Fort San Pedro
Bastion de San Miguel
Fort San Pedro is a fortification built upon the orders of Miguel López de Legazpi to protect the Spanish settlement that he founded in Cebu. Construction of the fort which was originally of wooden palisades began on May 8, 1565. The present stone structure however dates to 1833 as indicated by a carved bas-relief at the entrance to the fort.
A cannon at the Ignatio de Loyola bastion.
Triangular in shape, the fort is the smallest in the country. It has three bastions namely, La Concepcion, San Miguel, and Ignatio de Loyola. There are two buildings inside, one which housed the personnel that manned the fort and the other one which contained the quarter of the lieutenant.
Fort San Pedro is located in Plaza Independencia, a vast archaeological field which yielded pre-Spanish artifacts such as a gold death mask, pre-Hispanic burials and Chinese pottery.
A view of the eastern side of the fort from the Ignatio de Loyola bastion.
The Spanish royal seal emblazoned in low-relief above the main entrance of the fort.
October 13th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
[...] Nevertheless, the arrival was still kind of dramatic. Just a few meters from the pier is Fort San Pedro, a fortification built at the instance of Miguel López de Legazpi to protect the new Spanish [...]