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Kiangan National Shrine

Philippines

The Kiangan National Shrine (Filipino: Bantayog sa Kiangan) also known as the Yamashita Shrine is a war memorial in Kiangan, Ifugao, Philippines. It commemorates the surrender of the top commander of Japanese Imperial Army in the Philippines General Tomoyuki Yamashita to the Allied forces, which led to the end of the Japanese occupation of the archipelago during World War II.

Monument data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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