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WEB -  INDEX

WEB-addresses (sub-domains) to each of all the single subject-pages on www.AboutPhilippines.ph

Philippines, government authorities etc.

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In Cebuano and many more languages you can get the text as pdf HERE and download both music and text HERE and music (mid) alone HERE and the music-notes for piano HERE and piano & guitar HERE

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look also HERE

 and a video with ilonggo language anthem HERE

with many more links to videos on You Tube with the anthem

Researches in two broad areas: Terrestrial and underwater archaeology.

Many good informations and photos

Look also HERE (many other good links)

Ancient and Pre-Spanish Era
Pre-Spanish influence, modern day
 Magellan and the Spanish influence
Americas first entanglement
The Japanese and WWII years
Americas final rule
Early Independence Period
The Marcos Era
The Aquino Years and Beyond

Many great illustrations - download the article HERE

(Tagalog: Kómonwélt ng Pilipinas, Spanish: Mancomunidad de Filipinas)

also known simply as the Commonwealth and as the Philippine Commonwealth, was the political designation of the Philippines from 1935 to 1946 when the country was a commonwealth with the United States

Many good photos, illustrations etc.

• The Philippines Then and Now
• Filipinos Unique Traditions
• History of the Filipino Language
• Philippine Wedding Culture & Superstitions
• Philippine Fiestas & Holidays

with many good links to the History of the Philippines

The peopling of the Philippines

by/Gaillard & Mallari

Wilhelm G. Solheim II Foundation for Philippine Archaeology, Inc.

Archaeology in the Philippines, the National Museum and an Emergent Filipino Nation

the oldest known fossil age of about 47,000 years remains of Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia — a portion of a human tibia — is from the Tabon Cave near Quezon, Palawan

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The Mannungul Jar was found in the Tabon Cave in Palawan

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Look much more HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE

Look also about Paleographs HERE

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with many good links to the History of the Philippines

A short Philippine History before the 1898 Revolution

with many good links to the History of the Philippines

as it is known in the Philippines, or the Balangiga affair, as it is known in the United States, was an incident in 1901 during the Philippine-American War where more than forty American soldiers were killed in a surprise guerrilla attack in the town of Balangiga on Samar island.

Read also HERE

with many good links to the History of the Philippines

National Heroes

and so many other good informations about nearly every kind of culture

so many great historical informations

The Philippines were considered to be a key part of the defence system of the Spanish Crown in the New World.

by Paul T. Gilbert

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Download the e-Book HERE

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In the Philippines, the baroque churches of the Spanish colonial period constitute the most emblematic element of the country's architectural heritage.

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Rajah Humabon was the Rajah (King) of Cebu at the time of Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan's arrival in the Philippines in 1521

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was a classical Philippine state which used to exist on Cebu island prior to the arrival of the Spanish.

with many good links to the History of the Philippines

and lowest of the page link to: Filipino Culture - Part I - Filipino Culture - Part II - Philippine Sights and Surroundings

look The Federal Republic of the Visayas (1898-1901) HERE

The surrenderd Ilonggo Nation

by/Elizabeth Medina

by E. WlCKBERG

So many very good articles

Tondo, also referred to as Tundo, Tundun, Tundok, was a Philippine fortified kingdom whose capital is located in the Manila Bay area, specifically north of the Pasig river, on Luzon island

and many links to former kingdoms in the Philippines

The Power of Sulu

Beyond the Currents - The Power of Sulu

Filhistory.com

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A Fragment of the Ilocano Lord's Prayer, 1620, including an Introduction of the 1621 Dotrina Cristiana.

Heritage - Museums - Historical Churches, Places & Landmarks

Culture - Anthem - Mythology - Legends & Folklore and much - much more about culture in Philippines

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Maps of Philippines, islands, Cities - Municipalities & Barangays

Also many other kind of maps of the Philippines

You can look all maps as an "Overview" together with more AboutPhilippines on our Photostation where it´s also possible to look all the maps in a diasshow

There are more than 260 maps in different size, age and details e.g. maps of:

• A - Adekey Island - Batanes Province, Agno River, Agusan Del Norte, Agusan Del Sur, Alaminos City, Antique Region Panay Island

• B - Babuyan islands, Bacolod City, Baguio, Bantayan, Bantayan & Botigues (Islands around North Cebu), Basilan island, Batan Island - Batanes Province, Batangas, Bataan, Baybay, Biliran Leyte Samar, Bohol, Boracay island, Budkinon

• C - Cagayan River, Camiguin island, Camputhaw, Capiz province, Cavite Province, Cebu, Cebu Province & Municipalities, Cebu North and Islands around, Cebu City, Clark Area, Compostela, Cordillera Administrative Region - CAR, Corregidor Island, Cotabato River (Mindanao River, Rio Grande de Mindanao, Pulangi River)

• D - Davao City, Davao-del-sur, Davao-oriental, Dipolog Dapitan, Dipolog Downtown, Do - ong

• G - Guimaras, Guintacan

• H - Hilantaga - an & Hilontugan, Hundred Islands National Park

• I - Ilocos Norte Municipalities, Iloilo City, "Ilonggo Nation", Island Garden City, Itbayat Island

• J - Jibitnil, Jolo & Sulu islands-groups

• K - Kamputhaw (Camputhaw)

• L - Laguna Province, Lake Lanao-Agus watershed, Las Piñas City, Lanao Del Norte, La-Union, Legazpi City Area, Leyte, Leyte Samar Biliran, Lingayen, Lipayran, Luzon

• M - Mactan and Olango islands, Maharlika Highway (The Pan-Philippine Highway AH26), Makati City, Malapascua, Mambacayao, Mandaue, Manila, Manila Railway and Street-Railway, Marikina - Pasig river drainagebasin, Marinduque, Mindanao, Mindanao River (Rio Grande de Mindanao, Cotabato River, Pulangi River), Mindoro - Puertogalera, Mindoro Oriental, Misamis Occidental Province, Misamis Oriental Province

• N - Negros, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental

• O - Olongapo City, Olango and Mactan islands, Ortigas

• P - Palawan, Panay, Pangasinan, Pangutaran island, Pasig - Marikina river, Philippines, Philippines with admin-informations, Philippines Airports, Philippine Regions - provinces and their capitals, Philippines´ languages, Philippine Ethnic & Tribal Groups, Polanco municipality, Puertogalera - Mindoro, Puertoprincesa, Pulangi River

• Q - Quezon

• R - Rio Grande de Cagayan - Cagayan River, Rio Grande de Mindanao, Rizal, Romblon

• S - Sabtang Island, Sagada Mt. Province, Samal islands, Samar, Siargao Island, Silion Island, Siquijor, Sorsogon, Subic, Sulu islands-group, Surigao

• T - Tacloban City, Talisay City, Tawi - tawi, Toledo City, Tribal people groups

• V - Visayas islands, Volcanoes, Vuhus Island

• Z - Zambales, Zamboanga, Zamboanga Peninsula

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