The Andres Bonifacio Monument sculpted by the late sculptor Eduardo Castrillo
The Andres Bonifacio Monument Park, a public park and plaza also known as the Kartilya ng Katipunan or Heroes Park, is located just north of the Manila City Hall and south of Mehan Garden and Liwasang Bonifacio.
Check out “Liwasang Bonifacio“
The Kartilya (primer) of the Katipunan, a guidebook, written by Emilio Jacinto, for new members of the organization which laid out the groups rules and principles
Its centerpiece, the Bonifacio and the Katipunan Revolution Monument, fronting Padre Burgos Avenue, is dedicated to Filipino revolutionary Andrés Bonifacio and the Philippine Revolution. Designed by the late Filipino sculptor Eduardo Castrillo, it was unveiled in 1998.
National Historical Institute Plaque
On September 21, 2006, Mayor Lito Atienza inaugurated the Victims of Martial Law Memorial Wall at the park. In 2019, the plaza was rehabilitated by Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso who ordered the removal of occupying vendors and vagrants.
Flagpoles with the different flags of the Katipunan
Continuous cleanup and removal of illegal vendors has made visible the bronze monument commemorating Emilio Jacinto, which had been obscured for several years. Additional flora were added and Bermuda grass was planted, turning it into a promenade.
A musical dancing fountain, worth Php40 million paid for by tycoon Manny V. Pangilinan, was also installed in front of the Andres Bonifacio Monument Park. Inaugurated last February 12, 2020, the rectangular fountain appears like, with its shape and multi-colored LED lighting, the Philippine flag when viewed from the top. The lights moved to various local novelty songs.
The author in front of the Musical Dancing Fountain
A little over eight months later, on October 5, 2020, a fragment of the 155 km. long and 3.95 m. (13 ft.) tall Berlin Wall (which stood from August 13, 1961 until November 9, 1989), identified as “Fragment 22.”
The glass-enclosed fragment of the Berlin Wall
Donated by the city government of Berlin in Germany to the Philippines on November 27, 2014 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall, it was first housed at the National Museum of the Philippines and later placed at the Andres Bonifacio Monument Park.
Plaque commemorating the installation of Berlin Wall fragment in the park
Standing 3.65 m. (12 ft.) tall and 1.2 m. (4 ft.) wide, it weighs 1,273 kgs. (2.8 tons). Fragment 22, also called “Mauerteil,” is the 22nd of the wall’s 40 sections. The Philippines was the first Southeast Asian country to receive a fragment of the Berlin Wall.
Plaque narrating the history of the Berlin Wall
Near the monument is a bike rack cum art installation called “Tabak,” one of four (the others are the “Kalesa” at Plaza Roma, “Alon” at Rajah Sulayman Park and “Maya” at Liwasang Bonifacio) designed by Tondo-born and raised Mark Wesley Pahate and installed on May 8, 2021 (Flag Day) by Allianz PNB.
“Tabak,” a bike rack cum art installation
Bonifacio Shrine: 1000 Taft Ave., Ermita, Manila. Hourly musical fountain show: every 15 mins., from 6:30 – 11 PM. Coordinates: 14°35′27.3″N 120°58′51.9″E.