FORT SAN PEDRO NATIONAL COLISEUM,
PIER Area, Cebu City
The smallest, oldest triangular bastion fort in the country was build in 1738 to repel Muslim raiders. In turns, it served as a stronghold for Filipino revolutionaries. This served as the nucleus of the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines. It has a total inside area of 2,2025 sq. Meters. The walls are 20 feet high, 8 feet thick and the towers are 30 feet high from the ground level. Work first started on May 8, 1565 with MIGUEL LOPEZ DE LEGASPI breaking the ground. After the battle of Manila Bay, Commodore George Dewey turned the fort to the local Cebuanos; then it became an American Warwick Barracks during the American Regime which was later converted into classrooms where the Cebuanos received formal education.
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| Statue: Miguel Lopez De Legaspi |
During World War II, from 1941 to 1945, it served as fortification for Japanese soldiers, when the battle for liberation was fought, the fort served as an army camp. After 1950, Cebu Garden Club took over and fixed the inner court into a miniature garden. For a couple of years it also housed the Cebu City Zoo. In 1978 to August 15, 1993, it housed the offices of the Department of Tourism and Philippine Tourism Authority. At present, it is under the care and administration of the National Museum, a historical park.
The Entrance:
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These are pictures that show Fort San Pedro in the Past.
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The Museum:
Artifacts taken from the old Spanish Galleon known as SAN DIEGO within the deep sea of Fortune Island off the coast of Nasugbo, Batangas are on display in this centuries-old Fort. The museum used to house the offices of the Department of Tourism and the Philippine Tourism Authority.
The artifacts on display include Ming porcelain pieces of all sizes, coins, lockets, swords fragments, cannons and helmets.
Fort San Pedro from the Past...
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| An illustration how the fort may have looked like in 1565. |
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| Fuerza de San Pedro floor plan. |
| A.) Fuerza de San Pedro. B.) Cuerpo de Guardia. C.) Viviendo del Teniente |
| .D.) Almazanes. E.)Pezo. F.)Mana para los Golas. G.) Almazanes del Polvora. |
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| Front entrance of Fuerza de San Pedro circa 1900. |
Do you want a tour?
Here are some of the amazing views inside...
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| Pastion LA CONCEPCION |
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| The Cannon |
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POZO dela VIRGEN
the well |
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CUERPO de GUARDIA
where the personnel that manned the fort lived |
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VIVIENDE del TENIENTE
which was the living quarters of the lieutenant of the Fort |
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| Somewhere down the road... |
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| Upper Part of The Fort |
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| You can see here the views outside. |
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| The walls inside. |
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| A Mary beside the well. |
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| Fort San Pedro in the Past |
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Fuerza De San Pedro
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