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Building Marker of the Palacio del Gobernador
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Palacio del Gobernador, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines
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An Afternoon Caretella Ride in Intramuros, Manila, Phil...
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Map of Intramuros
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Album Description:
Intra-muros, literally "within the walls", meaning within the wall enclosure of the city/fortress, describes its structure as it is surrounded by thick, high walls & moats. During the Spanish colonial period (1571-1898), Intramuros was Manila itself.
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9 comments
Everytime im viewing about Manila through your albums. It really make me wanna go home. The last time I came here in Intramuros it was the year 1997. Thanks you so much for sharing about Philippines that I can still see the beauty of our own country, really make me wanna go home.
said brulene_hsu
Hi Mary! Thanks for nice compliments on my albums; I always like your super gorgeous photography & enjoy their beauty warmly. You have added some very nice pics in this album, they are very nice & brilliantly captured. My best well wishes for you. Greetings from Sharif
said sharif53
Very nice album. thanks for sharing!
said Ben_Hsu
Dear Maryan, Thousand times thanks for all the historical explanations of this excellent album. I have really enjoyed it. Take a care, please. Best greetings. Jesus
said raijomayo100
Dear Mary Ann, thanks again for this lovely history of Intramuros. Just so nice to hear the story from you about your album!!!!
said catroslin
very interesting album, thanks for sharing, would love to visit there someday, all the best, Cathy
said cathyetta
Hi Mary Ann, these are lovely pictures of Old Manila! Nice to see your pictures as they are very artistically taken ... and informative with the added historic facts ... Mabuhay! Regards, Luis
said mlbd01
Mary Ann, this is a beautiful and highly informative album. You have skilfully mixed the old and the new in most of the pictures. The background information in each picture is a lesson in history that made my visit to your album a lot more enriching. I remember that they used to call this Maynilad (because of the local flowers Nilad) from my history classes there. Your photographic skill is something I hope to mimic as I learn everytime I visit your Philippine albums. Thanks for sharing us this beautiful album of this walled city called Intramuros, my friend!
said fdguin
In 1571, six years after establishing Spanish sovereignty over Cebu, Governor Miguel Lopez de Legaspi moved to Manila, where his forces had just defeated the local ruler, Rajah Suliman. Legaspi ordered the rajah's wooden fort rebuilt in stone. On the left bank of the River Pasig, at the river's mouth, the walled area expanded to enclose an area roughly 600 yards by 600 yards, subdivided into a grid of perhaps three dozen blocks. The enclosed area--logically enough called Intramuros--survived under Spanish rule for 300 years. It survived the American takeover in 1898, too, and was probably at its peak for the international eucharistic congress of 1937. Eight years later, while taking the city back from the Japanese, American forces obliterated Intramuros. Since then, the district has been haphazardly rebuilt: parts look very much like the old Spanish city; other parts have modern buildings whose owners seem oblivious of the history of the place; still other sections have been taken over by squatters who periodically rebuild their shacks whenever the government demolishes them. (Taken from http://www.greatmirror.com/index.cfm?navid=903&picturesize=medium)
said maryan54
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