LUNETA - A beautiful setting built in honor of the Philippines' greatest hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. Luneta Park used to be called Bagumbayan Field is the place where Dr. Rizal was executed by a Spanish military firing squad at early dawn on December 30, 1896. He was executed for spreading ideals of revolution against Spanish rule.Dr. Rizal wrote his most famous poem "Mi Ultimo Adios" (My Last Farewell) on the eve of his execution.
(Top photo) The Rizal Monument, which is manned by two honor guards 24 hours a day, serves as a marker on where Dr. Rizal was executed. The monument used to house the remains of Dr. Rizal before it was moved to the family's estate in Calamba, Laguna.

Bataan

Corregidor

Corregidor, a national shrine, is an island fortress nicknamed "The Rock". This was the last bastion to fall to the invading Japanese in 1942. The place acquired immense significance as a symbol of the determined resistance of its Filipino and American defenders. Photo above shows one of the cannons that broods silently over the landscape which was once denuded by bombardment.