Apolinario Mabini Shrine Tanauan | Apolinario Mabini MarkerApolinario Mabini Shrine Tanauan | Apolinario Mabini Marker is a National Shrine, NHCP; Work of National Artist for Architecture Juan F. Nakpil; Registered Property, Province of Batangas; Registered Property, City of Tanauan, Batangas located at Tanauan, Batangas, Region IV-A.
The Birthplace of Apolinario Mabini and a memorial to the “Sublime Paralytic”. Original memorabilia are on display.
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It houses the remains and personal belonging of the late Apolinario Mabini the hero and “Brain of the Katipunan.”
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Apolinario Mabini
Dito Ipinanganak Hulyo 23, 1864 Apolinario Mabini
Makabayan, estadista, manananggol, manunulat hinggil sa politika, guro. Anak nina Inocencio Mabini at Dionisia Maranan. Nagmula sa isang dukhang angkan. Lumahok sa Himagsikan at naging punong tagapayo ni Heneral Emilio Aguinaldo. Dinapuan ng paralisis, Enero, 1896. Ibinilanggo ng mga Kastila nang sumunod na Oktubre, at ng mga Amerikano, 1899. Ipinatapon sa Guam, Enero 15, 1901; nagbalik, Pebrero 26, 1903; namatay sa Maynila, Mayo 13, 1903.
Year Unveiled: 1952
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Apolinario Mabini
Patriot, statesman, lawyer, political writer, educator. Son of Inocencio Mabini and Dionisia Maranan. Rose from poverty. Joined the Revolution becoming chief adviser of General Emilio Aguinaldo. Struck with paralysis, January, 1896. Imprisoned by the Spaniards, following October; by the Americans, 1899. Exiled to Guam, January 15, 1901; returned February 26, 1903; died in Manila, May 13, 1903.
Year Unveiled: 1952
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The structure has two pylons symbolizing greatness at the front of Shrine's entrance. There was a library and a museum each flanks the stairs leading to the mausoleum. Still remains a solid white marble bust of Mabini carved by G. T. Nepomuceno, marks the site where the hero's remain lie in repose. On the left side sits a replica of the bamboo-fenced nipa hut where Mabini was born. The museum is a two-level PWD-friendly building with seven (7) galleries, one (1) audio visual room and one (1) stereoscopic room.