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Old Spanish City, Manila, Luzon, Philippines. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.
To protect themselves from Chinese pirates, the Spanish fortified their city with stone walls. Close to everything besides the walls and one cathedral got demolished when the US reclaimed the city in 1945. Because of the Japanese tradition of not surrendering, the US decided to demolish the city than risk lives by engaging in building to building combat.
Archdiocese of Manila
Cofradia de la Inmaculada Concepcion
Intramuros Administration
THE 34TH INTRAMUROS GRAND MARIAN PROCESSION 2013
December 1, 2013
Plaza Roma, Intramuros, Manila
Old Spanish City, Manila, Luzon, Philippines. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.
Part of the wall surrounding intramuros. Spaniards built the wall during the 16th century to protect key government buildings from attacks. Intramuros was heavily damage during the 2nd world war.
Away from the pollution and brown thick haze common to big cities, this part of Manila is just amazing with clear blue sky most of the time.
Intramuros, located along the southern bank of the Pasig River, was built by the Spaniards in the 16th century and is the oldest district of the city of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Its name, in Spanish, intramuros, literally "within the walls", meaning within the wall enclosure of the city/fortress, also describes its structure as it is surrounded by thick, high walls and moats. During the Spanish colonial period, Intramuros was considered Manila itself.
Manila (or Maynilà in Tagalog), officially the City of Manila (Lungsod ng Maynilà), is the capital of the Philippines and a highly urbanized city. It is the most densely populated city proper in the world as of 2018. It was the first chartered city by virtue of the Philippine Commission Act 183 on July 31, 1901, and gained autonomy with the passage of Republic Act No. 409 on June 18, 1949. Manila, alongside Mexico City and Madrid are considered the world's original set of Global Cities due to Manila's commercial networks being the first to traverse the Pacific Ocean, thus connecting Asia with the Spanish Americas, marking the first time in world history when an uninterrupted chain of trade routes circled the planet. Manila has been damaged by and rebuilt from wars more times than the famed city of Troy and it is also the second most natural disaster-afflicted capital city in the world next to Tokyo, yet it is simultaneously among the most populous and wealthiest cities in Southeast Asia.
The city is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay. The Pasig River flows through the middle of the city, dividing it into the north and south sections. Manila is made up of 16 administrative districts.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila