Corinthian Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Some of you might be interested... Went to visit the war memorial at Mt Samat, Bataan. Will follow Marek's method of putting the pix in spoiler fields for ease of loading. On the way to Mt Samat - The war memorial is located at the top of the mountain, with the cross at the summit - The cross is hollow, with an elevator to bring visitors to the viewing deck within the cross' arms. First pic is the view roughly to the south towards Mt Mariveles. Second pic is looking towards Manila Bay. Third pic is roughly to the north towards Mt Natib. Fourth pic is looking down to the memorial complex. Last pic shows some stuff on display outdoors - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corinthian Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share Posted March 8, 2014 Around the main building at the memorial are relief sculptures highlighting events of the Battle of Bataan - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corinthian Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share Posted March 8, 2014 Insignias in between each relief sculpture - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corinthian Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share Posted March 8, 2014 Memorial plaques - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corinthian Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share Posted March 8, 2014 Inside the main building, on the south wall, is a relief map of Bataan - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corinthian Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share Posted March 8, 2014 On the both south and north walls is a narration of the Battle of Bataan - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corinthian Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share Posted March 8, 2014 Some of the stuff on display outside - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corinthian Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share Posted March 8, 2014 That's all folks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul in Qatar Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Thank you for posting this. It is very sobering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Davis Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Paul I'm glad that something exists that can sober you up. It's obvious you can't seem to do it on your own. Tomas - thank you for the very moving photos. I've also seen them on Facebook where you posted them - great pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojan Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Relief sculptures are so soc-realism art-deco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corinthian Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 bojan: I had the same thought. reminded me of those soviet art hehe hehe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Tucan Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Nice travelogue, thanks for posting it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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