Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz is a quarter in Capital District, Metro Manila. Santa Cruz is situated nearby to the neighborhood Ecoville, as well as near Olympia Ville.

Type: Quarter with 6,330 residents
Description: barangay of the Philippines in the city of Makati
Also known as: “Barangay Sta. Cruz”, “Bgy. Santa Cruz”, “Bgy. Sta. Cruz”, “Brgy. Santa Cruz”, “Brgy. Sta. Cruz”, “Santa Cruz, Makati City”, “Sta. Cruz”, “Sta. Cruz, Makati”, and “Sta. Cruz, Makati City”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rizal Memorial Stadium and Vito Cruz station.

Rizal Memorial Stadium

Stadium

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The Rizal Memorial Track and Football Stadium is a stadium in Manila, Philippines. Part of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex which is designated by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines as a historical landmark, it served as the main stadium of the 1954 Asian Games and the Southeast Asian Games on three occasions.

Vito Cruz station

Railway station

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Vito Cruz station is an elevated Light Rail Transit station located on the LRT Line 1 system in Malate, Manila. It is the first station going north and the last station going south to lie within Manila city bounds.

Ayala Museum

Museum

The Ayala Museum is a museum in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is run privately by the Ayala Foundation and houses archaeological, ethnographic, historical, fine arts, numismatics, and ecclesiastical exhibits.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Makati and Mandaluyong.

Makati

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Makati lies in the heart of Metro Manila. The city is known for its upscale shopping malls with high fashion brands, restaurants and hotels, and is home to many affluent Filipinos.

Mandaluyong

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Mandaluyong is a city in Metro Manila, Philippines. While not touristy as its neighbors owing to the lack of historical sites, the city is by the way a shopping destination, bordered by Makati to the south, Manila's southeast suburban districts to the west, Pasig to the east, and San Juan and Quezon City to the north.