Mount Samat National Shrine
The Mount Samat National Shrine, also known as the Shrine of Valor, is a historical shrine located near the summit of Mount Samat in Pilar, Bataan, Philippines.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Shrine complex in Bataan, Philippines
- Also known as: “Mount Samat National Shrine Cross” and “Mount Samat Shrine”
- Address: Mount Samat Road, Pilar, 2101
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Samat.
Mount Samat
Peak
Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Samat is a mountain in the town of Pilar, Bataan, Philippines. Located near its summit is the Mount Samat National Shrine, a national shrine dedicated to the fallen Filipino and American fallen during World War II.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orion and Balanga.
Orion
Town
Photo: Ramon FVelasquez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Orion, officially the Municipality of Orion, is a municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 63,044 people. Orion is situated 7 km east of Mount Samat National Shrine.
Balanga
Balanga, officially the City of Balanga, is a component city and capital of the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 109,931 people. It was included the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2015.Mount Samat National Shrine
- Categories: military museum and tourism
- Location: Pilar, Bataan, Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
14.60651° or 14° 36′ 23″ northLongitude
120.50936° or 120° 30′ 34″ eastElevation
530 metres (1,739 feet)Operator
Bataan Provincial Government;Philippine Veterans Affairs Office;Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone AuthorityOpen location code
7Q62JG45+JPOpenStreetMap ID
way 236941742OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
11820582Wikidata ID
Q843937
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tagalog—“Mount Samat National Shrine” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “美國遠東陸軍”
- Chinese: “萨马特山国家圣地”
- Chinese: “薩馬特山國家聖地”
- Dutch: “Mount Samat National Shrine”
- German: “Mount Samat”
- German: “Samat”
- Iloko: “Nailian a Santuario ti Bantay Samat”
- Portuguese: “Monte Samat”
- Tagalog: “Dambana ng Kagitingan”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Samat National Shrine”. Photo: SamTan, CC BY-SA 3.0.