Plaza Libertad , formerly known as Plaza Alfonso XII, is a historic plaza or town square in Iloilo City , Philippines . It is considered the site where the flag of the first Philippine Republic was raised in triumph after Spain surrendered Iloilo , the last Spanish capital in the Philippines, to the revolutionary forces led by Gen. Martin Delgado on December 25, 1898.
6-660: Plaza Libertad is located in front of Iloilo City Hall in Iloilo City Proper and is one of the six district plazas in Iloilo City. Plaza Alfonso XII , named after a king of Spain, was constructed in the 1800s and is one of the oldest plazas in the Philippines. It was surrounded by most of the government offices in Iloilo. On Christmas Day of 1898, Governor-General Diego de los RÃos of Spain surrendered to
12-866: Is the official seat of government of the City of Iloilo , Philippines , located in Plaza Libertad , Iloilo City Proper . It is where the Mayor of Iloilo City holds office and the chambers of the Iloilo City Council. It also hosts several offices under the Iloilo City Government. The new Iloilo City Hall was completed in August 2011 as the replacement for the Old Iloilo City Hall after the city government donated it to
18-662: The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. , where a twenty-foot statue called "The Lady of Freedom" stands as a symbol of "Freedom triumphant in War and Peace". The Lin-ay sang Iloilo characterized prosperity and aspirations of hope and peace. It was designed by Ed Defensor and cast by Franz Herbich in Cebu Philippines. Construction was begun on the eight-story Iloilo city legislative building in 2021. The building, intended to house city councilors, will be connected to
24-661: The University of the Philippines Visayas , which now serves as the UP Visayas Main Building. The Iloilo City Hall is the first green building in the Visayas, which features a solar powered air-conditioning system, a rooftop garden, and a rain harvesting area. Lin-ay sang Iloilo (Lady of Iloilo), an 18-foot bronze statue on top of Iloilo City Hall's dome. The inspiration was drawn from
30-646: The Filipino revolutionary troops led by General Martin Delgado in the Plaza, thus ending the 333-year-old Spanish colonization of the Philippines. After which, the triumphant revolutionaries for the first time raised the flag of the First Philippine Republic in Iloilo City, the last bastion of Spanish power in the country. It was later renamed to Plaza Libertad to reflect the event that happened on
36-738: The plaza. On November 17, 2003, the National Historical Institute declared Plaza Libertad as a national historical landmark. On February 4, 2021, the rehabilitation of the plaza started with a cost of ₱ 19 million, funded by the national government through the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) of the Department of Tourism . The rehab includes trimming of trees, landscaping, improvement of facilities, and lighting, among others. Iloilo City Hall The Iloilo City Hall
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