One of the oldest structures in the city is the Fort San Pedro. Fort San Pedro was a military fuerza set up on the Eastern coast facing Mactan island. It was set up by the Spaniards led by Miguel Lopez de Legaspi some 40 years after Magellan, the failed circumnavigator of the world, met his untimely end in Mactan Island in 1521. (Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong).
The gate of the fort.
Fuerza de San Pedro 1565 – 1833
The age-old arch
Entrance fee: Php21 for adults / Php12.22 for children
History board at the entrance: Fort San Pedro in the past
An artist’s depiction of the original fort
The battle of Mactan
The burning of a Zubu village upon the return of Spanish forces (this time with more men and weapons).
It was said that due to this incident, the image of the Sto. Nino, which was a gift to the queen, almost got burned. This explains the image’s dark complexion.
Christianizing the natives
Miguel Lopez de Legaspi
Ferdinand Magellan
First procession with the image of the Sto. Nino.
View from the inside of the fort gate.
Rehabilitation plan of Plaza Independencia and Fort San Pedro.
This will start as soon as the underpass/subway/tunnel project gets completed.
To the walls.
Up, up and away!
Very nice view. Pang-pictorials.
See? My mom, the pictorial queen.
Subway construction at the Plaza Independencia
Santan everywhere!
Up the watchtower!
Don’t know what to say for this photo. LOL
Very old.
Fort San Pedro Historical Park
Pigeons!
View of the fuerza from the watchtower
National Museum
No videocams and digicams allowed
Tagalog-speaking tourists
Museum
One of the many cannons in the fort.
Another cannon
The Cebu Central Post Office
The Malacanan sa Sugbo
I don’t know what this is. LOL
Souvenirs, anyone?
Cebu guitars
Exterior of the fort
Stone walls
Sidetrip: Malacañan sa Sugbo (Madam GMA’s home in Cebu)
Taking of pictures is allowed only for the front part of the building. If you want to push your luck, just don’t let that countless armed PSG catch you. Good luck. hahahaha.
Built in 1910
Right side.
Left side.
Front. hahaha
Wow! Fort San Pedro is much nicer nowadays. I can’t wait to visit the souvenir shop.=) The Post Office & the Cebu White House are nice buildings too.
My first time there was 2004, as mum can’t afford to pay the excursion during my H.S. days. That Malacanan sa Sugbo, is that the Custom House? WOW!!! Cebu is very clean. (except across the C.C. Post office) That new plan so good. But the souvenir shop there and in Mactan are in dollar value. Im shopping in the bargain place.
Nice to see your mum as your model, Ley. Is that singing blind man still there in Fort San Pedro?
When i was there his singing otso2 w/ 2 young girls dancing, soo cute. The Japanese guy is kuripot. Wla jud maghog maske P50 nalang.
Thanks Ley
the blind man is still there. minus the dancing girls. =)
ahhhh yeah, thanks Ley.
kumuzta sa ninyo diha sa Sugbu
ok ra man sad mi diri…. nanginabuhi hinayhinay. hehehe
but the metropolis is booming. development in every corner. yay! =)
“Entrance fee: Php21 for adults / Php12.22 for children”
^^gidaginut jud ang .22…lisud kaayo ni pangitaan ug sukli..ila na lng untang i round-off…say Php 12 or Php 13, haha
hahaha. i think murag tungod ni sa dollar conversion… =)
they should have removed that “caratola” in the facade. recent addition, isnt it? it looks so cheap and contrasting to the structure of fort san pedro. (my own personal opinion) hehehe.
nice nga gihatagan na jud og attention ang atung mga parks and heritage structures karon. the people should know how to take good care of these. kulang pa jud ang majority when it comes to awareness in preserving heritage.
Hi Leylander,
Sa akung na okserbahan sapag reseach sa atong Lugar dako na gyud ug kausaban,
So I will Promote to the Filipino People na nindot na gyud ang atong Lugar,kay daghan kaayong mga taga la-ing Lugar sa Pilipinas na wala pa maka- anha sa Cebu!!!! ug dili lang mga Pilipino labaw na gyod tong mga Foreigner, pina empress
ko sila , basta Cebu the Best!
From ;
Milette
hehehe. go go go milette! =)
bitaw! the best jud ang cebu, although dili pareha sa manila ka taas ang mga buildings yet very city life still and at the same time relaxing..
u knw some teenage couple visit d place 2 make out..hahaha.. actually i was der wid my bf..(date?!) nah..we just visited VISITED d place and..haha.. accidentally we saw a couple making out.d gurl sitting on d guy’s lap and voila! u knw what dat means.. i hope dey enjoyed it.. haha.. pretty sure some KALAGS kay nanlili.. kinsa kaha 2 cla noh?
daghan man jud mag-det2x dira inig gabii kay ngitngit. hahaha.
When I was in college, my best friends and I would bring cake and ice cream inside Fort San Pedro to celebrate each other’s birthday. Looking at these photos make reminisce those fun days. I’m very happy nga nadam-agan nako imong blog. I will be coming home next month – the first time after many years. I can’t wait to visit my yutang’ natawhan.
By the way, nag-tukod diay ug subway dinha? Dili na man gud ko up-to-date sa mga balita diha.
Yup, sa ilawom sa plaza muagi ang subway. thanks for dropping by. =). see you soon!
I love Fort San Pedro, I use to go there with friends or alone all the time after school. Whenever I had to go to the Post Office, I always stopped by the Fort. Thanks for allowing me to reminisce my happy teenage years..
buwisit wla b tagalog tagalog assignment q eh
wtf?
correct me f i’m wrong, FSP used to be the zoo. . .recalled seeing some animals in there 4 to 5 decades ago, before it was moved near or in beverly hills..
Right, the Cebu Zoo was maintained there by the late Fr. Tropa (not a priest)before it was relocated to Camp Marina, and then further on to Negros. The GI sheets which fenced the perimeter before the old walls did not make good image to the Fort.
The rounded structure is called the bastion. There is one actually at every corner with names given to each.
bitaw.. nindot man sd ng fort san pedro. daghan au magdate2 dha..hehehhehe I want to go back there soon…. hahay… wa na jud ko kalaag dah.
nindot bitaw ang fsp. i’ve been there once.
Long awaiting! Good to see Fort San Pedro and other buildings in the area being cared for. Back in ‘02 we had our family photos taken in there. The pictures came out so beautifully that friends ask where we had it taken. It’s raw beauty is still a stunner!
I know this place, I have been there – picture in this blog was good – Helpful site http://www.cebucitytour.com