THE LUNETA HOTEL 

THEN AND NOW
Location: Kalaw Ave., Ermita Manila 
Wayback 1920’s

DID YOU KNOW?!
*Luneta Hotel is a historical hotel in Manila
*It was built in 1919 and Designed by Spanish Architect Salvador Farre
*The hotel became the site of European imports that were distributed to Manila
*The hotel structure is the only remaining example of French Renaissance Architecture with Filipino Stylized Beaux arts in the Philippines to date
*It is one of the remaining structures that survived the Liberation of Manila in 1945
*During WWII., the luneta hotel became a brothel of American G.I.s who were off to Corregidor after Manila had been declared an open city
*After being closed and abandoned in 1987
*The hotel was relaunched and restored in May 2014 with the installation of a historical marker by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)