Malacañang Palace 马拉坎南宫
(重定向自Malacanang)
Malacañan Palace (officially Malacañan Palace, colloquially "Malacañang" Filipino:Palasyo ng Malakanyang [malakɐˈɲaŋ]; Spanish: Palacio de Malacañan) is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the Philippines.
The original structure was built in 1750 by Don Luís Rocha as a summer house along the Pasig River. It was purchased by the state in 1825 as the summer residence for the Spanish Governor-General. After the June 3, 1863 earthquake destroyed the Palacio del Governador (Governor's Palace) in the walled city of Manila, it became the Governor-General's official residence. After sovereignty over the Islands was ceded to the United States in 1898, it became the residence of the American Governors, with General Wesley Merritt being the first.