Brades in Brades include: Secondary students attend Montserrat Secondary School in Salem and sixth formers attend Montserrat Community College in Salem. Brades Brades (also Brades Estate) is a town and the "de facto" capital of Montserrat since 1998 with an approximate population of 1,000. The official capital of Montserrat at Plymouth in the south of the island was abandoned in 1997 after it was buried by the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano. Interim government buildings have since been built at Brades, becoming the new capital in 1998. The move was initially intended to be temporary, but it has remained the
Taal Volcano Taal Volcano Taal Volcano () is a complex volcano located on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It is the second most active volcano in the Philippines with 33 historical eruptions. All of these eruptions are concentrated on Volcano Island, an island near the middle of Taal Lake. The lake partially fills Taal Caldera, which was formed by prehistoric eruptions between 140,000 and 5,380 BP. Viewed from Tagaytay Ridge, Taal Volcano and Lake presents one of the most picturesque and attractive views in the Philippines. It is located about south of the capital of the country, the city of