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Manila / Filipinas

Manila é a capital das Filipinas e a segunda cidade do país em número de habitantes. A cidade está situada na costa oriental da baía de Manila, junto à desembocadura do rio Pasig, na ilha de Luzon. Ocupando uma área total de 38,3 km é a segunda cidade mais populosa das Filipinas, com mais de 1,6 milhões de habitantes. Apenas a vizinha Quezon, a antiga capital do país é mais populosa. A área metropolitana é a segunda mais populosa do Sudeste Asiático.Foi fundada em 24 de junho de 1571 pelo conquistador espanhol Miguel López de Legazpi, havendo sofrido ao longo de sua história diversos episódios bélicos, que provocaram a perda de parte de seu rico patrimônio arquitetônico e cultural. Manila é também a sede de diversas universidades, assim como de um amplo elenco de entidades culturais do país, sendo classificada como cidade global "gama" pela Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network .

Malacañang Palace

Manila / Filipinas

Malacañang Palace is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the Philippines. It is located in San Miguel, Manila and is commonly associated with Mendiola Street. The term "Malacañang" is often used as a metonym for the president and his advisers. The sprawling Malacañang Palace complex includes numerous mansions and office buildings designed and built largely in bahay na bato and neoclassical style. The original structure was built in 1750 by Don Luís Rocha as a summer house along the Pasig River. It was purchased by the state in 1825 as the summer residence for the Spanish Governor-General. After the June 3, 1863 earthquake which destroyed the Palacio del Gobernador in the walled city of Manila, it became the Governor-General's official residence. After sovereignty over the Islands was ceded to the United States in 1898, it became the residence of the American Governors, with General Wesley Merritt being the first.Since 1863, the Palace has been occupied by eighteen Spanish Governors-General, fourteen American Military and Civil Governors, and later the Presidents of the Philippines. The Palace had been enlarged and refurbished several times since 1750; the grounds were expanded to include neighboring estates, and many buildings were demolished and constructed during the Spanish and American periods. Most recently, the Palace complex was again drastically remodeled and extensively rebuilt during the term of Ferdinand Marcos. Among the presidents of the present Fifth Republic, only Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has actually lived in the main Palace, with all others residing in nearby properties that form part of the larger Palace complex.The Palace has been seized several times as the result of protests starting with the People Power Revolution, the 1989 coup attempt ; the 2001 Manila riots; and the EDSA III or May 1 riots.