Plaza España is a little plaza just in front of the Aduana Building. The plaza has apparently gone through several name changes including Plaza Aduana, which made sense, and the Plaza de los Martires de la Integridad de la Patria, interestingly the plaza was built during the Philippine Revolution and the plaza was dedicated to the Spanish who died during the war, finally it was named Plaza España by the Americans.
It was then destroyed by World War II and restored several times, the latest being the addition of a status of King Philip II, which was unveiled by Queen Sophia of Spain as part of the Philippine Independence Centennial, which was a bit ironic since the Philippines Revolution was dedicated to independence from Spain. There is very little that makes the plaza special aside from the status of King Philip. It does, however improve the rather sorry state of the Aduana.
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