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• Rizal Park or Luneta Park


  One of the leading historical sites in the Philippines, built as a tribute to national hero Dr. Jose Rizal who was executed by the Spanish military firing squad on December 30, 1896
• Rizal Park contains the bronze-granite monument and the mausoleum that houses Rizal's remains, guarded 24 hours a day by soldiers known as "Knights of Rizal" or Kabalyeros de Rizal
• Previously Rizal Park was called Bagumbayan Field where the three priest, also known as GomBurZa, were executed through garrote by the Spanish colonial authorities on charges of subversion arising from the 1872 Cavite mutiny
• Corregidor Island


  A Spanish term meaning "to correct", it was a checkpoint for vessels entering Manila Bay after the Spanish-American War, known as "The Rock" by veterans of war due to its strategic location at the entrance of Manila Bay
• Corregidor Island is a national shrine commemorating the battle fought between U.S. and Filipino forces against overwhelming numbers of Japanese during World War II
• The huge firearms of Corregidor used in support for Filipino and American defenders of Bataan are now silent, but the damage seen on buildings, structures, and tunnels in the island continues on telling a very moving story of a war that has claimed so many lives
• Intramuros


  A Latin word meaning "within the walls", also called the "Walled City" where Manila's most influential and wealthy citizens of the Spanish colonial period had lived, the oldest district and the historic core of Manila
• San Agustin, Manila


  One of the most famous churches inside the historic walled city of Intramuros, the oldest church that is still standing in the country

  
• Fort Santiago, Manila played important roles in the history of the country, built by Miguel Lopez De Legazpi, where many rebel Filipinos were imprisoned and some lost their lives, including Jose Rizal before he was executed by the Spaniards, and it has a museum where some memorabilia of Rizal can be seen
• EDSA Shrine


  Also known as the Shrine of Mary, Queen of Peace, and Our Lady of EDSA, a monument dedicated to the first People Power Revolution and its peaceful outcome on December 15, 1989, that ousted the late president Ferdinand Marcos, the end of dictatorship and the beginning of democracy
• Barásoain Church


  A Roman Catholic church founded by the Augustinian Missionaries in Malolos, Bulacan, where three major events in Philippine history happened: the convening of the First Philippine Congress, the drafting of the Malolos Constitution, and the inauguration of the First Philippine Republic or the Malolos Republic

  
• The MacArthur Leyte Landing Memorial National Park

  Formerly named Imelda Park after former First Lady Imelda Marcos, also known as the Leyte Landing Memorial Park and MacArthur Park, a protected area that commemorates the historic landing of General Douglas MacArthur in Leyte Gulf at the start of the campaign to recapture and liberate the Philippines from Japanese occupation on 20 October 1944
• Mactan Shrine


  Also known as Liberty Shrine located in Mactan Island in Cebu, made in honor of Lapu-Lapu, Ferdinand Magellan, and the Battle of Mactan, where Lapu-Lapu is recognized as the first native leader who defeated Spanish soldiers led by Magellan in the 1521 Battle of Mactan
• Rizal Shrine in Calamba


  The birthplace of the Philippine National Hero, a typical rectangular Bahay na Bato, reminiscent of upper-class Filipino homes built during the Spanish Colonial era, with a full replica of Rizal's house, including rooms and furniture, a gallery, and a statue of the young Rizal

  
• Rizal Shrine in Dapitan


  An important historical place where Dr. Jose Rizal spent four years in exile, where he lived as a physician, merchant, farmer, inventor, painter, sculptor, archaeologist, linguist, grammarian, teacher, architect, poet, biologist, composer, surveyor, and environmentalist, aside from being a lover, father, and brother to all Dapitanons
• The Banaue Rice Terraces


  Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995 for its cultural importance, made approximately 2000 years ago, carved into the mountains by the indigenous people using only their hands and some crude equipment, considered as one of mankind's greatest engineering accomplishments