Metro Manila, Central Luzon (Bulacan, Pampanga and Tarlac) and Pangansinan. It is named after the late General Douglas MacArthur the commander of US Army Forces Far East during the Second World War.
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