Sunday, September 30, 2018

 LA FUERZA DE SANTIAGO 



BEFORE AND AFTER
Location: Intramuros, Manila
Wayback 1898

DID YOU KNOW?!
*For Santiago was Originally built in May 19, 157I
*La Fuerza De Santiago also known “FORT SANTIAGO”
*Fort Santiago is a citadel first built Spanish Conquistador by Miguel Lopez de Legaspi for the new established city of Manila in the Philippines
*It was Originally the site of a Muslim Kingdom headed by Rajah Sulayman
*The Construction of Fort Santiago with the hard stone (present picture) Commenced in 1590 and finished in 1593 during the reign of Governor-General Gomez Perez Dasmariñas
*Dr. Jose Rizal , was imprisoned here in Fort Santiago before his execution in 1896 in Bagumbayan (Luneta)
*The oldest Spanish Fortress in the Philippines
*The location of Fort Santiago was once the place palisaded fort
*The one quiet place in Manila

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