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Malacanang of The Norte

Malacanang of the Norte was once the residence of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos when he was in Ilocos Norte. It now functions as a museum detailing Marcos's rule under martial law and the subsequent revolution that overthrew him in 1986. The mansion overlooks Paoay Lake and has seven rooms, each with exhibits centered around a theme from Marcos's administration. While originally built for Marcos, ownership of the property was stripped from his family in 2014 by an anti-graft court due to it being located in a national park.

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Malacanang of The Norte

Malacanang of the Norte was once the residence of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos when he was in Ilocos Norte. It now functions as a museum detailing Marcos's rule under martial law and the subsequent revolution that overthrew him in 1986. The mansion overlooks Paoay Lake and has seven rooms, each with exhibits centered around a theme from Marcos's administration. While originally built for Marcos, ownership of the property was stripped from his family in 2014 by an anti-graft court due to it being located in a national park.

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Malacanang of the Norte

Background
A mansion overlooking the sea, Malacanang Of The North once served as home of
former president Ferdinand E. Marcos. Today, it functions as a museum detailing the turbulent
political situation when Marcos ruled under martial law--which ended with a revolution in 1986.
Tour guides on hand can answer all of your questions, or you can read the brochures and signs in
several languages. If you're there just for the architecture and art, walk around by yourself and
admire numerous paintings on the walls. Put Malacanang Of The North into our Ilocos Norte
Province online journey planner to see other points of interest to visit during your vacation in Ilocos
Norte Province. The Malacañang of the North (Ilocano: Malacañang ti Amianan) and (Filipino:
Malakanyang sa Hilaga) is a presidential museum in Paoay, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. It was the
residence of the family of Ferdinand Marcos when he was the President of the Philippines.

History

The residence was built by the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA; now the Tourism
Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority or TIEZA) in 1977 for Marcos's 60th birthday, and
served as an official residence for the president's family when they were staying in Ilocos Norte.
It is a two-story mansion overlooking the Paoay Lake, and consists of seven (supposedly a lucky
number for Marcos) rooms, with each room having a theme of historical events from the Marcos
era: Study, Agriculture, Diplomacy, OFW (overseas Filipino workers), Culture, Nation Building
and Family.

While being administered by TIEZA, Cecile Licad played a Frédéric Chopin program at
the property in 2001. Usage of the property was turned over by the former president Benigno
Aquino III to the Ilocos Norte provincial government in 2010. Governor Imee Marcos, Ferdinand
Marcos's daughter, then had the property refurbished to be one of the province's tourist
attractions. Eric Zerrudo, of the University of Santo Tomas Center for Conservation of Cultural
Property and Environment in the Tropics, was commissioned to put together the exhibits in every
room, with each room centering on a theme of Marcos's public programs.

The Sandiganbayan anti-graft court stripped the Marcoses of the property in 2014, after it
voided a 1978 agreement between Marcos and the then PTA, deciding that since it is a national
park, Marcos had no legal rights over it since national parks are "inalienable public domain",
despite claims by Bongbong Marcos, the son of the former president, that the property was
owned by their family.

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