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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.
This 1898 map of Manila was the first to call Plaza Moriones that name. Attested in maps of Manila dating back to at least 1671, [2] Plaza Moriones was originally known as the Plaza de la Fuerza, [2] an empty lot which served as a military promenade for soldiers barracked inside Fort Santiago.
A 1734 map of Intramuros, from the Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica de las Yslas Filipinas An 1851 map of Intramuros. Legazpi declared the area of Manila as the new capital of the Spanish colony on June 24, 1571, because of its strategic location and rich resources.
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The Rizal Shrine, also known as the Museo ni José Rizal Fort Santiago (transl. Museum of Jose Rizal in Fort Santiago), is a museum dedicated to the lifework of José Rizal. [1] It is located inside Fort Santiago in Intramuros, Manila, Philippines, beside the Plaza de Armas. Fort Santiago served as barracks for Spanish artillery soldiers during ...
English: Fort Santiago is a citadel built by Spanish conquistador, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi. The defense fortress is part of the structures of the walled city of Intramuros. Fort Santiago, walled city of Intramuros, Manila, Philippines.
The Plaza de Armas is a public square in Intramuros, Manila.It is the central plaza of Fort Santiago.It is one of three major plazas in Intramuros, the others being the central Plaza de Roma (also called "Plaza de Armas" at one point in its history) outside the fort grounds and Plaza Moriones (not to be confused with Plaza Moriones in Tondo), a larger plaza outside Fort Santiago which was once ...
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