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81st National Book Week (2015) Poster

ON THE EVOLUTION OF MANILA: http://bit.ly/1IxLqmu
There are two Manilas: the precolonial polity whose foundations were buried in memory, and the Spanish “Walled City,” the Manila known as Intramuros. What we commemorate on Araw ng Maynila was the founding of the Spanish Manila. According to National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin, it was the “Manila we remember, the Manila of Rizal and the Revolution, the last great creation of Spain in the Philippines.”

Free admission to the National Museum of the Philippines for the entire month of May, in celebration of National Heritage Month! Visit www.nationalmuseum.gov.ph for more details.