Quezon Memorial Circle
National urban park in Quezon City, Philippines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Quezon Memorial Circle is a national park located in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The park is located inside a large traffic circle in the shape of an ellipse and bounded by the Elliptical Road and is the main park of Quezon City (which served as the official capital of the Philippines from 1948 to 1976). Its main feature is a 66-meter (217 ft)[1] tall mausoleum containing the remains of Manuel L. Quezon, the second official President of the Philippines and the first of an internationally recognized independent Philippines, and his wife, First Lady Aurora Quezon.
Quezon Memorial Circle | |
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Type | Urban Park |
Location | Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines |
Coordinates | 14°39′05.1″N 121°02′57″E |
Area | 27 hectares (67 acres) |
Created | 1978 |
Administered by | Quezon City Government (Majority; 26 hectares (64 acres)) National Historical Commission of the Philippines (Quezon Memorial Shrine area; 1 hectare (2.5 acres)) |
Public transit access | 5 7 PHILCOA Future: Quezon Memorial |
Website | https://www.quezoncity.gov.ph/ |
This location will be the street alignment for the approved Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 7 named Quezon Memorial MRT station and the station will be underground.
"Circle", as locals call it, has been undergoing significant changes in order to lure in more tourists both local and foreign. Due to these beautification efforts of the local government the number of visitors is continuously increasing.[2][3]