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Intramuros, Manila

Type Object Region Philippines Time 1571–1600

Intramuros was the administrative and military core established by Spanish colonizers in Manila Bay in 1571, symbolizing colonial rule over the Phili…

Timeline

  1. 1571Manila Bay · ManilaMiguel López de Legazpi captured Manila and made it the seat of the Philippine governor-general, demarcating the colonial administrative center with a wooden palisade and early defenses.
  2. c. 1580–1590Intramuros, Manila · ManilaStone structures such as the Church of San Agustín were completed, and the walled city gradually became the colonial urban core gathering clergy, officials, and Chinese merchants, supporting trans-Pacific trade administration.
  3. 1590–1600Intramuros, Manila · ManilaIn the 1590s the Spanish colonial authorities launched stone wall and bastion works, transforming the walled city from a trade administration center into a fortified colonial capital with coastal defense functions.

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