THE MALACAÑANG PALACE




BEFORE AND AFTER 
Location: JP Laurel St., San Miguel Manila 
Wayback 1898

DID YOU KNOW?!
*Palacio de Malacañan (Malacañang Palace) was originally built as a casita (Country House) in 1750- made of adobe wood with interiors panelled with finest narra and molave
*The land owned by Spanish aristocrat Don Antonio V. Rocha
*It was subsequently sold to Col. José Miguel Formento on November 16, 1802 for a sum of thousand pesos (later it was sold to the government upon his death in January 1825)
*The palace It became the temporary summer residence of the first Spanish Governor-General Rafael de Enchague y Birmingham (previously Governor of Puerto Rico)
*Between 1875 and 1879, Reconstruction and expansion resumed after the palace was hit by more Earthquakes, Typhoons and Fire
*It became the residence of the American Governors, with General Wesley Merritt Being the first American Military Governor at the Palace in 1898
*While William Howard Taft became the first Civil Governor resident in 1901
*The complex became residence of the President of the Philippines upon the establishment of the Commonwealth of the Philippines on November 15, 1935 - President Manuel L. Quezon became the first Filipino resident of the Palace
*During WWII in 1942 , Japanese turned Malacañang into a gilded prison -Quezon moved his seat to corregidor, the headquarters of General Douglas MacArthur
*Malacañang Palace survived the WWII the only major government building left standing after the bombing of manila
*The Palace complex was again drastically remodeled and extensively rebuilt during the term of Ferdinand Marcos
*The palace has been seized several times as the result of protests starting with the People Power Revolution, 1989 coup attempt, the 2001 Manila riots and the Edsa III (or May 1 riots)