Imelda Marcos Had a Jacuzzi With Gold-Plated Fixtures in Her Palace

The excesses of Imelda Marcos lifestyle extended to every corner of the presidential palace. When the Marcoses fled in 1986, revolutionaries who stormed the residence discovered fantastical oil portraits, a jacuzzi with gold-plated fixtures, 15 mink coats, 508 couture gowns, and more than 3,000 pairs of designer shoes. The gold-plated jacuzzi became another symbol of the family's extravagance in a country where millions lived in extreme poverty. The palace itself, which had been transformed into a personal shrine to the Marcos family, is now open to the public as a museum where visitors can see these remnants of the regime's opulence firsthand.