Coconut Palace in the Philippines
This architectural landmark of the capital city of Manila is the residence and main location of the Vice President of the Philippines. However, this is not the main reason for the attractiveness of the building.

The key feature of the structure, as you may have guessed, is the use of coconut palm as the main material for construction. The building is called Coconut Palace or Tahanang Pilipino. The roof is made of coconut tiles, the supports are taken from the strongest trunks of the coconut palm. Inside the palace on the floor is a coconut parquet, on top of which are arranged carpets of coconut fiber. At the same time, wallpaper from the coconut fibrous membrane is glued on the walls. Lamps and chandeliers are made from coconuts, and the dining table covered tens of thousands of pieces of the same coconut nuts. The palace was built for the arrival of the Pope at the end of the last century. Now you can get there with an excursion.







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