Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Founded on February 27, 1899, as Escuela de Derecho de Manila by Felipe Calderon. English Monte de Piedad and Savings Bank: Oldest savings bank in the Philippines. Inaugurated on August 2, 1882, by Felix Huertas. Plaza Santa Cruz English 1959 Mauseleo de los Veteranos de la Revolucion Mausoleum of the Veterans of the Revolution Building Cemetery
The history of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898 is known as the Spanish colonial period, during which the Philippine Islands were ruled as the Captaincy General of the Philippines within the Spanish East Indies, initially under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, based in Mexico City, until the independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain in 1821.
Old Tagalog word, meaning "to dig", referring to the digging for treasures in the area in its early history. [7] Bignay: Valenzuela: Named for the bignay tree. [9] Binondo: Manila: Spanish rendering of the old Tagalog name binundok, meaning mountainous or hilly. Buli: Muntinlupa: Named for the buri palm. Bungad: Quezon City: Filipino word for ...
[12]: 35–36 The restoration of Philippine representation to the Cortes was one of the grievances raised by the Ilustrados. For the most part it was a campaign for secular self-government as a full part of Spain, [1]: 105–107 as well as equality between those born in Spain and those born in the Philippines. Much of the campaigning took place ...
In addition, the government of the Philippines has also put 19 sites on the tentative list, meaning that they intend to consider them for nomination in the future. [4] The lack of World Heritage Sites were mainly reasoned to little awareness among locals, the absence of competent people involved, and the lack of government funding. [5]
Columbus Towers or Torres de Colón is a highrise office building composed of twin towers located at the Plaza de Colón in Madrid, Spain. The building constructed in 1976 was designed by the architect Antonio Lamela. The building with its 116-meter height and 23 floors is the twelfth-tallest in the Spanish capital (counting the CTBA towers).
Murillo Map also known as Carta hydrographica y chorographica de las Islas Filipinas – Map of the Philippine Islands published by Pedro Murillo Velarde in 1774, the earliest map so far it was drawn and engraved by the skilled Filipino artisans Francisco Suarez and Nicolas de la Cruz Bagay . [81] Magellan Shrine