Mother of All Asia – Tower of Peace is a Marian statue at Montemaria in Barangay Pagkilatan, Batangas City, Philippines. Sculptor Eduardo Castrillo designed the hands and face. Construction began in 2014 and was completed by 2021. The inauguration, tied to the 500th anniversary of Christianity in the Philippines, was stalled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The statue is 322 feet (98.15 meters) tall, including the plinth and building it stands on. It is meant as a symbol of unity and peace in Asia and the world.
The Mary Mother of the Poor Foundation, led by Fernando Suarez, first planned the project. Hermilando Mandanas later continued it, and his company, Abacore Capital Holdings, donated the land. The article gives no architectural style. The year shown is the listed opening and is uncertain.
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