Compañia General de Tabacos de Filipinas

Location: Tabacalera Building, 900 D. Romualdez Street, Paco, Manila
Category: Association/Institution/Organization
Type: Institutional marker
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker Date: 1951
Installed By: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

COMPAÑIA GENERAL DE TABACOS DE FILIPINAS

FUNDADA POR EL MARQUÉS DE COMILLAS, EN 1881, PARA FOMENTAR LA AGRICULTURA, INDUSTRIA Y COMERCIO DE FILIPINAS. DESEMPEÑÓ PAPEL IMPORTANTE EN EL DESARROLLO ECONÓMICO DEL PAÍS. NOTABLE POR SU TRATO EQUITATIVO A LOS OBREROS. LA RECONSTRUCCIÓN DE SU EDIFICIO CENTRAL, DESTRUÍDO DURANTE LA SEGUNDA GUERRA MUNDIAL, SIMBOLIZA EL RESURGIMIENTO DE LA COMPAÑÍA COMO FACTOR PRIMORDIAL EN EL DESENVOLVIMIENTO DEL PAÍS. ORGANIZÓ LA MÁS GRANDE COLECCIÓN FILIPINIANA QUE EL GOBIERNO FILIPINO HABÍA ADQUIRIDO. PUBLICÓ LAS MÁS EXTENSIVA BIBLIOGRAFÍA FILIPINO, COLECCIÓN GENERAL DE DOCUMENTOS RELATIVOS A LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS Y UN CATALOGO DE LA MISMA.

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