SPAIN’S Ambassador to the Philippines Luis Antonio Calvo Castaño on Wednesday turned over the original plan of Paco Park to Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. at the historic cemetery in Manila where Dr. Jose Rizal was laid to rest after he was executed on Dec. 30, 1896 at the nearby Bagumbayan, now called Luneta Park.

The government of Spain handed over the electronic copy of the original plan, which was archived in the Archivo Històrico Nacional in Madrid, after learning that Paco Park will undergo a multi-million restoration that may last for at least two years, according to Architect Elizabeth Espino, executive director of the National Parks Development Committee (NPDC).

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