List of public art in Metro Manila

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This is a list of public art in Metro Manila, organized by city and municipality. This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum, or installed in any other indoor public space.

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Note that Philippine copyright law does not provide freedom of panorama for copyrighted public art, and therefore several images may be missing from this list.

City of Manila

ImageTitle / Individual CommemoratedLocation and CoordinatesDateSculptor/ DesignerTypeSource and Notes
Adolfo López Mateos Plaza Mexico, Intramuros,

14°35′56″N120°58′51″E / 14.59891°N 120.98090°E / 14.59891; 120.98090 (Adolfo Lopez Monument)

Luis Antonio Sanguino
Alexander Pushkin Mehan Garden, Ermita,

14°35′31″N120°58′51″E / 14.591932°N 120.980851°E / 14.591932; 120.980851 (Alexander Pushkin Statue)

2010Grigory Potosky
[1]
Andres Bonifacio Ermita,

14°21′10″N120°35′06″E / 14.3527°N 120.5851°E / 14.3527; 120.5851 (Andres Bonifacio Shrine)

1998 Eduardo Castrillo
Manilajf8528 40.JPG Andrés de Urdaneta, Miguel López de Legazpi Intramuros,

14°35′02″N120°58′32″E / 14.58389°N 120.97549°E / 14.58389; 120.97549 (Monument to Legazpi and Urdaneta)

1893 Agustí Querol Subirats Statue
Arch of the Centuries.jpg Arch of the Centuries Plaza Intramuros, Sampaloc,

14°36′30″N120°59′27″E / 14.60841°N 120.99084°E / 14.60841; 120.99084 (Arch of the Centuries)

1611Decorative arch
Arsenio Lacson Plaza Lacson, Santa Cruz,

14°35′56″N120°58′51″E / 14.59891°N 120.98090°E / 14.59891; 120.98090 (Lacson Monument)

2003
Benigno Aquino Jr. Rizal Park, Ermita,

14°35′02″N120°58′32″E / 14.58389°N 120.97549°E / 14.58389; 120.97549 (Corazon Aquino Monument)

2010 Eduardo Castrillo
[2]
Cayetano Arellano Supreme Court Building, Ermita,

14°34′48″N120°59′09″E / 14.58001°N 120.98572°E / 14.58001; 120.98572 (José Abad Santos Statue)

2003Julie Lluch
[3]
Chino Roces Mendiola Street, San Miguel,

14°36′00″N120°59′29″E / 14.59996°N 120.99142°E / 14.59996; 120.99142 (Chino Roces Monument)

Florante Caedo
[4]
[ citation needed ]
Confucius Rizal Park, Ermita,

14°34′59″N120°58′40″E / 14.583069°N 120.977689°E / 14.583069; 120.977689 (Confucius Statue)

2009
[5]
Corazon Aquino Rizal Park, Ermita,

14°35′02″N120°58′32″E / 14.58389°N 120.97549°E / 14.58389; 120.97549 (Corazon Aquino Monument)

2010 Eduardo Castrillo
[2]
Dom Justo Takayama Plaza Dilao, Paco,

14°35′08″N120°59′38″E / 14.58545°N 120.99385°E / 14.58545; 120.99385 (Takayama Monument)

[ citation needed ]
Elpidio Quirino Malate,

14°20′06″N120°35′49″E / 14.3350°N 120.597°E / 14.3350; 120.597 (Elpidio R. Quirino Monument)

1994
Felipe Calderón Plaza Felipe Calderón, Santa Ana, 14°34′53″N121°00′44″E / 14.58151°N 121.01217°E / 14.58151; 121.01217 (Felipe Calderón) 1954
[6]
WTMP Pangkat B-9-3.jpg Francisco Carriedo Fountain Plaza Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz,

14°35′57″N120°58′48″E / 14.59916°N 120.98013°E / 14.59916; 120.98013 (Carriedo Fountain)

1882Fountain
Gomburza
Mariano Gomez, José Burgos, Jacinto Zamora
Fort Santiago, Intramuros,

14°34′57″N120°58′39″E / 14.58239°N 120.97737°E / 14.58239; 120.97737 (Gomburza Marker)

1972Solomon SapridRestored in 2018. [7]
Jaime Sin Rizal Park, Ermita,

14°35′01″N120°58′34″E / 14.58368°N 120.97598°E / 14.58368; 120.97598 (Jaime Cardinal Sin statue)

2012Shin Yanmin
[8]
José Abad Santos Supreme Court Building, Ermita,

14°34′48″N120°59′09″E / 14.58001°N 120.98572°E / 14.58001; 120.98572 (José Abad Santos Statue)

2003Julie Lluch
[3]
José P. Laurel Ermita,

14°34′24″N120°58′52″E / 14.57339°N 120.98101°E / 14.57339; 120.98101 (José P. Laurel statue)

José Martí Intramuros,

14°34′54″N120°58′36″E / 14.581669°N 120.976694°E / 14.581669; 120.976694 (José Martí bust)

2001Alberto Lescay
20161015 Titopao Rizal Monument.jpg José Rizal Rizal Park, Ermita,

14°35′00″N120°58′33″E / 14.58345°N 120.97576°E / 14.58345; 120.97576 (Rizal Monument)

1913 Richard Kissling Monument
José Sandino y Miranda Plaza Miranda, Quiapo,

14°35′54″N120°59′01″E / 14.59824°N 120.98360°E / 14.59824; 120.98360 (Plaza Miranda Monument)

2002
King Carlos IV of Spain.jpg King Carlos IV Plaza de Roma, Intramuros,

14°35′32″N120°58′23″E / 14.59219°N 120.97302°E / 14.59219; 120.97302 (King Carlos IV Monument)

