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  • The Php1. 2 billion Manila Ocean Park (MOP) is located in Manila Bay behind Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park (known as Luneta).

    Manila Ocean Park, New Attraction in Manila 2008

  • The native population of Manila contains more than its proportion of catamites, who seek their sponsors in the Botanical Gardens and on the Luneta.

    Satyricon 2007

  • We enjoyed that first night's entertainment on the Luneta as do all who come to Manila, and I must confess that time has not staled it for me.

    A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Mary Helen Fee

  • In the environs of Manila there are several pleasant drives and promenades, the most popular one being the _Luneta_, where a military band frequently played after sunset.

    The Philippine Islands John Foreman

  • It was the hour when everybody turns his face Luneta-ward.

    A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Mary Helen Fee

  • The evening program on the Luneta, which followed the afternoon exercises, was largely literary in its nature.

    The Woman with a Stone Heart A Romance of the Philippine War

  • Santiago, the Luneta battlement, and Fort San Antonio Abad (Malate) respectively continued ineffectual firing towards the American fleet until the Commodore sent a message telling them to cease fire or he would shell the city.

    The Philippine Islands John Foreman

  • Preparations had begun by the American troops for a great day of field sports to be held on the Luneta -- a beautiful narrow park paralleling

    The Woman with a Stone Heart A Romance of the Philippine War

  • The obsolete guns on the Luneta battlement fired a few solitary shots without the least effect; the Fort of Santiago, defending the Pasig River entrance, was almost silent, although guns, said to be over a century old, had been hastily mounted there, notwithstanding the fact that the colonel, who was instructed to have the rust chipped off these ancient pieces of artillery, committed suicide in despair.

    The Philippine Islands John Foreman

  • Situated on the Luneta, about a mile south of the walled city, and distant from Manila bay about 100 feet, is a large bandstand.

    The Woman with a Stone Heart A Romance of the Philippine War

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