Manila
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...has many daily newspapers and periodicals, radio and television stations, a symphony orchestra, and more than 20 universities and colleges. These include the Univ. of Santo Tomas (1611), which during World War II served as an internment camp for thousands...national park on Manila Bay, contains a monument to Jose Rizal, who was executed by a Spanish firing squad there. History A fortified walled colony was established on the Pasig in 1571 by Lopez de Legaspi and developed mainly by Spanish...