1808–1824StatueCast in 1808, installed in 1824. [9]
King Felipe II Plaza España, Intramuros,

14°35′37″N120°58′28″E / 14.59355°N 120.97450°E / 14.59355; 120.97450 (King Felipe II Monument)

1998
Lapu-Lapu Rizal Park, Ermita,

14°35′03″N120°58′53″E / 14.58422°N 120.98142°E / 14.58422; 120.98142 (Lapu-Lapu Monument)

2004Juan Sajid Imao
Manuel Roxas Malate,

14°20′33″N120°35′07″E / 14.3424°N 120.5852°E / 14.3424; 120.5852 (Manuel Roxas Monument)

2005
Memorare - Manila 1945
World War II Battle of Manila
Plaza de Santa Isabel, Intramuros,

14°35′25″N120°58′28″E / 14.59041°N 120.97441°E / 14.59041; 120.97441 (Memorare Manila)

1995Peter Guzman
Mexico-Philippines Friendship MonumentPlaza Mexico, Intramuros,

14°35′40″N120°58′29″E / 14.59443°N 120.97459°E / 14.59443; 120.97459 (Mexico-Philippines Friendship Monument)

1966
Benavides Monument 2010.jpg Miguel de Benavides University of Santo Tomas, Sampaloc,

14°36′33″N120°59′25″E / 14.60910°N 120.99032°E / 14.60910; 120.99032 (Benavides Monument)

1891Tony NoelStatue
Muhammad Kudarat Rizal Park, Ermita,

14°34′50″N120°58′41″E / 14.58051°N 120.97810°E / 14.58051; 120.97810 (Sultan Kudarat Head Bust)

Bust
Intramurosjf9916 12.JPG Queen Isabel II Puerta Isabel II, Intramuros

14°35′39″N120°58′34″E / 14.59412°N 120.97617°E / 14.59412; 120.97617 (Queen Isabel II Monument)

1860 Ponciano Ponzano Statue
Rajah Sulayman Plaza Rajah Sulayman, Malate

14°34′08″N120°59′01″E / 14.56877°N 120.98374°E / 14.56877; 120.98374 (Rajah Sulayman Monument)

1976 Eduardo Castrillo
Ramon Magsaysay Malate

14°34′14″N120°58′57″E / 14.57052°N 120.98244°E / 14.57052; 120.98244 (Ramon Magsaysay Monument)

NHI marker from 2007.
Sigaw ng Tondo
Cry of Tondo
Plaza Moriones, Tondo

14°36′34″N120°57′59″E / 14.60936°N 120.96652°E / 14.60936; 120.96652 (Sigaw ng Tondo Monument)

1978 Eduardo Castrillo
WTMP Team Waka Waka A-23.JPG Simón de Anda Anda Circle, Port Area

14°35′27″N120°58′15″E / 14.59080°N 120.97083°E / 14.59080; 120.97083 (Anda Monument)

1871Monument

Caloocan

ImageTitle / Individual CommemoratedLocationDateSculptor/ DesignerTypeNotes
BonifacioMonumentjf9933 13.JPG Andres Bonifacio Grace Park

14°39′25″N120°59′02″E / 14.65708°N 120.98397°E / 14.65708; 120.98397 (Bonifacio Monument)

1933 Guillermo Tolentino Monument

Makati

ImageTitle / Individual CommemoratedLocationDateSculptor/ DesignerTypeNotes
Benigno Aquino Jr. Ayala Avenue and Paseo de Roxas

14°33′24″N121°01′17″E / 14.55678°N 121.02151°E / 14.55678; 121.02151 (Aquino Monument)

1990sPeter de Guzman [12]
Pío del Pilar Makati Avenue and Paseo de Roxas

14°33′29″N121°01′33″E / 14.55809°N 121.02591°E / 14.55809; 121.02591 (Pio del Pilar Monument)

1972Jose M. Mendoza
Gabriela Silang Ayala Avenue and Makati Avenue1971Jose M. Mendoza [14]
Sultan Kudarat Paseo de Roxas and Makati Avenue1973Jose M. Mendoza [15]

Quezon City

ImageTitle / Individual CommemoratedLocationDateSculptor/ DesignerTypeNotes
Boy Scouts of the Philippines 11th World Scout Jamboree Memorial South Triangle

14°38′05″N121°02′07″E / 14.634806°N 121.035361°E / 14.634806; 121.035361 (Boy Scouts of the Philippines 11th World Scout Jamboree Memorial)

1965
Maypagasa
Katipunan, Cry of Balintawak Monument
Balintawak

14°39′25″N120°59′59″E / 14.65685°N 120.99966°E / 14.65685; 120.99966 (Cry of Balintawak Monument)

1996 Napoleon Abueva Statue [16] See also the 1911 monument relocated to U.Philippines in 1968 [17]
Manuel Luis Quezon Diliman

14°39′03″N121°02′54″E / 14.65074°N 121.04822°E / 14.65074; 121.04822 (Quezon Monument)

1978 Federico Ilustre
Oblation Diliman

14°39′18″N121°03′53″E / 14.65487°N 121.06486°E / 14.65487; 121.06486 (Oblation)

1935 Guillermo Tolentino
People Power Revolution White Plains

14°36′00″N121°03′35″E / 14.59997°N 121.05985°E / 14.59997; 121.05985 (People Power Monument)

1993 Eduardo Castrillo

San Juan

ImageTitle / Individual CommemoratedLocationDateSculptor/ DesignerTypeNotes
Katipunan

The Spirit of Pinaglabanan

Pinaglabanan Shrine

14°36′17″N121°01′52″E / 14.60477°N 121.03118°E / 14.60477; 121.03118 (Pinaglabanan Monument)

1974 Eduardo Castrillo War memorial [18]

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