Manila

Capital Of The Philippines Manila is a densely populated bayside city on the island of Luzon, which mixes Spanish colonial architecture with modern skyscrapers. Intramuros, a walled city in colonial times, is the heart of Old Manila. It's home to the baroque 16th-century San Agustin Church as well as Fort Santiago, a storied citadel and former military prison. Manila became famous for its role in the Manila–Acapulco galleon trade, which lasted for more than two centuries and brought goods from Europe, Africa, and Hispanic America across the Pacific Islands to Southeast Asia, and vice versa. Generally, the cost of living in Manila is lower than in many Western cities. Housing, food, and transportation can be affordable, depending on the area.

• Manila Capital
• Star of Philippines
• Fertile landscape

Hero

Jose Rizal José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered a national hero of the Philippines. In 1887 Rizal published his first novel, Noli me tangere, a passionate exposure of the evils of Spanish rule in the Philippines. A sequel, El filibusterismo, established his reputation as the leading spokesman of the Philippine reform movement. He published an annotated edition (1890; reprinted 1958) of Antonio Morga’s Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, hoping to show that the native people of the Philippines had a long history before the coming of the Spaniards.

1. Bayani - Hero
2. Writer of Noli Me Tanghere
3. El Felibusterismo