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The guards in the tourist area of Intramuros are dressed in an approximation of the uniforms worn by the Katipunan revolutionaries of the late nineteenth century.
Archdiocese of Manila
Cofradia de la Inmaculada Concepcion
Intramuros Administration
THE 34TH INTRAMUROS GRAND MARIAN PROCESSION 2013
December 1, 2013
Plaza Roma, Intramuros, Manila
Part of the walls of Fort Santiago in Intramuros, Manila on the side of Pasig River. There's a good view of the skyline on the other side of Pasig River on these walls.
the intramuros arch is oft-pictured but it's my first time to catch the arch with an early morning sidelight.
it takes a lot of prodding to make me wake up so early on a saturday morning. well, what are friends for? that, and a great view on intramuros as i went along with din2 to shoot reflections for her photo contest. only got one or two keepers but i think that's ok, especially for a sleepyhead like me.
It was a Good Friday, a holiday, but I still have work -- on the graveyard shift. Holidays like these, commuting is no fun, more so at night. So I decided to use the car (read: FX). And what an opportune time to have no people and cars on the road, a good time to shoot! Or so I thought. Turned out that it's a Sunday Sunday, like a normal Sunday but less cars and people. PS: first time to use Agfa Precisa here.
Inside Fort Santiago, these two cats just haz'd their cheezburgers and are taking a nap just outside the building where Philippine national hero Jose Rizal was held prisoner until his execution in 1896.
These cats aren't afraid of tourist shenanigans because they have a shotgun-wielding security guard keeping things safe just outside.
The construction of Intramuros started in 1571 by Miguel Lopez de Legaspi, a Spaniard. The walled city covers an area of about 160 acres. Intramuros was a fortress city with walls 6 metres high and a commanding 3 kilometres in length, it is no wonder it was impenetrable.
Only the Spanish elite and Mestizos (mixed race) were permitted to live inside Intramuros, where at night the city gates were locked down. The natives and Chinese were not permitted to live inside the walled fortress and were resigned to live outside the great walls of Intramuros.
Intramuros was designed with 51 blocks within the vast walls, the only access in or out of Intramuros was via seven fortified gates. A moat around the walled city was added in 1603. Spread throughout the 51 blocks of the city were 12 churches, hospitals, domestic accommodation, military barracks, Governors Palace and schools.
Repelling Attack
Intramuros came under attack on many occasion. The Chinese, Dutch, Portuguese and the Sulu pirates all had a go and trying to take Intramuros by force, however they were never successful.
Intramuros served as the center of political, military and religious power of the Spaniards during the time that the Philippines were a colony of Spain.
Manila Metropolitan Cathedral, the ecclesiastical seat of the Archdiocese of Manila.
Plaza Roma, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines
Officially established on September 21, 1581, the first Cathedral of Manila was constructed out of wood, bamboo, and nipa — materials which were readily available at the time.
Throughout the centuries, the cathedral had been ravaged by natural disasters and bombed during the Battle of Liberation in 1945. The present-day structure is actually the eighth cathedral which rose from the desolate ruins of its predecessors.