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Intramuros
Intramuros () is the historic walled area within the city of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. It is administered by the Intramuros Administration with the help of the city government of Manila. Intramuros comprises a centuries-old historic district, entirely surrounded by fortifications, that was considered at the time of the Spanish Empire to be the entire City of Manila. Other towns and ''arrabales'' (suburbs) located beyond the walls that are now districts of Manila were referred to as ''extramuros'', Spanish language, Spanish for "outside the walls", and were independent towns that were only incorporated into the city of Manila during the early 20th century. Intramuros served as the seat of government of the Captaincy General of the Philippines, a component realm of the Spanish Empire, housing the colony's governor-general from its founding in 1571 until 1865, and the Real Audiencia of Manila until the end of Spanish rule during the Philippine Revolution of 1898. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila
Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the Capital of the Philippines, capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon, it is classified as a Cities of the Philippines#Independent cities, highly urbanized city. With , Manila is one of the world's List of cities proper by population density, most densely populated cities proper. Manila was the first chartered city in the country, designated bPhilippine Commission Act No. 183on July 31, 1901. It became autonomous with the passage of Republic Act No. 409, "The Revised Charter of the City of Manila", on June 18, 1949. Manila is considered to be part of the world's original set of global cities because its commercial networks were the first to extend across the Pacific Ocean and connect Asia with the Hispanic America, Spanish Americas through the Manila galleon, galleon trade. This marked t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intramuros Administration
The Intramuros Administration (IA) is an agency of the Department of Tourism of the Philippines that is mandated to restore, administer, and develop in an orderly manner the historic walled area of Intramuros, which is situated within the modern city of Manila, as well as to ensure that the 16th- to 19th-century Philippine-Spanish architecture remains the general architectural style of the walled area. It operates autonomously from the municipal government, although the mayor of Manila is a member of its board. It was established on April 10, 1979, as under the now-defunct Ministry of Human Settlements by virtue of Presidential Decree 1616 issued by President Ferdinand Marcos. Executive Order No. 120 reorganized the Ministry of Tourism which became the Department of Tourism (DOT) on January 30, 1987. The order also designated the IA as an attached agency of the DOT. Its office is located at Palacio del Gobernador in Plaza Roma. History On October 30, 2015, the Association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Manila
Metropolitan Manila ( ), commonly shortened to Metro Manila and formally the National Capital Region (NCR; ), is the capital region and largest List of metropolitan areas in the Philippines, metropolitan area of the Philippines. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay, the Regions of the Philippines, region lies between the Central Luzon and Calabarzon regions. Encompassing an area of and with a population of as of 2020, it consists of sixteen Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized cities: Manila—the Capital of the Philippines, capital city—Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, Quezon City, San Juan, Metro Manila, San Juan, Taguig, and Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Valenzuela, along with one independent municipality, Pateros. As the second most populous and the most densely populated region in the Philippines, it ranks as the List of metropolitan areas in Asia, 9th most po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Agustin Church (Manila)
The Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation and Cincture, also known as the Church of Saint Augustine and Immaculate Conception Parish, is a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic church under the auspices of the Augustinians, Order of Saint Augustine located inside the historic walled city of Intramuros, Manila, Intramuros in Manila, Philippines. Completed in 1607, it is the oldest stone church in the country. In 1993, San Agustin Church was one of four Philippine churches constructed during the History of the Philippines (1521–1898), Spanish colonial period to be designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, under the collective title ''Baroque Churches of the Philippines''. It was named a National Historical Landmark by the Philippine government in 1976. History San Agustin Church is located in General Luna St., Manila. The present structure is actually the third Augustinian church erected on the site.Layug, p. 83 The first San Agustin Church was the first religious str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Santiago
Fort Santiago (; ), built in 1571, is a citadel or castle built by Spanish navigator and governor Miguel López de Legazpi for the newly established city of Manila in the Philippines. The defense fortress is located in Intramuros, the walled city of Manila. The fort is one of the most important historical sites in Manila. Several people died in its prisons during the Spanish Empire and World War II. José Rizal, the Philippine national hero, was imprisoned here before his execution in 1896. The Rizal Shrine museum displays memorabilia of the hero in their collection and the fort features, embedded onto the ground in bronze, his footsteps representing his final walk from his cell to the location of the actual execution. It is only a few meters away from the Manila Cathedral and the ''Palacio del Gobernador'' (lit. ''Governor's Palace'', currently the office of the Commission on Elections). Profile The fort was named after Saint James (''Santiago'' in Spanish), the patron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baluarte De San Diego
The Baluarte de San Diego is a bastion in Intramuros, part of the Spanish colonial fortification in the walled city of Manila in the Philippines. History The existence of the fort started from Governor General Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas who integrated an older fort with ''cortina'' or curtain walls, built from 1591 to 1594. The bastion is a protruding structure with facing flanks built along the ''cortina''. The purpose of its projection was to ensure a clearer view of the ''cortina'' for the artillery - in order for them to prepare against invaders. The ''bastion'' has two parts; ''face'' (which projected outward) and ''flanks'' (connecting the face and the ''cortina'', or the curtain wall). Several developments were added in the course of time such as addition of semi-circular structures at the base called ''orillons'' or little ears making the ''bastion'' resemble an ''ace-of-spades shape''. Baluarte de San Diego was an ace-of-spades bastion built on the southwestern corner o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gates Of Intramuros
