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ANDRES BONIFACIO SHRINE @ Sampaloc Lake


a. The official name of the memorial is “Andres Bonifacio Shrine.”

b. The figure of Andres Bonifacio was sculptured on concrete cement
by Conrado Balubayan of Bagumbayan, Santa Cruz, Laguna

c. The construction was funded by the local government unit through
budgetary appropriation enacted by the Sangguniang Panglunsod
for Calendar Year 1997, on motion of Kagawad Ireneo G. Biglete
as part of the preparation.to commemorate the centennial of the
Declaration of the Philippine Indepencence. This is in compliance with the provision of Republic Act No. 7356 creating the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

d. The shrine is located on the western bank of Sampaloc Lake, a stone
throw from the monument of the martyrs of the country (martirez dela
Patria) at the end of Andres Bonifacio Street. The 8-foot figure of Andres Bonifacio is facing South.

e. The bidding for the project was done on February of 1997 and the
shrine was formally inaugurated on November 30, 1997, on time with
the commemoration of the 134th birth anniversary of the Founder
of the Katipunan.

f. The total cost of the project was P200,000.00. P120,000 of which was
for the preparation of the architectural design and execution of the sculptural works. The preparation of the pedestal, which is made of
concrete with marble slabs was undertaken by administration of the
City Engineer’s Office. The recent improvements and expansion of the
setting was funded by the Kiwanis Clubs in San Pablo City, and the
Seven Lakes International (a federation of San Pablo City Associations
in the United States and Canada.)

g. Andres Bonifacio is consider as “The Hero of Manila,” and when City
Mayor Alfredo Lim learned of the inauguration of a Bonifacio Shrine
in San Pablo City, he sent a congratulatory message, since San Pablo
City under the leadership of Mayor Vicente B. Amante, is the only
local government unit in the country that have choosen Bonifacio as the cernter piece in the commemoration of the centennial of the
declaration of the Philippine Independence.

PEDRITO D. BIGUERAS

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