• Coconut Palace, also known as Tahanang Pilipino (lit. 'Filipino Home'), is a government building located in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex in Manila, Philippines.
  • I told my brother, who was visiting from the US, all about it. I live out on Palawan and he was interested in our coconuts and I told him about the Coconut Palace.
  • The building is called Coconut Palace, or Tahanang Pilipino, because of the extensive use of coconut lumber and various parts of the coconut tree in its...
  • ...Manila Bay is the Coconut Palace, a unique work of architecture that is built of 100% Philippines materials, of which 70% are derived from the coconut palm tree.
  • Averaging 50-100 tourists on a normal day, the Coconut Palace has an entrance fee of P100 which includes the well-versed tourist guide.
  • It's a palace made almost entirely out of coconut shells and other indigenous materials, showcasing the versatility and beauty of these native resources.
  • The Coconut Palace is rightly called “Tahanang Pilipino”. It’s a symbol of the best that the Philippines has to offer, but also the worst that human corruption can get to.
  • The Coconut Palace, also known as Tahanang Filipino, which means "Philippine House", is the official residence and main workplace of the country's vice president.
  • However, the Palace's architect Francisco Mañosa, later claimed that the Coconut Palace was planned long before the Pope even decided to visit the country.
  • It is called as coconut palace because of the extensive use of coconut lumber and various parts of the coconut tree in its construction.