A few months ago I just got interested in a historic place in the Philippines. Because of the fellow traveler bloggers I’ve got interested in the historic place in the Philippines wherein they love to visit several historic places during their travel.
Real Talk: Every time we visited a historic place I don’t write or I could not found an interest in it. Instead of information about the historic place in the Philippines to everybody know the history of this place what I usually wrote in my blog post is my experience in this place.
Because of these fellow traveler bloggers they opened my eyes and mind how important these historic places in our country and share the info to the next generations where some of our young generations didn’t know the history of our country.
To start this I would like to share about the Fort San Pedro of Cebu which Cebu City also knew as the Queen City of the South and one of the best tourist destination in the country, Cebu City is one of the cities who rich in historical attractions as this are where the first Spanish settlement took place.
Fort San Pedro or Fuerza de San Pedro is one of the historical attractions and the smallest, oldest tri-bastion fort in the country and it is located in Plaza Independencia. According to history, the Fort San Pedro is a military defense structure and it was built by the Spanish and indigenous Cebuano laborers under the command of Spanish conquistador, Miguel López de Legazpi and the Spanish Government in Cebu which the work was first started on May 8, 1565. This served also as the nucleus of the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
I think this old tree is one of the witnesses of what really happened in Fort San Pedro before and after.
Why Fort San Pedro?
It is because the fort’s name was taken from Miguel Lopez de Legazpi’s flagship “San Pedro” in which he sailed the Pacific Ocean.
I don’t have the chance to get inside because it was closed at that time so I don’t have the chance to take photos inside. I think there are reasons why I did not enter this historic building and it means I will be back in Queen City of the South this coming Sinulog 2013 and will visit this place and I assure you that this time I will go inside and see what’s there.
This is inside Plaza Independencia.
Wondering what’s inside of her mind while she saw this monument?? Did she ask who is this hero?
Fort San Pedro is one f the must see place in Cebu… plus it is just a walking distance to the Sto Nino church, colon st and other tourist spots.