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J. Ruiz Station
J. Ruiz station is an elevated Manila Light Rail Transit (LRT) station situated on Line 2. The station is located in San Juan and is named from its location on J. Ruiz Street. J. Ruiz station is the fifth station for trains headed to Antipolo and the ninth station for trains headed to Recto. It is the only station in San Juan and is close to the borders of Quezon City before entering Manila. It is named after Juan Ruiz, a Katipunero who took part in the siege of El Polvorin, where the Pinaglabanan Shrine is located. The station was part of the Phase II development of Line 2 together with the Betty Go-Belmonte station, Gilmore station, V. Mapa station, Pureza station and Legarda station. Nearby landmarks As the only station in San Juan, it serves the inner areas of the city including N. Domingo Street where the San Juan City Hall and San Juan Medical Center are located and Pinaglabanan district where Pinaglabanan Shrine and St. John the Baptist Church stand. Transpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurora Boulevard
Aurora Boulevard is a four-to-ten lane major thoroughfare in Quezon City and San Juan in Metro Manila, Philippines. It was named after Doña Aurora Quezon, the consort of Commonwealth President Manuel Luis Quezon. It is one of the major roads in the commercial district of Araneta City in Cubao. Line 2 follows the alignment of the boulevard. Route description Aurora Boulevard is divided into two routes, the Araneta Avenue to EDSA, and EDSA to Katipunan Avenue ( C-5). Most of the road is a 4-lane dual carriageway, with Line 2 having five stations above ground, while one (Katipunan station) is located underground. Aurora Boulevard starts as a physical extension of Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard past Araneta Avenue near the Manila-Quezon City boundary. It then enters San Juan before crossing Ermitaño Creek near Broadway Centrum to return to Quezon City, this time at the New Manila district. It then intersects Gilmore Avenue, Balete Drive, and E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue, before it mee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinaglabanan Shrine
Pinaglabanan Memorial Shrine ( fil, Pang-alaalang Dambana ng Pinaglabanan) is a Filipino national shrine and park along Pinaglabanan Street in the city of San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines. This was built to commemorate the heroism of the Katipuneros who laid siege to ''Almacen de Polvorín'', an armoury belonging to the Spanish Colonial Government, becoming the first battle of the Philippine Revolution against the Spanish Empire. History Pinaglabanan Shrine was built in 1976 to commemorate the 1896 Battle of Pinaglabanan in the city, then known as the town of San Juan del Monte. The battle was part of a campaign by Katipunan revolutionaries, led by Andrés Bonifacio, who intended to seize ''El Deposito'', an underground reservoir supplying water to Intramuros, and ''El Polvorín'' (the gunpowder depot). Though successful in seizing El Polvorín, the revolutionaries lost the battle, and were unable to reach El Deposito. After years of dilapidation, a renovation for the par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila Light Rail Transit System Stations
Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populated city proper. Manila is considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha – City by Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC). It was the first chartered city in the country, designated as such by the Philippine Commission Act 183 of July 31, 1901. It became autonomous with the passage of Republic Act No. 409, "The Revised Charter of the City of Manila", on June 18, 1949. Manila is considered to be part of the world's original set of global cities because its commercial networks were the first to extend across the Pacific Ocean and connect Asia with the Spanish Americas through the galleon trade; when this was accomplished, it marked the first time in world history that an uninterrupted chain of trade routes circling the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 2
The Light Rail Transit Line 2, also known as LRT Line 2 (LRT-2) or Megatren, is a rapid transit line in Metro Manila in the Philippines, generally running in an east–west direction along the Radial Road 6 and a portion of the Circumferential Road 1, referred to as the Purple Line, and previously known as the Mass Rapid Transit Line 2 or MRT Line 2 (MRT-2). Although the line is operated by the Light Rail Transit Authority, resulting in it being called as "LRT-2", it is actually a heavy rail, rapid transit line. Instead of the light rail vehicles used in earlier lines, it uses very large metro cars, longer and wider than those used on the PNR network, and roughly the same size as those used on the MTR in Hong Kong, MRT in Bangkok and Singapore, and the heavy metro lines of the Taipei Metro. Until the opening of MRT Line 7 (MRT-7) in 2022 and the Metro Manila Subway (MMS) in 2025, it is the country's only line using these types of trains. Envisioned in the 1970s as part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeepney
Jeepneys (), sometimes called jeeps (), are minibus-like public utility vehicles, serving as the most popular means of public transportation in the Philippines. They are known for their crowded seating and kitsch decorations, which have become a widespread symbol of Philippine culture and art. A Sarao jeepney was exhibited at the Philippine pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair as a national image for the Filipinos. Jeepneys originate from the American colonial period share taxis known as auto calesas, commonly shortened to "AC". These evolved to modified imported cars with attached carriages in the 1930s which served as cheap passenger utility vehicles in Manila. These vehicles were mostly destroyed in World War II. The need for replacement transport vehicles led to the use of U.S. military jeeps left over from the war, which became the template for the modern jeepney. The word "jeepney" is a portmanteau of post-World War II " jeep" and pre-war " jitney", both words com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinaglabanan Church
