Mount Samat Shrine (Dambana ng Kagitingan)
Dambana ng Kagitingan
A hilltop memorial to the 1942 Battle of Bataan, with a 92-meter cross that you can ride up in an elevator for views over Manila Bay.
Mount Samat Shrine, known in Filipino as Dambana ng Kagitingan, is in Pilar, Bataan. It commemorates the Bataan Peninsula campaign in World War II, in which American and Filipino forces resisted the Japanese, and the Bataan Death March that followed. The mountainside has colonnades, an altar and a war museum. At the summit stands a cross about 92 meters tall. An elevator takes visitors to a viewing gallery at the arms of the cross. On clear days you can see Manila Bay and Corregidor Island in the distance. Entrance costs about PHP 30–50, and the elevator is an extra charge. The site is about 3 hours’ drive from Manila.
Opening hours
About 08:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar
- Corregidor Island
- Binondo Chinatown
- Fort Santiago
- Divisoria Market
- Intramuros
- Manila Cathedral
- Manila Ocean Park