Editing Quezon City (section)

==== Physical and administrative changes during the Marcos administration ====
In terms of administrative changes during this period, the region of Metro Manila was created as an integrated unit with the enactment of Presidential Decree No. 824 on November 7, 1975. The region encompassed four [[Cities of the Philippines|cities]] and thirteen adjoining [[Municipalities of the Philippines|towns]], as a separate regional unit of government.<ref name="GovPH-PD824">{{cite PH act|chamber=PD|number=824|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1975/pd_824_1975.html|title=Creating the Metropolitan Manila and the Metropolitan Manila Commission and for Other Purposes|date=November 7, 1975|access-date=April 21, 2020|publisher=The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation, Inc.|archive-date=March 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312121648/http://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1975/pd_824_1975.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A year later, on June 24, 1976, Manila was reinstated by President Marcos as the capital of the Philippines for its historical significance as the seat of government since the Spanish Period. Presidential Decree No. 940 states that Manila has always been to the Filipino people and in the eyes of the world, the premier city of the Philippines being the center of trade, commerce, education and culture.<ref name="GovPH-PD940">{{cite PH act|chamber=PD|number=940, s. 1975|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1976/05/29/presidential-decree-no-940-s-1976/|title=Establishing Manila as the Capital of the Philippines and as the Permanent Seat of the National Government|access-date=April 21, 2020|date=May 29, 1976|publisher=[[Official Gazette (Philippines)|Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines]]|archive-date=May 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525084430/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1976/05/29/presidential-decree-no-940-s-1976/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Concurrent with the reinstatement of Manila as the capital, Ferdinand Marcos designated his wife, [[Imelda Marcos]], as the first governor of Metro Manila, who started the construction of massive government edifices with architectural significance as she re-branded Manila as the "[[City of Man]]".<ref>Lico, Gerard. Edifice Complex: Power, Myth, and Marcos State Architecture. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2003.</ref>

On March 31, 1978, President Marcos ordered the transfer of the remains of President Quezon from [[Manila North Cemetery]] to the newly completed [[Quezon Memorial Shrine]].<ref name="GovPH-OfficialWeek">{{cite web |title=Official Week in Review: July 30 – August 5, 1979 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1979/08/06/official-week-in-review-july-30-august-5-1979/ |publisher=[[Official Gazette (Philippines)|Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines]] |access-date=April 21, 2020 |date=August 6, 1979 |archive-date=April 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421151704/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1979/08/06/official-week-in-review-july-30-august-5-1979/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NHCPGovPH-Museo">{{cite web |title=Museo ni Manuel Quezon |url=http://nhcp.gov.ph/museums/quezon-memorial-shrine/ |website=National Historical Commission of the Philippines |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=October 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007034324/http://nhcp.gov.ph/museums/quezon-memorial-shrine/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It now houses the mausoleum where President Quezon and his wife Aurora Aragon Quezon are interred. It also contains a museum dedicated to President Quezon and his life.