QUEZON MEMORIAL NATIONAL PARK AND SHRINE
The Quezon Memorial is a national park and shrine encircled by an elliptical road, a fitting tribute to the First President of the Philippine Commonwealth, Manuel Luis Quezon.
Considered one of the country’s premier landmarks, the monument, built in the center of the 27-hectare rotunda park, is the tallest structure in the city, piercing 66 meters to the sky.
The memorial includes two small museums installed within the monument itself: one housing priceless memorabilia of Quezon, and the other containing items on the history of the city. A mausoleum houses the remains of the President, laid to rest in a bronze casket and marble niche inside the shrine.
Around the foot of the monument are various reliefs depicting highlights from Philippine history, sculpted out of the marble base.
Considered one of the country’s premier landmarks, the monument, built in the center of the 27-hectare rotunda park, is the tallest structure in the city, piercing 66 meters to the sky.
The memorial includes two small museums installed within the monument itself: one housing priceless memorabilia of Quezon, and the other containing items on the history of the city. A mausoleum houses the remains of the President, laid to rest in a bronze casket and marble niche inside the shrine.
Around the foot of the monument are various reliefs depicting highlights from Philippine history, sculpted out of the marble base.
I knew little about Quezon Memorial Circle not until I got a rented space for the weekend market there on August last year. After nine years when I first visited the place, numerous improvements were made in there. Before, it was a place barely compared to a little forest since there are plenty of trees that shade nature lovers and visitors. Back then, the circle is only for the joggers, bikers and family gathering. Now, it is well known for its amusement parks. Amenities and fun factories such as the zip line, the Circle of Fun, the Go Kart Station among others are built that attract people across the metropolis.
The park is located inside a large traffic circle in the shape of an ellipse and bounded by the Elliptical Road. If you going there by bus from EDSA, take a bus going to Fairview, Quezon City and drop by PhilCOA (abbreviation of Philippine Coconut Authority). From PhilCOA go across the overpass and walk going to the Circle. You may see a monument with three columns with angels on top. That’s the place. Then there’s an underpass just in front of the Philippine Coconut Authorities building. This leads to the heart of the Circle. And you’re in.
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