Knowra Marikina Marikina Marikina is a highly urbanized city in eastern Metro Manila, Philippines. It is known for its historic shoe industry and lies along the Marikina River.
Marikina River : A river in eastern Metro Manila that flows through Marikina and joins the Pasig River. The river shaped the settlement’s location and remains central to its flood history.
Kapitan Moy : Don Laureano Guevarra, a Marikina shoemaker credited with helping establish the local shoe industry. Local accounts associate his workshop with the beginnings of organized shoemaking in Marikina.
Footwear manufacturing : The production of shoes and other footwear through manual craft, industrial processes, or both. Marikina’s workshops and factories are a prominent local example of footwear production.
2009 Metro Manila floods : Severe flooding across Metro Manila during Tropical Storm Ketsana, known in the Philippines as Ondoy. Marikina experienced catastrophic flooding when the storm overwhelmed the river basin.
Jesuit missions in the Philippines : Catholic missionary communities established by the Society of Jesus across the Philippine islands. Jesuits established a mission in the area during the Spanish colonial period.
Imelda Marcos : A Filipino political figure who served as first lady during Ferdinand Marcos’s presidency. Her large shoe collection became closely associated with Marikina’s shoe museum.
Philippine footwear industry : The network of footwear producers, workers, suppliers, and markets across the Philippines. Marikina is one of the country’s best-known footwear-making centers.
Marikina River flood control : Projects and measures intended to reduce flood risk along the Marikina River and its basin. Repeated river floods have made flood management a central urban concern.
Marikina shoe industry : A footwear-making industry centered in Marikina, built around local workshops, factories, and shoe businesses. Shoemaking grew from a local craft into the city’s defining industry.
Ferdinand Marcos : President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, whose rule ended after the People Power Revolution. His presidency shaped the national political period remembered through the museum’s shoe collection.
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