EDSA Shrine
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- Best time to go
- December–February
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- wheelchair-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
This church and monument at a major junction commemorates the peaceful People Power Revolution of 1986 that ended two decades of authoritarian rule. Completed in 1989, the complex centres on a bronze statue of the Virgin Mary atop a domed shrine, recalling the role of prayer and nonviolent crowds in the uprising. Located where hundreds of thousands gathered along the ring road named EDSA, it serves as a site of pilgrimage and annual commemoration. The monument links the country's democratic renewal to its deep Catholic traditions.
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