La Loma Cemetery

We went to the La Loma Cemetery last April 13, 2009 to get some pictures for posting here a Sementeryo files. Before we did that, however, we did some research and found out that picture taking is not allowed inside so we had to do with whatever we can get.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of these “apartments” are tagged as “For Exhumation”. These are for those who are not up-to-date in their payments (I wonder where they place the bones). Yes, even in death you have to pay rent.

This, on the other hand, is the final resting place of one of the renowned boxers of the Philippines whose name escapes me right now. In my stupidity, I forgot to take the name and was relying on the picture which, unfortunately, was taken too far.

 

 

 

 

 

This is the final resting place of some of the bishops/ archbishops of Manila. We also found out that a lot of the religious orders bury their dead in La Loma.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

La Loma Cemetery is a pretty laid-back cemetery as compared to the Manila North Cemetery. Here, you can take a leisure walk without having to worry about your bag or your cellphone or you smashing into a running kid. The streets are also wider and the tombs are much more creepy! (read: BIGGGGG mausoleums!)

Josefa Llanes Escoda is one of those interred here albeit in an unmarked grave.  The La Loma Cemetery is one those areas that served as an execution site by the Japanese during the second World War.

….And It Began

One of my favorite cemeteries is the Manila North Cemetery. Practically my whole ancestors are interred there. My beloved “tatay” is now a mainstay there (We miss you ‘tay!). So where better place to start our journey than at the “Norte”.

The Manila North Cemetery is famous since it houses several famous people such as:

• Diosdado Macapagal
• Ramon Magsaysay and his immediate family members
• Manuel Roxas
• Sergio Osmeña
• Claro M. Recto
• Antonio Villegas, a Manila mayor
• Arsenio Lacson, another Manila mayor
• Fernando Poe, Jr.
• Pancho Villa
• Francis Harrison (yes, the governor-general!)
• Jose Maria Basa, one of Jose Rizal’s friends
• Doña Sisang of the LVN pictures
• Marcelo del Pilar
• Julio and Juan Nakpil
• Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo
• Gregoria de Jesus-Nakpil – wife of Andres Boniacio who later became the wife of Julio Nakpil (I did not know this one!)
• Pedro Paterno

You can check the complete list at the Manila North Cemetery Web Page.

We found this hidden near the Jewish graveyard.

This actually forms the center part of the graveyard

I honestly did not know that Manila North Cemetery has a graveyard for Jews. It was hidden near the Mousoleo de los Veteranos de la Revolucion.

We were actually aiming for the names listed. Oh well!

 

Huseng Batute’s final resting place. He is known for his poem “Bayan ko” (Panitikang Pilipino!)

The final resting place of Francis Harrison, An American Governor-General.

The Manila North Cemetery is also known for being the final resting place of the Boy Scouts who met an accident on their way to a jamboree. They were the same scouts whose names have been immortalized by the streets of Quezon City. Aside from this, Manila North Cemetery also holds the remains of some of the American teachers who came to the Philippines and helped improved the educational system.

Other sights – next to the graveyard for those who dies in war (I believe it’s the Spanish-American War, although I’m not quite sure), you can see the final resting place of cops who were killed in the line of duty.

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