| Item Call Number |
GE00347 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
GE00347 |
| Local Free-text Call Number (oclc) |
- Classification number - GE00347
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| Main Entry |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - Ayala Museum Research Team
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Plaza Libertad
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Ayala Museum Research Team
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| General Note |
- General note - Formerly Plaza Alfonso XII, situated in front o f the San Jose Parish Church along J. M. Basa Street. Here, on December 25, 1898, in front of the casa real, the Filipino flag was raised for the first time in Iloilo when the city was turned over to the Panay Revolutionary Government. The ceremony was preceded by a victory march of the Ejercito Libertador (Liberation Army) into the city, starting from the present Forbe Bridge spanning the Iloilo River to Plaza Alfonso XII. It was led by General Martin Delgado, commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary army; Roque Lopez, president of the Consejo de Estado Federal de Visayas; followed by Generals Venacio Concepcion, Adriano Hernandez, Pascual Magbanua, Angel Corteza and Perfecto Poblado, Colonel Quintin Salas and Maj. Nicolas Roces who were all on horse-back. Trailing behind were some 2,000 soldiers clad in rayadillo uniforms. Played by the 72nd Regimental band was the "Marcha Libertador" composed by Col. Posidio Delgado. The day before, on December 24, 1898, Spanish Governor Diego de los Rios surrendered the city to the mayor, Vicente Gay.
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| Additional Physical Form Available Note |
- Additional physical form available note - With prints
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| Immediate Source Of Acquisition Note |
- Source of acquisition - Filipinas Heritage Library
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| Ownership And Custodial History |
- History - Filipinas Heritage Library
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| Subject Chronological Term |
- Chronological term - 1971
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Provinces and cities
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Iloilo City
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| Subject Faceted Topical Term |
- Focus term - 1971
- Focus term - amrt
- Focus term - Iloilo church
- Focus term - panay
- Focus term - san jose parish church
- Focus term - visayas
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