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English: The Taytay Fort, the Fort of Santa Isabel, 1667. It was named in honor of Queen Isabella II of Spain. It was used by the Spanish soldiers as a defensive fort against Muslim raiders. Taytay is a quiet town in the province of Palawan that still bears reminders from Spanish rule. Taytay, Palawan, Philippines.
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English: Fort de Santa Isabel. The Taytay Fort, the Fort of Santa Isabel, 1667. It was named in honor of Queen Isabella II of Spain. It was used by the Spanish soldiers as a defensive fort against Muslim raiders. Taytay, Palawan, Philippines.
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Fort Santa Isabel was originally built in 1667 as a wooden palisade under the Augustinian Recollect priests. It was named in honor of Isabella II of Spain. [2]Through the efforts of Governor General Fernando Manuel de Bustillo, [1] the structure was replaced in 1738 by a coral limestone fort and was primarily used by the Spanish as a defensive structure against Muslim raiders.
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Map of the Presidios built in the Philippines during the 1600s, in Fortress of Empire by Rene Javellana, S. J. (1997). The Spanish fortifications of the Philippines, or fuerzas, are strongholds constructed by Filipinos and Spaniards primarily for protection against local and foreign aggressors during the Spanish colonial period, and during the subsequent American and Japanese occupations.