Yolanda Memorial Cross

Yolanda Memorial Cross is a memorial in Palo, Leyte Island, Eastern Visayas, Davao Region. Yolanda Memorial Cross is situated near the cemetery Yolanda Mass Grave, as well as near the government office LTO Regional Office 8.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: MacArthur Park and Leyte Landing historical marker.

MacArthur Park

Park

The MacArthur Leyte Landing Memorial National Park is a protected area of the Philippines that commemorates the historic landing of General Douglas MacArthur in Leyte Gulf at the start of the campaign to recapture and liberate the Philippines from Japanese occupation on 20 October 1944. MacArthur Park is situated 610 metres south of Yolanda Memorial Cross.

Leyte Landing historical marker

Memorial

Photo: Leocvlauzon, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Leyte Landing historical marker is a memorial, which is situated 610 metres south of Yolanda Memorial Cross.

Palo Cathedral

Church

Photo: Jojit fb, CC BY 4.0.

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord's Transfiguration, also known as Transfiguration of Our Lord's Cathedral or simply Palo Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church located at Palo, Leyte, in the Philippines belonging to the Vicariate of Palo under the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palo. Palo Cathedral is situated 3 km southwest of Yolanda Memorial Cross.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tacloban and Tanauan.

Tacloban

Photo: JinJian, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tacloban is a city in Eastern Visayas and the capital of the province of Leyte. It's the home of the Pintados Festival, a cultural event in Leyte commemorating the life and culture of the early settlers of Tacloban.

Tanauan

Photo: DFID - UK Department for International Development, CC BY 2.0.

Tanauan, officially the Municipality of Tanauan, is a first-class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 60,212 people.

Yolanda Memorial Cross

Type: Memorial
Category: historic site
Location: Palo, Leyte Island, Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Municipality of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte, Davao Region, Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude

11.17747° or 11° 10′ 39″ north

Longitude

125.01071° or 125° 0′ 39″ east

Open location code

7Q3752G6+X7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11074553005

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Yolanda Mass Grave and LTO Regional Office 8.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: IBC-6, Palo, Leyte and Veteran’s Museum.

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Worth a closer look: Tacloban and Ormoc.

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