28 BALUARTE 37 COLEGIO DE SAN JUAN 46 INTENDENCIA DE SAN ANDRES DE LETRAN Designed by Tomas Cortes and Built in 1603. Designed to School established from two built from 1823 to 1829. protect the old Puerta Real and institutions: the Colegio de los Damaged in the 1863 INTRAMUROS reinforce the southeastern part Huerfanos de San Juan de earthquake. Demolished in of Intramuros. Reconstructed in Letran (1620) founded by Juan 1872. New building erected Manila was Intramuros. As the “Noble and Ever Loyal” capital of the Spanish 1733 with the addition of a Alonso Jeronimo Guerrero and from 1874 to 1876. Housed the Empire in the East, the City was protected by a complex of walls and bombproof arsenal for Colegio de Huerfanos de San Customs offices, the Intenden- fortifications, hence the name “Intramuros,” which means “within the walls.” gunpowder, a watchtower Pedro y San Pablo (1632) cia General de Hacienda The Walled City by the Manila Bay covers an area of 64 hectares, with walls (garita) and soldiers’ barracks. founded by Dominican lay (Central Administration), the stretching to 4.5 kilometers in varying heights of 4.5 to 6 meters and Also called Baluarte de San brother Diego de Santa Maria. Treasury, as well as the new Nicolas or Carranza. Destroyed Guerrero’s school granted royal Casa de Moneda (Mint). thickness of 2 to 2.5 meters. There were seven gates in Intramuros: Postigo, during the British siege of patronage in 1623. Merged in Building left to the Intendencia Santa Lucia, Real, Parian, Isabel II, Santo Domingo, and Almacenes. The first Manila in 1762. Rebuilt and 1640 as exclusive school for and the Treasury after Customs five were restored after World War II, while the last two were lost during the modified after the British boys under the name Colegio de moved to Port Area. Damaged American period. The walls and fortifications also featured nine bastions or occupation. Damaged during San Juan de Letran.Permanently by Japanese bombs in 1941 and the Battle of Manila in 1945. settled in this site in 1668. American artillery in 1945. baluartes: the Baluarte Plano Luneta de Santa Isabel; the Medio Baluarte de Restored in 1987. Declared ecclesiastical college Became offices of the Central San Francisco; the Baluartillo de San Francisco Javier; and the Baluartes de in 1690 and Colegio de Primera Bank of the Philippines, the San Miguel, San Diego, San Andres, San Gabriel, Dilao, and Santo Domingo. 29 SITE OF THE Clase en Filipinas in 1865. National Treasury, and the SAN FRANCISCO Three-story building built in Commission on Elections As the locus of Spanish Imperial power in Asia, Intramuros was the home of 1937. Damaged In 1941 and successively. Destroyed by fire CHURCH the most important offices of state, such as the Palace of the Here once stood the San 1945. Reopened in 1946. One of in 1979. Façade restored by Francisco Church and Convent. the two original schools National Archives in 1998. Governor-General, the Royal Audiencia, and the Cabildo or Ayuntamiento. Built by the Franciscans who remaining in Intramuros today. Economically, the City was likewise coveted. As the buckle of the trade belt arrived in the Philippines in 47 MAESTRANZA CURTAIN known as the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade, the Walled City served as a 38 SITE OF THE WALL & PLAZA 1578. First church and convent window for Europe to the dazzling riches of the East, and for the longest dedicated to Our Lady of Angels COLEGIO DE SANTA The historic site of the port of time served to indirectly connect China with West, in a time when the (Nuestra Señora de los CATALINA Manila and the end point of the Angeles). Destroyed in 1583. A Founded in 1633 by Mother Manila-Acapulco Galleon trade. Celestial Empire of the Ming and Qing dynasties isolated themselves from new stone edifice with a small Francisca del Espiritu Santo. Site The area was demolished during the rest of the world. hospital was built in 1602. Badly now part of the Colegio de San the American period to make where to damaged in 1645 earthquake. Juan de Letran. way for a wharf. The curtain Its status as the seat of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines is wall was reconstructed through Remained in ruins until the third notable as well, as it witnessed the rise and fall of seven great churches: the church was constructed in 39 BALUARTE DE SAN a grant from the government of Manila Cathedral, and the churches of San Agustin, Our Lady of Lourdes, 1738. Damaged in 1863 GABRIEL Japan. It includes Baluarte de SHOP earthquake. Destroyed in 1945. Built in 1593, this was the Herrerias and Puerta 70 THE MANILA San Ignacio, San Francisco, Santo Domingo, and San