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Diario de Manila was a Spanish language newspaper published in the Philippines, founded on October 11, 1848, and closed down by official decree on February 19, 1898, after the colonial authorities discovered that its installations were being used to print revolutionary material.
The Fort of Saint Vincent Ferrer (Spanish: Fuerte de San Vicente Ferrer) or commonly known as Punta Cruz Watchtower (Tagalog: Bantayan ng Punta Cruz) is a Spanish colonial era watchtower located at the western tip of the municipality of Maribojoc, Bohol, Philippines.
The Spanish first colonized the Ilocos Region in 1572. They would build large stone structures such as churches and forts in the following years. Watchtowers were built for sentry purposes against Moro and Chinese pirates as well as other European colonial powers.
Jaro Belfry, also known as Campanario de Jaro, is a historic free-standing bell tower located in front of the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral in Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines. It is one of the few belfries in the country that stands apart from the church where it belongs.
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.
Poverty incidence of Luna 5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 23.50 2009 24.72 2012 12.07 2015 5.95 2018 3.25 2021 8.73 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Government Local government Main article: Sangguniang Bayan Luna, belonging to the first congressional district of the province of La Union, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative ...
La Ilustración Filipina (lit. ' The Philippine Enlightenment ') was a Spanish-language newspaper published in Manila, Philippines, that ran during the last decade of the Spanish colonial period, and at times during the Philippine Revolution and the beginning of the 20th century under U.S. rule.
An excerpt from the newspaper. Diariong Tagalog (lit. Newspaper Tagalog) was a patriotic newspaper in Tagalog and Spanish published during the Spanish occupation of the Philippines. It was founded by Marcelo H. del Pilar, Basilio Teodoro Morán, and Pascual H. Poblete in 1882, while Francisco Calvo y Múñoz funded the printing of the newspaper ...