Saint John the Baptist Parish (colloquially, Pinaglabanan Church; Filipino: ''Parokya ng San Juan Bautista'' and in Spanish: ''Parroquia de San Juan Bautista del Pinaglabanan'') is a 19th-century Roman Catholic church in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila. Name The church derives its name from John the Baptist, to whom it is dedicated. He is both the patron saint and namesake of the city, which has the ceremonial name of "San Juan del Monte" (Saint John of the Mountain), owing to the area's hilly terrain. The edifice is also known colloquially as the "Pinaglabanan Church", as it is several metres from the Pinaglabanan Shrine. The area near the church and shrine received the name "''Pinaglabanan''" ( Tagalog for "battleground") as the Katipunan engaged the Spanish Empire in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, marking the start of the 1896 Philippine Revolution. History Establishment Although the parish was established on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legarda Station
Legarda station is an elevated Manila Light Rail Transit (LRT) station situated on Line 2. The station is located in Sampaloc in Manila and is named after Legarda Street, where the station sits above it. The street in turn is named after Benito Legarda, a Filipino legislator. The station is the second station for trains headed to Antipolo and the twelfth station for trains headed to Recto. Nearby landmarks The station is popular with students who study in nearby universities such as University of the East and San Sebastian College along Recto Avenue; as well as San Beda University, Centro Escolar University, Victorino Mapa High School, La Consolacion College, and College of the Holy Spirit, all situated within the University Belt along the famed Mendiola Street; the Samson College of Science and Technology along Legarda Street; and also the Arellano University and National Teachers College. Mendiola Street also leads to Malacañang Palace in San Miguel district. It is also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pureza Station
Pureza station is an elevated Manila Light Rail Transit (LRT) station situated on Line 2. The station is located in Santa Mesa, Manila and is named because of its location on Pureza Street. The station is the third station for trains headed to Antipolo and the eleventh station for trains headed to Recto. Accessibility Pureza station is fully wheelchair accessible in the south entrance. However, the north entrance doesn't have an elevator to the concourse area. Nearby landmarks The station's north entrance is interconnected with The Station Point commercial building, where the AMA Computer College Manila Campus is located. Landmarks nearby the station include other educational institutions such as De Ocampo Memorial College, Pio del Pilar Elementary School, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish and Catholic School, Nuestra Señora de Salvacion Parish, and Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology (EARIST). Commercial establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilmore Station (LRT)
Gilmore station is an elevated Manila Light Rail Transit (LRT) station situated on Line 2. It is located near Gilmore Avenue, Quezon City in Mariana, Quezon City. It is named after the nearby Gilmore Avenue, which in turn is named for Eugene Allen Gilmore, Vice Governor-General of the Philippines from 1922 to 1929 who twice served as acting Governor-General of the Philippines. The station is the sixth station for trains headed to Antipolo and the eighth station for trains headed to Recto. Nearby landmarks The most recognizable landmarks closest to the station are SYKES Asia, Inc. (K-Pointe site), Saint Paul University Quezon City, Aurora Garden Plaza, Gilmore I.T. Center, and Robinsons Magnolia. The station is also the closest station for passengers heading to Saint Joseph's College of Quezon City, St. Luke's Medical Center, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Broadway Centrum, and Trinity University of Asia, formerly Trinity College of Quezon City. San Juan and Greenhills Sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Go-Belmonte Station
Betty Go-Belmonte station is an elevated Manila Light Rail Transit (LRT) station situated on Line 2. The station during its inception was formerly called as Boston station but was renamed into the current name due to the minor realignment of some stations (the other being V. Mapa) that has caused the change of proximity to the Betty Go-Belmonte Street. The station is located in New Manila in Quezon City and is named after Betty Go-Belmonte, the late wife of House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. and the founder of The Philippine Star. The station is the seventh station for trains headed to both Antipolo and Recto stations. Nearby landmarks The station is located near Cubao Cathedral, Holy Buddhist Temple, Religious of the Virgin Mary Motherhouse, and Kalayaan College. Transportation links There are tricycles, jeepneys, taxis, and buses are available outside the station. References See also *Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 2 The Light Rail Transit Line 2, also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katipunan
The Katipunan, officially known as the Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan or Kataastaasan Kagalang-galang na Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (KKK; en, Supreme and Honorable Association of the Children of the Nation; es, Suprema y Honorable Asociación de los Hijos del Pueblo), was a Philippine revolutionary society founded by anti-imperialism, anti-Spanish colonialist Filipinos in Manila in 1892; its primary goal was to gain independence from Spanish Empire, Spain through a revolution. Revolutionary documents from Archivo General Militar de Madrid rediscovered in the 21st century suggest that the society had been organized as early as January 1892 but may not have become active until July 7 of the same year; that was the date that Filipino writer José Rizal was to be banished to Dapitan. Founded by Filipino patriots Deodato Arellano, Andrés Bonifacio, Valentin Diaz, Ladislao Diwa, José Dizon, and Teodoro Plata, the Katipunan was a secret organi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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