Intramuros
Neighborhood: Intramuros
Nearest Train: Central (LRT)
Phone: +63 2 525 6322
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Unique in Asia, this was a European-style medieval fortified city that functioned as the seat of government from 1571 to 1898. The massive walls stretch some 4.5 kilometers, enclosing a 64-hectare area once occupied by palaces, churches, monasteries, schools and wealthy residences ('Intramuros' means 'inside the walls'). Sadly, the whole city was razed to the ground by bombings conducted by American forces when they recaptured Manila from the Japanese in 1945. Today most of the walls, gates and bulwarks have been restored, affording visitors a glimpse into the past.
A 16th-century Fortified City
Neighborhood: Intramuros
Nearest Train: Central (LRT)
Phone: +63 2 525 6322
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Unique in Asia, this was a European-style medieval fortified city that functioned as the seat of government from 1571 to 1898. The massive walls stretch some 4.5 kilometers, enclosing a 64-hectare area once occupied by palaces, churches, monasteries, schools and wealthy residences ('Intramuros' means 'inside the walls'). Sadly, the whole city was razed to the ground by bombings conducted by American forces when they recaptured Manila from the Japanese in 1945. Today most of the walls, gates and bulwarks have been restored, affording visitors a glimpse into the past.
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The disgrace of the Rizal Museum
In Fort Santiago - there is a musuem of Rizal - it is nicely done but then one is askd to sign a vis...
Reviewed by:armstrong3hk from on Sep 28 2008
Great historical fun
Right in the heart of Manila's ocean front area. most of the old fort is open to expore unguide...
Reviewed by:smithryanjohn from on Jul 05 2008
I don't know
I don't know what to say as a young girl growing up in that place it gives me an emotional feeli...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from Australia on Jun 23 2008
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