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The Church of Saint Augustine,also known as the Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation and Cincture or the Immaculate Conception Parish,is a Roman Catholic church under the auspices of the Order of Saint Augustine located inside the historic walled city of Intramuros in Manila,Philippines. Completed in 1607,it is the oldest stone church in the country.
The University Belt is the name of a de facto subdistrict in Manila,Philippines. It refers to the area where there is a high concentration of colleges and universities in the city. The districts of Quiapo,Sampaloc,and San Miguel are traditionally considered to be the University Belt,although other clusters of schools that lie along the southern bank of the Pasig River,mostly at the districts of Intramuros and Ermita,as well as the southernmost part of Malate near the city limits are also sometimes included. Each of the colleges and universities found in the district are a short walking distance of each other.
Bambi Harper was a Filipino cultural writer and socialite.
Jaime del Carmen Laya,better known as Jimmy Laya is a Filipino banker,accountant,and cultural administrator who served as the first Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management of the Republic of the Philippines,serving from 1978 to 1981. He was also the 5th governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines from 1981 to 1984 and later served as the Minister of Education,Culture and Sports from 1984 until 1986. His terms in civil service,covered two significant points in Philippine history,the election that made former President Ferdinand Marcos have his third term and the assassination of the late Senator Benigno S. Aquino Jr. that stimulated the People Power Revolution of 1986.
Plaza de Roma,also known as Plaza Roma,is one of three major public squares in Intramuros,Manila. It is bounded by Andres Soriano Avenue to the north,Cabildo Street to the east,Santo Tomas Street to the south,and General Antonio Luna Street to the west. The plaza is considered to be the center of Intramuros.
Parián or Pantin,also Parián de Arroceros was an area adjacent to Intramuros built to house Chinese (Sangley) merchants in Manila in the 16th and 17th centuries during the Spanish rule in the Philippines. The place gave its name to the gate connecting it to Intramuros,the Puerta del Parián.
The Aduana Building,also known as the Intendencia,was a Spanish colonial structure in Manila,Philippines that housed several government offices through the years. It is located in front of the BPI Intramuros at Plaza España,Soriano (Aduana) Ave. corner Muralla St. in Intramuros.
Colegio de Santa Rosa - Manila is a private Catholic school run by the Congregation of the Augustinian Recollect Sisters in Intramuros,Manila,Philippines. It was established on August 30,1750 as the Beaterio y Casa de Segunda Enseñanza by Mother Paula de la Santissima Trinidad to educate the young Spanish - Filipino women. It was originally an All Girls school until the early 2000 when it converted to a co-ed educational institution. It acquired its present name on 1774 but was also known by several other names including Colegio de Madre Paula and Beaterio y Casa de Enseñanza.
Plaza de España,also known simply as Plaza España,is a diminutive open space in Intramuros,Manila,Philippines formed by the intersection of Andres Soriano Avenue,Solana Street and Muralla Street. It is a triangular "square" which features a monument to King Philip II of Spain after whom the Philippines was named. The square is one of 47 parks and plazas in the City of Manila maintained by the city's Park Development Office in partnership with the Intramuros Administration. It is surrounded by the Aduana Building,the BPI Intramuros building which replaced the old Santo Domingo Church destroyed during World War II,and the Banco Filipino condominium building built on a portion of the old Ayuntamiento de Manila.
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The Binondo–Intramuros Bridge is a tied-arch bridge in Manila,Philippines that spans the Pasig River. It connects Muelle de Binondo in Binondo and in San Nicolas to Solana Street and Riverside Drive in Intramuros. The bridge has four lanes and exhibits a steel bowstring arch design with inclined arches. It has a length of 680 meters (2,230 ft).
Guiller Asido is the 10th and incumbent administrator of the Intramuros Administration,an attached agency of the Department of Tourism mandated with the authority to restore and guide the development of Intramuros,Manila. He was previously the chief operating officer of the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority.
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Jose "Junjun" Antiquisa Capistrano,Jr.,was the former Administrator of the Intramuros Administration and the current President and CEO of Philippine Pharma Procurement Inc.,a subsidiary of the Philippine International Trading Corporation under the Department of Trade and Industry. He succeeded Eustacio Orobia in 1986 as the 3rd Intramuros Administrator until 1990,and Bambi Harper in 2010 as the 8th Administrator until 2013.
Edda Villaluna Henson is a socialite and member of the Villaluna family,called "the Mining Royal Family in the Philippines". In 1990,she was appointed the fourth Administrator of Intramuros by President Corazon Aquino,but was dismissed five years later on November 30,1995 by President Fidel Ramos over corruption scandals,including anomalies in bidding for government projects.
Eustacio B. Orobia,Jr. was the second Administrator of the Intramuros Administration,an attached agency of the Department of Tourism mandated with the authority to restore and guide the development of Intramuros,Manila. He was Administrator from 1986 to 1989,and was succeeded by Jose Capistrano. He was also the Chairman of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts from 1992 to 1996,a Member of the Board of Directors of the Nayong Pilipino Foundation from 1986 to 1986,and Head of the Presidential Task Force under the then Ministry of Human Settlements in 1986,among others.
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The Book Stop Intramuros is a pop-up library located in Plaza Roma,Intramuros,Manila. The unit was designed and conceptualized by William Ti and commissioned in 2016 by the WTA Architecture + Design Studio (WTA). In June 2017,the management and ownership of the Book Stop Intramuros was transferred to the Intramuros Administration.
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- ↑ Intramuros gets new, young administrator, The Philippine Daily Inquirer. Accessed 24 September 2017.