Liwasang Bonifacio

Liwasang Bonifacio
City square
Liwasang Bonifacio and the Manila Central Post Office. The center of the plaza is dominated by a bronze statue of Andrés Bonifacio
Dedicated to	Andrés Bonifacio
Owner	City of Manila
Location	Padre Burgos Avenue and Magallanes Street, Ermita Manila, Philippines
Coordinates: 14°35′40″N 120°58′44″E / 14.59444°N 120.97889°E / 14.59444; 120.97889

The Liwasang Bonifacio (Bonifacio Square), also known by its former name, Plaza Lawton, is a city square and transport hub in front of the Manila Central Post Office in the Ermita district of Manila, Philippines. It lies at the south end of Jones Bridge, MacArthur Bridge, and Quezon Bridge that link the northern districts of Binondo, Santa Cruz, and Quiapo to the central district of Ermita. The plaza straddles the dividing line between Ermita and Intramuros and is the starting point of Padre Burgos Avenue which connects to Taft Avenue and Roxas Boulevard in Rizal Park.

Historically known as the Plaza del Fortín, the plaza was given its current name in 1963 after the revolutionary leader Andres Bonifacio who founded the independence movement of Katipunan during the Spanish colonial rule. A monument in his honour now stands in the center of the plaza. The plaza is a popular site of protests and demonstrations organized by several leftist groups, being one of four freedom parks in the City of Manila, where protests and rallies may be held without requiring permission from local authorities.^[1]