PUERTA DEL PARIAN GATE 

THEN AND NOW
Location: Intramuros, Manila 
Wayback 1900’s

DID YOU KNOW?!
*The gate was named after the Parian de Arroceros
*Built in 1593, it is one of the earliest entrances to intramuros
*One of the earliest concentrations of chinese merchants located across the city where the metropolitan theater now stands
*It became the official entrance of the Governor-General in 1764
*It was here the newly appointed Governor-General received the keys of the city from the Cabildo
*The Parian Gate was severely damaged by artillery shelling during the Battle of Manila
*It was Restoration begun in 1967 and completed in 1982