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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 ).
COMELEC Building, Arroceros: The city offices of the country's electoral commission (not to be confused with its national headquarters located in nearby Intramuros) are said by employees to be haunted, given the building's history as a former hospital. [7] De La Salle University: Due to its brutal World War II-era history, DLSU is reportedly ...
Dr. Jose P. Rizal Street (formerly known as Cebu City Hall Lane and as A. Del Rosario Street) Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal (1861-1896) / Anacleto del Rosario (1860–1895) Cebu City
Fort Santiago (Spanish: Fuerte de Santiago; Filipino: Moóg ng 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.
Intramuros walls near Puerta Real. The stone outline of the defensive wall of Intramuros is irregular in shape, following the contours of Manila Bay and the curvature of the Pasig River. The Muralla walls covered an area of 64 hectares (160 acres) of land, surrounded by 8 feet (2.4 m) thick stones and high walls that rise to 22 feet (6.7 m).
Address: Andres Soriano Avenue corner Muralla Street: Town or city: Intramuros, Manila: Country: Philippines: Coordinates: Current tenants: National Archives of the Philippines. Commission on Elections (former) Central Bank of the Philippines (former) Intendencia General de Hacienda (former)
Before the Spanish conquest of Manila in the Battle of Manila (1570), a Sangley Chinese community had already settled in Baybay (modern-day San Nicolas) near Tondo on the north bank of the Pasig river. Around the years after 1581, a place closer to the city south of the Pasig river had been set aside as a market for the Sangley Chinese merchants.
The Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway, also known as the Cebu–Cordova Bridge, is a toll bridge expressway in Metro Cebu which links Cebu City and Cordova, Cebu. It opened on April 27, 2022, to the public, becoming the longest bridge in the Philippines at 8.9 kilometers, surpassing the Candaba Viaduct in Luzon. [33]