The gates of Intramuros refer to the original eight gates of the Walled City of Intramuros in Manila, built during the Spanish colonial era in the Philippines. The gates are called by the original Spanish word for "gate", ''puerta'' (plural: ''puertas''). Gates facing the west Puerta de Banderas This gate was built in 1662 as the governor-general's gate when the first governor's palace was still located in Fort Santiago. It was destroyed during an earthquake and was never rebuilt. Puerta de Postigo ''Postigo'' means "postern" or a small gate in Spanish. This gate was named after the nearby Palacio del Gobernador. The first ''postigo'' was built several meters away but was walled up in 1662 when the present gate was constructed. The gate was then renovated in 1782 under the direction of military engineer Tomás Sanz. The gate led to the palaces of the governor-general and archbishop of Manila. The national hero José Rizal passed through this gate from Fort Santiago to his execu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayuntamiento De Manila
The Ayuntamiento de Manila (Manila City Hall) is a building located at the corner of Andrés Soriano Avenue (formerly, ''Calle Aduana'') and Cabildo Street, fronting Plaza de Roma in Intramuros, Manila, Philippines. Also known as the Casas Consistoriales and also nicknamed as the Marble Palace, the Ayuntamiento was the seat of the Manila City Council, which consisted of two alcaldes (city leaders), eight oidores (judges), a clerk, and a chief constable. Destroyed in World War II and reconstructed thereafter, the building now houses the offices of the Bureau of the Treasury. History Construction of the Ayuntamiento began in 1599. The original building opened in 1607. After an earthquake damaged it severely, it was ordered demolished. The Ayuntamiento was rebuilt in 1738, in the Baroque style, with ornate wrought-iron balconies, covered arcades, and a central clock tower. This form survived well into the 19th century until it was destroyed again during the 1863 Manila eart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casa Manila
Casa Manila is a museum in Intramuros depicting a colonial lifestyle during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. The museum part is an imposing stone-and-wood structure, built c. 1850, one of three grand houses in Barrio San Luis (one of the four original villages of Intramuros) and located across the historic San Agustin Church and bounded by Calle Real, General Luna, Cabildo and Urdaneta streets. The other two grand houses in the barrio are the Los Hidalgos, c. 1650, and Cuyugan Mansion, c. 1890. Casa Manila is a copy of the 1850s San Nicolas House that was once located in Calle Jaboneros. The architect of Casa Manila was J. Ramon L. Faustmann. It was reconstructed by Imelda Marcos during the 1980s, modeled on Spanish colonial architecture. See also * List of museums in the Philippines *International Council of Museums * International Museum Day (May 18) * Museum education *Virtual Library museums pages The Virtual Library museums pages (VLmp) formed an earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tranvía
The Tranvía was a streetcar system that served Manila and its surrounding cities during the early years of the 20th century. History Prior to the tranvia, modes of street transportation in Manila were mostly horse-drawn, consisting of the ''calesa'', the lighter '' carromata'', and the fancy . The tranvia served as the first railway transport to run in the Philippines, as in its earliest years the Ferrocarril de Manila–Dagupan are in its planning stages. The tranvia was renowned as "state-of-the-art" in East Asia, and had provided efficient transport to the residents of Manila. ''Tranvias de Filipinas'' During the Spanish colonial era, the tramway was referred to as the ''Tranvias de Filipinas''. The decree in 1875 by King Alfonso XII initiated the planning for railways in the Philippines. The following year, in 1876, the , prepared by the Administracion de Obras Publicas to identify the layouts of future railway documents. In the same year, Engineer Eduardo López Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila Cathedral
The Minor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, commonly known as the Manila Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic basilica and cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Manila. It is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception, the principal Patroness of the Philippines. Originally constructed in 1571 as a parish church under the Archdiocese of Mexico, it became a separate diocese on February 6, 1579, via the papal bull by Pope Gregory XIII. The original structure dates from 1581 and its 8th building re—construction was completed in 1958. The basilica has merited three Apostolic Visits from Popes Paul VI, John Paul II and Francis. On April 27, 1981, Pope John Paul II raised the shrine to the status of Minor Basilica through his motu proprio . History Parochial church (1571) The Secular priest Father Juan de Vivero baptized Rajah Matanda and arrived in Manila Bay in 1566, established the "Church of Manila" established in 157 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captaincy General Of The Philippines
The Captaincy General of the Philippines was an administrative district of the Spanish Empire in Southeast Asia governed by a governor-general as a dependency of the Viceroyalty of New Spain based in Mexico City until Mexican independence when it was transferred directly to Madrid. Also known as the Captaincy General of the Spanish East Indies, which included among others the Philippine Islands, the Mariana Islands, and the Caroline Islands. It was founded in 1565 with the first permanent Spanish forts. For centuries, all the administrative, political and economic aspects of the Captaincy General were administered in Mexico City by the Viceroyalty of New Spain for the Spanish Crown. However, in 1821, following the independence of the Mexican Empire, all control was transferred to Madrid. It was succeeded by the short-lived First Philippine Republic following its independence through the Philippine Revolution. History Early explorations After a long, tolling voyage across ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
