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The earliest-known photograph of Malacañan Palace
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Malacañan Palace towards the end of the nineteenth century would adopt grander and more imposing dimensions
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In 1896, the accomplished Filipino painter Félix Resurrección Hidalgo completed his painting featuring Gomez Perez de Dasmariñas, who governed the Philippines between 1590 and 1593.
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Fernando Primo de Rivera y Sobremonte, Marquis of Estella, Governor and Captain-General from 1880 to 1883, and again in 1897.
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Camilo Garcia de Polavieja, Marquis of Pidal, Governor and Captain-General from December, 1896 to April, 1897.
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Ramon Blanco y Erenas, Marquis of Peña Plata, Governor and Captain-General from 1893 to 1896, in a celebrated portrait by the great Filipino painter Juan Luna y Novicio, who was a personal friend.
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Basilio Augustí y Dávíla, Governor and Captain-General of the Philippines from April to August, 1898.
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A portrait in oil of Narciso Claveria y Zaldua, Count of Manila, and Governor and Captain-General of the Philippines from 1844 to 1849.
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This is a mid-nineteenth century view of a riverine scene not far from the capital by Jose Honorato Lozano.
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Boatmen on the Pasig river, such as in this 1834 view upstream from Malacañan drawn by the Frenchman Dunaime, would have been a typical sight.
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"Pasig river in Malacañan", a photograph undated but probably from the 1880s of two sailors rowing upstream.
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The Malacañan rest house, in a watercolor by José Honorato Lozano
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In the middle of 1885, Chief Engineer José Diaz Meño proposed a new and larger riverfront azotea or terrace to Jovellar's successor Emilio Terrero y Perinat
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By 1890, Manila and its suburbs had, over the course of the decades, experienced huge growth.
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The sketch of the grounds of Malacañan Palace, dated November 5, 1897
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One of the very last works carried out on the Spanish Palace of Malacañan, shown in these highly damaged plans by Luis del Rosario y Rivas dated May 1897
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The image of the Malacañan country house contained in this 1839 plan by Luis Angel Garcia is the oldest yet identified.
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A comprehensive rebuilding of the entire complex at the Palace took place in 1883, during the administration of Joaquin Jovellar y Soler
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A comprehensive rebuilding of the entire complex at the Palace took place in 1883, during the administration of Joaquin Jovellar y Soler
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A comprehensive rebuilding of the entire complex at the Palace took place in 1883, during the administration of Joaquin Jovellar y Soler
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A comprehensive rebuilding of the entire complex at the Palace took place in 1883, during the administration of Joaquin Jovellar y Soler
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On February 7, 1885, the Inspector-General of Public Works, Manuel Ramirez Bazán, sent Jovellar a Memoria on works to be executed at the Palace in preparation for the visit of Prince Oscar of Sweden.
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At the August 24, 1877, meeting of the Board of Authorities, the minutes of which are preserved
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Special Commission for the Furnishing and Decoration of the Palace of Malacañan
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Luis Cépedes, the architect in charge of the renovation and enlargement of Malacañan Palace made numerous notes, computations and sketches for the project which starting in 1875, took almost three years to complete.
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Luis Cépedes, the architect in charge of the renovation and enlargement of Malacañan Palace made numerous notes, computations and sketches for the project which starting in 1875, took almost three years to complete.
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Luis Cépedes, the architect in charge of the renovation and enlargement of Malacañan Palace made numerous notes, computations and sketches for the project which starting in 1875, took almost three years to complete.
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Luis Cépedes, the architect in charge of the renovation and enlargement of Malacañan Palace made numerous notes, computations and sketches for the project which starting in 1875, took almost three years to complete.
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Luis Cépedes, the architect in charge of the renovation and enlargement of Malacañan Palace made numerous notes, computations and sketches for the project which starting in 1875, took almost three years to complete.
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Malacañan Palace, before the 1875 renovations and enlargement, drawn by the State Architect, Luis Cépedes.
