Dambana ng Kagitingan (Shrine of Valor) on Mount Samat

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monument war memorial

Dambana ng Kagitingan (Shrine of Valor) on Mount Samat is a monumental World War II memorial in the Philippines honoring the Filipino and American soldiers who fought and died in the Battle of Bataan.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	monument → war memorial →
access	open to the public →
alsoKnownAs	Shrine of Valor →
architect	Natale G. Constantino →
category	World War II memorial in the Philippines → historical site in the Philippines → tourist attraction in Bataan →
commemorates	American soldiers → Battle of Bataan → Filipino soldiers → World War II →
country	Philippines →
hasPart	Memorial Cross → colonnade → war museum →
hasRelief	sculptural murals depicting war scenes →
hasView	Bataan Peninsula → Manila Bay →
height	about 92 meters →
heritageDesignation	National Shrine of the Philippines →
inauguratedBy	Ferdinand Marcos →
inception	1966 →
languageOfAlternateName	English →
languageOfName	Filipino →
locatedIn	Bataan → Luzon → Mount Samat → Pilar, Bataan →
locatedOn	Mount Samat National Shrine complex →
materialUsed	concrete → marble → steel →
nativeLabel	Dambana ng Kagitingan →
operator	Philippine Veterans Affairs Office →
ownedBy	Government of the Philippines →
purpose	to honor defenders of Bataan → to serve as a national symbol of courage →
significantDate	Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) →
significantEvent	Fall of Bataan commemoration →
theme	heroism → sacrifice →
visitorPurpose	tourism → war remembrance →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bataan Peninsula →	hasMemorial