Plaza Heneral Santos

PLAZA HENERAL SANTOS

The General Paulino Santos Shrine can be found inside the Plaza Heneral Santos. The City got its name from this brave and talented General born on June 22, 1890 in Camiling, Tarlac and died on August 29, 1945 in Kiangan, Mt. Province. General Santos (the person) is the son of Remigio Santos and Rosa Torres. He graduated as a Valedictorian in the Military Academy of the Philippines in 1914. As a Governor, he improved the education, agriculture and communication in Lanao. He became a Jail Director and developed the Davao Penal Colony and responsively moved the New Bilibid Prison to Muntinlupa. He became the First Commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and made six conferences in South Cotabato. For all of his achievements in the Mindanao Area, Buayan (formerly Dadiangas) changed its name to General Santos and later on it became a City. The remains of General Paulino Santos and his wife Elisa Santos, who died in October 25, 1975, were placed inside the monument.

Its your typical city landmark. Each major city in the Philippines has this what we call " Plaza", the towns main public area or is an open urban public space, such as a city square. Here you can see the monument of General Santos which has given birth to the city's Name General Santos City. 

If you are planning to see and visit this place, a good 5-10 minute stop is good enough to get a glimpse of Plaza Heneral Santos.

The park is my type of place during my heyday high school days. At night, there are many people mostly students seating by all over. Chain of restaurants is just around the corner, or there are lots of street foods stall if you are on the budget. The music is like chants of religious songs and I would have imagined what a beautiful place this would be in Yuletide season. If you were native in GenSan, definitely this is the place of your teenager memories.

The plaza is clean and tidy , you cannot smoke there , basic but pleasing to the eyes , better at night as in the day there is few shade options due to lack of trees , i would say worth taking a look , oh and there is a statue of the general which should be bigger in my opinion.