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marikina landmarks

 * Cityhood Park – An open public park and signature landmark of Marikina located at the corner Shoe Avenue and Sumulong Highway. It features a fountain as its centerpiece and framed by a Spanish inspired facade, upon which 12 carillons are set.
 * World's Largest Pair of Shoes – This is certified by the Guinness Book of World Records in December 2002 as the largest pair of shoes in the world. It is located and displayed at the Shoe Gallery section of Riverbanks Mall in Riverbanks Center and it is one of the top attractions in the city. The shoes measures 5.29 meters long, 2.37 meters wide and 1.83 meters high. The heel of the shoe was measured 41 centimeters or 16 inches. It is made of genuine leather which took 77 days to finish and the shoes were made in October 2002.[citation needed]
 * Riverbanks Center – It is the largest center for shopping, commerce, business, recreation, entertainment and convention venue in Marikina, located along A. Bonifacio Avenue and nearby Marcos Highway and former location of Universal Textiles, Asia's largest textile mills company. Riverbanks Center's e-Com buildings are listed as approved IT Centers by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority. The World's Largest Pair of Shoes are located inside the Shoe Gallery section of Riverbanks Mall, as well as Philippine Science Centrum and Renaissance Convention Center. SM's very first standalone market chain, SaveMore Market was opened in 1999.
 * Marikina Sports Center – Also known as Marikina Sports Park, it is one of the premier sports complex established in the Philippines and touted as "the first of its kind in Asia" in early 1970s. Established in 1969 and then known as the Rodriguez Sports Center, the property was bought from the provincial government of Rizal in 1995. It features an Olympic-size swimming pool, arena, a 15,000-seat grandstands and covered gymnasium. It is now a popular venue for recreation, as well as for national, regional and international sports competitions, and entertainment, concert and other grand events.
 * Our Lady of the Abandoned Church – Also known as Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados, this Spanish-era church is located along J. P. Rizal Street. Completed in 1572, and in 1687, it ordered the transfer of Marikina to the care of the Augustinians and became an independent parish in 1690. It is the center of Roman Catholicism in Marikina.
 * Shoe Museum – The Shoe Museum is one of famous attractions in Marikina which now holds the shoes of several famous people including a pair of shoes from each president of the Philippines in chronological order. During the 1860s, it used to be a BIGASANG BAYAN (rice mill) owned by the affluent family of Dona Teresa de la Paz of the powerful Tuason clan, one of Marikina’s elite families. It was the only rice mill in town and farmers from nearby areas used to negotiate with the Tuason’s administrator for the storage of their grains. During the Philippine–American War, the place served as a jail for captured Filipino fighters and soldiers. It was not until 2001 that the place was converted into a shoe museum.
 * Marikina River Park – Marikina River is one of the most awarded rivers which set as the Hall of Fame awardee for the Cleanest Inland Body of Water in the Philippines. Marikina River Park is a system of expansive tree-lined walkers. It is perfect for a morning jog and has 56-kilometer bike-ways along the riverbanks dedicated to bikers and also park benches and playgrounds for children.
 * Sentrong Pangkultura ng Marikina – Known as Kapitan Moy Building, it is the center of culture in Marikina located along J. P. Rizal Street. This 200-year-old building was once owned by Don Jose Guevarra and Don Laureano "Kapitan Moy" Guevarra, the father of shoe industry in the Philippines. The building established in 1780 and this is where the first pair of shoes in Marikina was designed and made in 1887.[citation needed] Andres Bonifacio once visited the place, and American soldiers made it a camp in 1901. The building declared a national shrine in 1968, by the town council and the National Historical Commission. Inside the building can be found Doll Museum, a dioramas showcasing the events and history of Marikina. Kapitan Moy's house now named as Sentrong Pangkultura ng Marikina in 1993.