Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 173)
The Casa Reala at Malolos, Bulacan is declared as a National Shrine.
Diosdado Macapagal was the President who signed Executive Order No. 173.
The Casa Reala housed the first printing press of the First Philippine Republic which published the revolutionary organs Kalayaan and La Independencia and was the seat of government of Malolos during the early American regime.
The National Museum is assigned the care and custody of the Casa Reala.
The purpose is to preserve this cultural heritage of the nation's past for posterity.
The Casa Reala is located in Paseo del Congreso, Plaza Rizal, Malolos, Bulacan.
He invoked the powers vested in him as President of the Philippines.
Salvador L. Mariao was the Acting Executive Secretary who signed the order.
It housed the first printing press that published revolutionary newspapers important to the First Philippine Republic.