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Cebu City Fort San Pedro

San Pedro Fort is a military defense structure, built in 1738 by Spanish and indigenous Cebuano labourers under the command of the Spanish conquistador Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and the Spanish Government in Cebu. It is located in the area now called Plaza Indepedencia, in the Pier Area of Cebu City, Philippines.

One of three bastions on the triangle shaped fort. The names of the three bastions were La Concepcion (SW); Ignacio de Loyola (SE), and San Miguel (NE). San Pedro Fort, Cebu City, Philippines

Inside a glass case stands the ‘Nuestra Senora de la Cotta’, the Virgin of Remedies surrounded by flowers. San Pedro Fort, Cebu City, Philippines

A native Cebuana girl during the pre-colonial period, artist Manuel Panares paints in pastel to depict the life of the vanishing tribes of southern Philippines. San Pedro Fort, Cebu City, Philippines

Looking along the length of a canon. San Pedro Fort, Cebu City, Philippines

An old canon rests in the emplacement it was once fired from. San Pedro Fort, Cebu City, Philippines

This shows the place where the fuse powder was lit to fire the canon. San Pedro Fort, Cebu City, Philippines

The markings or numerals on the outside of an old canon. San Pedro Fort, Cebu City, Philippines

‘Cuerpo de Guardia’ is where the personnel that manned the fort lived. San Pedro Fort, Cebu City, Philippines

Coral block walls line the living quarters. San Pedro Fort, Cebu City, Philippines

Coral blocks were used to build portions of the fort. San Pedro Fort, Cebu City, Philippines

Coral stone still sitting on the wall of the fort. San Pedro Fort, Cebu City, Philippines

San Pedro Fort was built in 1738 to repel Muslim raiders, later it served as a stronghold for Filipino revolutionaries near the end of the 19th century. Cebu City, Philippines

Orange coconuts growing in the San Pedro Fort, Cebu City, Philippines

A water well in the San Pedro Fort, Cebu City, Philippines

An old metal latch on an old wooden door. San Pedro Fort, Cebu City, Philippines

Old metal latch and door knocker on an old wooden door. San Pedro Fort, Cebu City, Philippines

‘Nuestra Senora de la Cotta’, the Virgin of Remedies sign. San Pedro Fort, Cebu City, Philippines

Pozo de la Virgen sign. San Pedro Fort, Cebu City, Philippines

The Fort San Pedro house rules, no firearms, bladed weapons … Cebu City, Philippines

A pencil drawing of the planting of Magellan’s Cross. San Pedro Fort, Cebu City, Philippines

A large clam shell ash tray. San Pedro Fort, Cebu City, Philippines

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