Paseos de Intramuros: A Guidebook to Manila’s Walled City
The book offers itineraries, maps, and detailed narratives of important buildings, monuments, and historical sites.
Fort Santiago, Museo ni Jose Rizal, Plaza Moriones, Intramuros Visitor Center, Almacenes Reales, Aduana Street to the Frente de la Marina, Postigo del Palacio, Malecón Drive, Anda Monument, Palacio Arzobispal, Second San Ignacio Church/Museo de Intramuros, Ateneo de Manila, Puerta de Santa Lucía, Agustiniana Provincial House/ ECJ Building, Cuartel de Santa Lucía, Beaterio de la Compania de Jesus/ Bagumbayan Light and Sound Museum, Baluarte de San Diego, Legazpi-Urdaneta Monument, Puerta Real, Revellin de Real de Bagumbayan/ Manila Aquarium, The Jesuit Compound, Colegio de San José/Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Church and convent of our Lady of Lourdes/ El Amanecer Building, Palacio de Santa Potenciada/ Philippine Red Cross (Manila Chapter), Academia de Dibujo y Pintura, Banco Español-Filipino/ Bank of the Philippine Islands, Casa de Moneda de Manila, Baluarte de San Andres, Church and Convent of San Nicholas Tolentino/Bulletin Publishing Corporation, Revellin de Recolletos/Escuela Taller, Parian de San Jose/ Manila High School, Baluarte de San Francisco de Dilao, Church and Convent of Our Lady of Angels, Camilla de la Venerable Order Tercera de Manila/ Papua University, Hospital de San Juan de Dios/Lyceum of the Philippine University, Puerto del Parian, Baluarte de San Gabriel, Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Beaterio and Colegio de Santa Catalina, Quezon Gate, Puerta de Isabel II / Puerta de Isabel Chambers, Queen Isabel II Monument, Magallanes Monument/Plaza Mexico, Aduana/Intendecia, Plaza Espana, Santo Domingo Church and Convent/Bank of the Philippine Islands (Intramuros Branch), Plaza Santo Tomas, Benavides Monument, University of Santo Tomas, Colegio de Santa Rosa, Hospital Military/ Army Navy Young Men’s Christian Association, Monasterio de Santa Clara, Ayuntamiento, Manila Cathedral, Plaza Roma, Carlos IV Monument, Palacio del Gobernador, Escuela Normal de Maestros/ St. Paul’s Hospital (defunct), Plazuela de Santa Isabel/ Memorare Manila Monument, Colegio de Santa Isabel (defunct), San Agustin Church and Convent.
Please note that at the end of World War II, all of Intramuros's buildings and structures were destroyed, with only the damaged San Agustin Church still standing.
To further protect Intramuros as a national historical monument of the Philippines, it is now included in UNESCO's Tentative List of World Heritage Sites. The entry, Colonial Urban Plan and Fortifications of the Walled City of Manila, was submitted last February 7, 2024, and states that the "16th-century gridiron urban plan of Intramuros, a masterstroke of colonial urban planning in the early Modern Era, is exceptionally intact.
Publisher:
Vibal Foundation, Philippines
Publication Date:
2023
Format:
Softcover / 9 x 6 inches / 116 pages / Color
Language:
English
ISBN: 978-971-97-0848-3