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Description: Malacañang Palace[1] [2] (Filipino: Palasyo ng Malakanyang), officially Malacañan Palace or simply "the Palace", is the official residence, but not the actual residence, and principal workplace of the President of the Philippines. It is located along Pasig River, Governors-General Francis Burton Harrison and Dwight F. Davis built an executive building, the Kalayaan Hall, which was later transformed into a museum. Since 1986 when Cory Aquino became president, only one president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, has actually lived in the palace proper, though all lived on the grounds or nearby.[3]Coordinates: 14°35'38"N 120°59'39"E [4] 1000 José P. Laurel Street, San Miguel, Manila[5]Malacañang Palace and Museum Site of the presidency of the Philippines. The Malacañang Museum is situated in historic Kalayaan Hall – the old Executive Building built in 1920 lat: 14.5935506821, long: 120.995094299 [6] New Malacañang Facebook page seeks pics from Palace visitors[7]
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