Travel

The kalesa is one of several examples of horse-drawn public conveyances from the early days of Manila. The kalesa had two variants, the carromata and the karitela. The carromata had seats facing forward which can carry one to two passengers. The karitela had seats on the side facing each other and can carry up to … Read more

Nuestra Senora de Guia (Oldest Marian Images in the Philippines) Patroness of Ermita, where the image is enshrined. The image was found in 1571 by Spanish soldiers, who saw it being venerated by natives in a shrine made of wood surrounded by pandan leaves. The image is enshrined at Ermita Church where it has survived … Read more

The street that connects C.M. Recto Avenue to Malacanang Palace, crosses the Estero de San Miguel into the San Miguel district. Site of many popular or mass protests due to its proximity to the palace, which is the seat of national executive power. Witness to violent dispersals which have resulted in deaths such as during … Read more

Please visit our Serafin Quiason Resource Center (SQRC) aka NHCP Library on the Ground Floor, NHCP Building, TM Kalaw St. Ermita, Manila. We are open Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, although we are closed on weekends and holidays. Some materials in the SQRC are available on the National Memory Project (memory.nhcp.gov.ph) but … Read more

The Griffin is an English ship built in 1747 in the Blackwall dockyard along the Thames River in London. It was one of the ships of the English East India Company (also called Honourable East India Company, or HEIC) that actively pursued trade with the East Indies and its vicinities, which included China. Its registered … Read more