philippines
manila
The Capital of the Philippines, its heart and soul, is Manila. It is where the country's most prestigious business addresses and trendiest leisure establishments are found. Fashionable hotels, restaurants, discos, music bars, boutiques and specialty shops can be found. At the heart of Manila's history is Intramuros. It features the grand Manila Cathedral with its detailed stone carvings and stained glass mosaics; Fort Santiago, the site of torture chambers and dungeons; and the San Agustin Church, a favourite wedding spot.
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villa escudero plantations and resort
It was founded in the 1880s by Don Placido Escudero and his wife Dona Claudia Marasigan as a sugarcane plantation. In 1929, their son Don Arsenio Escudero built the country's first working hydroelectric plant to supply his dessicated coconut factory and Villa Escudero. After opening the estate to the public in 1981, the resort has become a prime tourist destination for both locals and foreigners alike.
las pinas city
The Las Piñas Bamboo Organ in St. Joseph Parish Church in Las Piñas City, Philippines, is a nineteenth-century church organ with unique organ pipes; they are made almost entirely of bamboo. It was completed in 1824 by Father Diego Cera, the builder of the town's stone church and its first resident Catholic parish priest.
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