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Pinaglabanan Memorial Shrine
Pinaglabanan Memorial Shrine ( fil, Pang-alaalang Dambana ng Pinaglabanan) is a Filipino people, Filipino national shrine and park along Pinaglabanan Street in the city of San Juan, Metro Manila, 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 History of the Philippines (1521–1898), 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 unabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Memorial
A war memorial is a building, monument, statue, or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or (predominating in modern times) to commemorate those who died or were injured in a war. Symbolism Historical usage It has been suggested that the world's earliest known war memorial is the White Monument at Tell Banat, Aleppo Governorate, Syria, which dates from the 3rd millennium BC and appears to have involved the systematic burial of fighters from a state army. The Nizari Ismailis of the Alamut period (the Assassins) had made a secret roll of honor in Alamut Castle containing the names of the assassins and their victims during their uprising. The oldest war memorial in the United Kingdom is Oxford University's All Souls College. It was founded in 1438 with the provision that its fellows should pray for those killed in the long wars with France. War memorials for the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) were the first in Europe to have rank-and-file soldier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
