Heroes' Cemetery

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Coordinates: 14°31′10.79″N 121°2′39.17″E / 14.5196639°N 121.0442139°E / 14.5196639; 121.0442139

Heroes' Cemetery
Libingan ng Mga Bayani.jpg
The gravestones at Heroes' Cemetery
Details
Established1947
Location
CountryPhilippines
TypePublic
Owned byDepartment of National Defense (Philippines)
WebsiteOfficial webpage from the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office
Find a GraveFindagrave

Heroes' Cemetery (Tagalog: Libingan ng mga Bayani) is the national cemetery of the Philippines. It is in Manila. The cemetery was created in 1947 as a military cemetery. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is in the center of the cemetery.

Other websites[change | change source]

  • Official webpage from the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office Archived 2009-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
  • Romulo D. Quemado II, Corps Notes, Philippine Marine Corps (archived from the original on 2008-02-13)
  • "Libingan ng mga Bayani (Cemetery of the Heroes)". Find A Grave. Retrieved 2009-06-16. (coordinates)