Built in 1920 in Renaissance style Kalayaan Hall is the oldest part of the government palace Malakanang located in Manila. This Spanish pavilion joined the history of American period of control over the Philippines, the period of the Commonwealth and the Second and Third Republics. Once its concrete facade romblonsky shining marble, but in the 1960s it was obscured by the repeated coating of lime. Today Kalayaan Hall - is one of the best preserved buildings of the pre-war period in the Philippines, has survived the test of time and serves as a link between past and present.

Alloy ornaments, canopies over the entrance and balconies of wrought iron, covered verandas and high ceilings that provide an ideal climate in the tropical air circulation - are the characteristic features of this representative of the building. For several decades, history was made here of the Philippines.

The main hall on the second floor of the Kalayaan Hall once served as a guest bedroom, then it housed the Cabinet of the President. In 1968 it was rebuilt into a huge room, called Maharlika Hall, which during the reign of Ferdinand Marcos government arranged lunches. From the balcony of the room is President Marcos said his last oath and a farewell speech in February 1986.

Until 2002 Kalayaan Hall served as Cabinet Spokesperson President of the Philippines, and was later turned into the main gallery of the Presidential Museum and Library. It preserved antique table, which was going to the powerful as well as the Presidents Gallery - a collection of different things, including clothes, gifts, documents, etc., 15 belonged to the country's president.

Today at Kalayaan Hall houses the Museum Malakananga - the official repository of memorabilia of the Presidents of the Philippines. Here you can see the items once belonging to the heads of the country, ranging from Emilio Akuinaldo to President Benigno Aquino current Third, as well as works of art and furniture from the palace collection.