Legarda Elementary School

The Legarda Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Sampaloc in the City of Manila. Built in 1922, the school is notable for its main school building that has managed to retain its pre-war architecture, making its building the oldest surviving campus in Manila.

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Type: School
Description: public elementary school in Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
Address: J. Fajardo Street, Manila, Capital District

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include España station and University of Santo Tomas Hospital.

España station

Railway station

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España station is a railway station located on the South Main Line in the city of Manila, Philippines. It derives its name from its location in España Boulevard. The station is the third station for trains headed south from Tutuban. España station is situated 210 metres west of Legarda Elementary School.

University of Santo Tomas Hospital

Hospital

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The University of Santo Tomas Hospital is a hospital located at the University of Santo Tomas. The hospital has two divisions, a clinical teaching hospital that offers inexpensive medical care for indigent patients and a private hospital for patients with financial means, which is partially used to subsidize the clinical division. University of Santo Tomas Hospital is situated 1 km west of Legarda Elementary School.

UST Museum of Arts and Sciences

Museum

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The University of Santo Tomas Museum is the oldest existing museum in the Philippines. It started as a Gabinete de Fisica, or observation room, of mineral, botanical and biological collections in the 17th century. UST Museum of Arts and Sciences is situated 1 km west of Legarda Elementary School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include University Belt and Sampaloc.

University Belt

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The University Belt, or the "U-Belt" in short, contains a large cluster of universities and colleges in Manila. The universities in this district draws locals, other Filipinos, and some foreign students.

Sampaloc

Suburb

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Sampaloc is a district of Manila, Philippines. It is referred to as the University Belt or simply called "U-Belt" for numerous colleges and universities are found within the district such as the University of Santo Tomas, the oldest extant university in Asia…