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Quezon Memorial Shrine: Importance

The Quezon Memorial Shrine houses the Museo ni Manuel Quezon. The shrine features a triangular mausoleum containing the remains of President Manuel Quezon and his wife. Surmounting the mausoleum are three 66-meter pylons representing Quezon's age at death and the three major Philippine islands. The museum contains galleries that outline Quezon's life and political career from his youth to his presidency and exile during World War 2. It also holds artifacts from Quezon's time as president and interactive exhibits about his legacy and place in Philippine history. The shrine is dedicated to preserving the memory and achievements of the first president of the Philippine Commonwealth.

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Quezon Memorial Shrine: Importance

The Quezon Memorial Shrine houses the Museo ni Manuel Quezon. The shrine features a triangular mausoleum containing the remains of President Manuel Quezon and his wife. Surmounting the mausoleum are three 66-meter pylons representing Quezon's age at death and the three major Philippine islands. The museum contains galleries that outline Quezon's life and political career from his youth to his presidency and exile during World War 2. It also holds artifacts from Quezon's time as president and interactive exhibits about his legacy and place in Philippine history. The shrine is dedicated to preserving the memory and achievements of the first president of the Philippine Commonwealth.

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Quezon Memorial Shrine

The Museo ni Manuel Quezon is housed in the


Shrine. Designed by Federico Ilustre, the shrine has an
equilateral triangular base serving as the mausoleum
of President Quezon and his wife, Aurora Aragon.
Surmounting the base are three pylons measuring 66
meters in height, representing Quezon’s age upon his
death and the three major islands of the Philippines.
Above the pylons are Art Deco statues of three angels
holding sampaguita funerary wreaths sculpted by
Italian artist Francesco Riccardo Monti.

The Museum features the life and political career of


President Quezon and explains the historical context
in which he emerged as leader of the country.
Gallery 1. Quezon’s youth in Baler, his education,
role in the revolution and return to civilian life;

Gallery 2. Early political career of Quezon while the Philippines was under American rule;
Gallery 3. Quezon’s presidency of the Commonwealth;
Gallery 4. Quezon’s leadership during the war and his exile to the United States; and
Gallery 5. The death and legacy of Manuel Luis Quezon.

 The Museum also has other facilities, such as:


Audio-visual room, which offers a brief documentary about Quezon and the Museum; Aurora Quezon Gallery,
which is devoted to Aurora, Quezon’s wife and a civic leader in her own right; and Quezon office as
Commonwealth President.

 The Museum contains a sizeable collection of President Quezon’s memorabilia, a hologram of the President
delivering his inaugural address, and various interactive booths and terminals that offer information about
Quezon and his time. Visitors are encouraged to avail of the Museum’s interactive facilities. Timelines are all
over the museum walls recounting not only Quezon's history but also providing context to his life by putting it
side by side with a nation transitioning from American rule then being thrown into the fire that is the Second
World War.

Importance
The Quezon Memorial shrine is dedicated to the unrivalled legacy of the first president of the commonwealth of
the Philippines, Manuel L. Quezon. It is a national shrine highlighted by a 66-meter trylon monument at the
heart of Quezon City’s most important park.

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