2009/07/25

1 Day "Intramuros"

Another trip to intramuros "The world heritage sites" as UNESCO officially declared in 1994. 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 Latin, 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 (Wikipedia).













There's many old church and old building in the spanish style. The very old church is "San Agustin church" that its was declared as world heritage sites as well, "Oldest in the Pilippines" cornerstone laid since 1599 and finished in 1606 under supervision of The lay brother Antonio herrera. This is the only church stood after earthquake of 1645, 1754, 1852, 1863 and 1880.

The church contains the tomb of Spanish conquistadors Miguel López de Legazpi, Juan de Salcedo and Martín de Goiti, as well as several early Spanish Governors-General and archbishops. Their bones are buried in a communal vault near the main altar.














Inside the exibition hall has many precious collection of the sculpture, painting but the most attraction is the big bell at the front.
This is the big bell as mentioned, the size is bigger than us assume that its older than 100 years.








Below are the painting which are painted during the spanish conques, if you walk around there are the paint putting around the walk path in the exibition hall.
































































































































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