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Malacañan Palace: A Quick Guide

Malacañan Palace—the official residence of the President of the Philippines, situated in the old Manila district of San Miguel. Over the 175—odd years that government has owned the place, the building has been remodeled, expanded, demolished, and rebuilt, and the adjoining land was also bought. Whatever remained of the original structure must have disappeared in the 1978-1979 rebuilding by then First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos. The name is derived from the Tagalog word “Mamalakaya-han,” which meant the place of fishermen in Tagalog. It was later on Hispanicized and simplified to “Malacañan.”

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