The Ninoy Aquino Monument stands in Ayala Triangle, right in the middle of Makati's corporate district. It commemorates Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., the opposition leader whose assassination in 1983 helped drive the movement that eventually ended Ferdinand Marcos's dictatorship.
As a monument it is a short stop, but its placement matters. The statue puts modern Philippine political memory into the heart of the country's business capital, making it worth noticing while walking between Ayala Triangle, the Stock Exchange area, and the surrounding office towers.