Palo, Leyte
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Palo, Leyte is a coastal municipality in the Philippines’ Eastern Visayas region, historically significant as a major World War II landing site of General Douglas MacArthur and now a center of heritage and religious tourism.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Palo, Leyte, Philippines | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | municipality ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| hasAdministrativeRole | seat of the Archdiocese of Palo ⓘ |
| hasBodyOfWater |
Leyte Gulf
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Juanico Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimate | tropical rainforest climate ⓘ |
| hasCommemoration | annual World War II landing anniversary ⓘ |
| hasCommemorativeStructure | monuments to World War II landings ⓘ |
| hasEcclesiasticalJurisdiction | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
services ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasHeritageType |
religious heritage
ⓘ
war heritage ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalEvent |
Leyte Gulf landings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Return of General Douglas MacArthur to the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIsland | Leyte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lord’s Transfiguration
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MacArthur Landing Memorial National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ MacArthur Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord’s Transfiguration NERFINISHED ⓘ Palo Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Filipino NERFINISHED ⓘ Waray-Waray ⓘ |
| hasMajorReligion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCity | Tacloban City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReconstructionEffort | post–Typhoon Haiyan rehabilitation ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSignificance | center of Catholic devotion in Leyte ⓘ |
| hasTourismType |
historical tourism
ⓘ
pilgrimage tourism ⓘ |
| isCenterOf |
heritage tourism
ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ |
| isCoastalSettlement | true ⓘ |
| isSuburbanAreaOf | Tacloban metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Leyte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInIslandGroup | Visayas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProvince | Leyte province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Eastern Visayas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | eastern coast of Leyte Island ⓘ |
| partOf | Philippine archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasAffectedBy |
Super Typhoon Yolanda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Typhoon Haiyan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasLandingSiteOf |
Allied forces in World War II
ⓘ
General Douglas MacArthur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Palo, Leyte, Philippines