The Apolinario Mabini Shrine ( fil, Dambanang Apolinario Mabini) is a historic site in

Santa Mesa Santa Mesa is a district in Manila, Philippines. It is surrounded by Pasig River on the southwestern side, and by the San Juan River on its southern and eastern side. Land borders include the districts of San Miguel to the west and Sampaloc t ...

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. It is noted for being the residence of Filipino military leader

Apolinario Mabini Apolinario Mabini y Maranan (, July 23, 1864 – May 13, 1903) was a Filipino revolutionary leader, educator, lawyer, and statesman who served first as a legal and constitutional adviser to the Revolutionary Government, and then as the first ...

who figured in the Philippine Revolution. Originally situated along the Nagtahan River, the structure was moved to the

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main campus in Santa Mesa, Manila in the mid-2000s.

History

As house of Apolinario Mabini

The bamboo-and-nipa house which would later become known as the Mabini Shrine was owned by Cecilio del Rosario and Maxima Castañeda. The del Rosarios became related by affinity to

, a significant figure of the Philippine Revolution, after Mabini's younger brother married a woman in the del Rosario family. The original house used to be located across the river in Nagtahan,

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first lived in this house in 1888, the year he entered law school at the

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. He continued to live there through most of his adulthood. On May 13, 1903, Mabini died of cholera at the age of 39 in this house.

Relocation

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The house was moved to the south bank of the Nagtahan River in 1960, within the Presidential Security Group Compound in Malacañang Park in order to give way for the widening of Nagtahan Bridge (now Mabini Bridge). It was then restored under the supervision of National Artist for Architecture,

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. In April 2007, the

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proposed that the Mabini Shrine be relocated to another site, as part of a project to widen the Pasig River. Dante G. Guevarra, President of the

(PUP), proposed in 2007 to have the house moved inside the main campus of his university. PUP allocated of land for the shrine and officially renamed its campus as the PUP Mabini Campus. There was a proposal to move the house inside the Arroceros Park, a plan which had the support of Mayor

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. On February 8, 2010, former Philippine president

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, issued Proclamation 1992 declaring the PUP Mabini Campus in

as a permanent home of the Mabini Shrine. This is to prevent another relocation that "may further diminish its historical and architectural authenticity and sanctity as a National Shrine". A yearlong project was undertaken in 2013 to restore the house and its surrounding grounds. The structure also hosts a museum known as the ''Museo ni Mabini'' () featuring objects once owned by Apolinario Mabini and other memorabilia

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* {{Coord, 14.59818, N, 121.00541, E, display=title Buildings and structures in Santa Mesa Houses in Metro Manila Museums in Manila Historic house museums in the Philippines History museums in the Philippines Cultural Properties of the Philippines in Metro Manila Tourist attractions in Manila Polytechnic University of the Philippines National Shrines of the Philippines