We visited Fort Santiago while we were staying in the Philippines. Fort Santiago, a citadel built in 1571 for the new city of Manila, was beautiful on the day that we visited.
I don’t have much to say other than Fort Santiago is an important piece of history and you should definitely check it out while you’re in Manila. These photos were taken at the Plaza de Armas, of which Fort Santiago is a part.
blue motorbike against a wall overgrown with the roots of a treewelcome signmodern trashcans in green, red, and blue, against a crumbling building in the backgroundpeek of a ladder inside one of the ruins; I’m assuming they were doing some kind of work on the ruinsship’s anchor monumentthis person was serenading all of us that dayruins of the American barracksruins of the American barracksruins of the American barracksruins of the American barracksruins of the American barracksthe Gate of Fort Santiago in the distancePlaza de Armas“The Gate of Fort Santiago was built together with the military barracks in 1714. It was destroyed in the Battle of Manila in 1945. The Intramuros Administration restored the Gate in July 1982. The Hon. Carlos P. Romulo, Minister of Foreign Affairs, donated the funds for the relief carving. Wilfredo Layug of Betis Pampanga carved the wood relief. Zacarias Salonga did the stone carving.”Gate of Fort SantiagoGate of Fort Santiagonot sure what this was, but it was very pink…a social distancing sign“Originally built with brick as a military barracks, 1593. Site of the prison cell of national hero-martyr Jose Rizal, charged by colonial authorities with rebellion, sedition, and formation of illegal societies, 3 November to 29 December, 1896. Destroyed during the Second World War. Partially reconstructed and dedicated as a shrine to Rizal, 1952-1953.”shrine of Jose Rizalstatue of a soldier lighting a cigarette (?)The White Cross, “The 600 decomposing corpses, victims of atrocities during the Second World War, discovered at the dungeons by liberation forces of the United States were buried en masse under this white marble cross.”“In Memory of the Victims at Fort Santiago. On this site lie the mortal remains of approximately 600 Filipinos. Their bodies were fond inside a nearby dungeon where victims of the atrocities perpetrated by the Japanese Imperial Fores were imprisoned during the last days of February 1945. The memory of all these unknown victims of Japanese atrocities will live forever in the hearts and mind of the Filipino people.”The White Crosssign in front of the dungeons, “You are entering hallowed grounds please conduct yourselves with dignity and respect at all times”sign at the entrance to the dungeons, asking you to “wait for security to give permission” to entermannequins of prisoners in the dungeonsLEGO display of Iglesia de San Nicolas De TolentinoLEGO display of Iglesia de San FranciscoLEGO display of Iglesia de Santo DomingoLEGO display of the Manila Cathedral
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