Nicolas. The Walled The Mapua University now Walled City’s most important Almacenes, one of the seven COLLECTIBLE CO. City is also notable for being the home of the oldest universities and gates of Intramuros during the stands in the area. defense in the north that Fort Santiago, Sta. Clara St. colleges in Asia namely the Universidad de San Ignacio (1590), the Colegio protected the riverside. Rampart Spanish period. The chambers A “culture-space” full of de San Jose (1601), the University of Santo Tomas (1611), Colegio de San 30 MANILA HIGH SCHOOL cannons overlooked the Parian were used as storehouses. locally-made products such as 60 CAFÉ PRESSION Established in 1906, it stands on in Binondo. Site of the first textiles, and other curious Juan de Letran (1620), Colegio de Santa Isabel (1632), Universidad de San 3/F, Intramall, 706 Escuela St. the site of the Parian de San Parian in Manila and former site 48 DESTILERIA LIMTUACO items. Felipe (1640), Seminario Conciliar de San Carlos (1705), Colegio de Santa Cozy coffee shop for some time Jose (1783-1860) and Escuela of the Hospital de San Gabriel. MUSEUM off from walking around. OPEN DAILY: 09:00-18:00 Catalina (1706), Colegio de Santa Rosa (1750), Escuela Pia de Manila Municipal de Niñas, the first Hospital founded in 1587 by the Chinese merchant Lim Tua Co, TEL. 230 9710 (1817), and the Ateneo Municipal (1859). The earliest schools were founded public high school for girls in Dominican fathers for Chinese founded Destileria Limtuaco in OPEN DAILY: 08:00-18:30 by the Spanish Catholic missionaries, and by the time the Americans arrived 1889. The building became the populace. Destroyed by fire in 1852. As the oldest distillery in TEL. 243 1533 71 EL DESVAN GALLERIA Manila High School in 1906. 1597. Rebuilding stopped by city the Philippines, the museum Fort Santiago, Sta. Clara St. in the Philippines in 1898, Filipinos were among the most educated in all of Renamed Manila South High government for security serves as a showcase of the 61 PAPER + CUP COFFEE Drop by for oil paintings and Manila Bulletin, Muralla St. the Far East. School in 1921 and Araullo High reasons. Moved to Binondo. distillery’s products such as small gifts done by the locals. A cozy nook inside a publication School in 1930. Destroyed Closed in 1774. Underwent rum, tequila, whisky, brandy, and office offering affordable OPEN DAILY: 08:00-19:00 In view of its importance to Philippine history, the State has bestowed on it during the Battle of Manila in renovations in the 18th century. the medicinal wine popularly coffee. TEL. 0926 626 6472 several titles and recognitions over the years, such as in 1951, when the 1945. School’s old name revived Destroyed in 1945 during the known as “sioktong.” Machinery, bottles, barrels, and other congress enacted Republic Act No. 597 that declared Fort Santiago as a in 1958. New school building Battle of Manila. Restored in MON-FRI: 08:00-13:00 72 MANANZAN erected on the original site in 1989. mementos are well curated to SAT: 08:00-12:00 HANDICRAFTS National Shrine, and the walls and fortifications as National Monuments. In 1967. tell the story of the TEL. 527 7507 Cor. Gen. Luna and Sta. Clara Sts. 1993, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization 40 PUERTA DE ISABEL II family-owned distillery. At the One-stop shop for everything 62 COCO BANGO inscribed the San Agustin Church in the World Heritage List. In 2014, the 31 REVELIN DE RECOLETOS Opened in 1861. The last gate to end of the tour, guests who are handmade from around the Built in 1781 as a reinforcement White Knight Hotel, walls and fortifications of Intramuros, also known as Ciudad Murada, was be built in Intramuros. Part of of legal age may enjoy the where to country. to the fortifications on the the route of tranvia (streetcar) alcohol tasting. Plaza San Luis declared as National Cultural Treasure by the National Museum of the Eastern side of the Walled City. in the 19th century. Damaged Enjoy Filipino dishes such as OPEN DAILY: 08:30-18:00 TUES-SUN: 09:00-18:00; TEL. 527 7498 Philippines. But the jewel on its crown is the Presidential Decree No. 1616 of Named after the Recoletos during the Battle of Manila in sinigang and crispy pata. PHP100 Regular, PHP50 Students EAT 1979, when the State recognized, in the form of a law, Intramuros’ identity as Church nearby. Also known as 1945. Restored in 1966. Statue Optional alcohol tasting for adults OPEN DAILY: 06:00-22:30 73 THE PAPIER TOLE SHOP Revelin de Dilao. Original of Queen Isabel II originally 51 CAFÉ MARSO a “Monument to the Hispanic period of Philippine history,” effectively at PHP100. G/F, Cabildo Street TEL. 526 6181 Plaza San Luis, Gen.