Hello, dearest hivers. This is J once again. Have you ever wondered what's in the trifle-shaped historic space of Cebu? This blog will unveil the experience of being in Fort San Pedro. One of the historical attractions here is Cebu City, Philippines.
Well, last year I had the chance to visit the Plaza Indenpendencia. Plaza Indenpendencia is also one of the historic places in the City of Cebu. When I had the chance to be in the plaza indenpendencia, I get a glimpse of how this triangle shape somehow looks like a military base. I can see people in the higher part of the place. I can say that it is a military base for the reason that you will see cannons all around the area. Somehow a place guarded the place so that the enemy wouldn’t dare to invade. I wanted to visit there when I first saw the place, but I was in budget mode, and I do not know how much the entrance fee is.
So, a brief history of the place. Port San Pedro is located in the pier area of Cebu City. The building of Port San Pedro started on May 18,1565. Port San Pedro wasn't as concrete as it seems to be. The first building ever built in San Pedro was all made out of wood. The important person behind this triangular shape is facing the sea, and the third is facing the land. Legaspi is the one who constructed the port by the shore. The reason why the name itself is derived from Legaspi. The port has a length of 2,025.6 square meters, where the walls are 5 feet high. The tower is 30 feet from the ground. One of the reasons there's a Port San Pedro is because of the hospitality of the locals, where the colonization of Spaniards has just begun. Since the port was built by Spaniards, the place has its own Spanish name.
During World War II, where Japan is, they built tunnels that's connected to the sea. It became a military base, as you can also imagine, even if you don't know the history of the place, because of those 14 cannons around.
After the place has experienced some war and become ruined, The place underwent some restoration, headed by Architect Conception and funded by the Department of Tourism and the City Government. And later became the government-owned place on February 1, 2008.
After visiting the museum, it is already in our itinerary to visit Port San Pedro, for the reason that I am very interested in the structure and what is inside. You will enter the main area, or, I guess, the only entrance and exit of the place. They have a rate of 30 for adults. And students aged until 20 have 20 pesos, where you just have to present your identification card. When you arrive at the entrance, you can already tell how historic the place is.
You will see an illustration from the past that is placed before the reception area. When we are about to pay, they say that after we enjoy the place.
Going to the center of the place, you will see guards dressed up like those Spaniards guards clothing, and they also hold an armalite gun, as I’m wondering if the gun is still functional. You can already see what's inside the place. With lots of bleachers and flowery plants, and tree, the area screams nature.
The place has a little gallery where you can see paintings and a battle armor costume.
I guess some of the things in the place are already in the National Museum, which is nearby.
At the side of the house is a pathway going to the upper side. On the side of the pathway, you will see the tarpaulin that states about the history of Cebu and the history of the place where there's chairs and tables for you to chill out. Going down the path, you would somehow feel like you were in Spain, as the structure of those houses has similarities. When you are already on the upper side of the port, you can now see the whole view of Plaza Idenpendencia.
We took photos; check out those canons all over the place because they can really catch the attention of people outside. When you are at the top, you will have a clear view of the place.
There's a couple doing prenup shots, and you can also see a lot of Koreans and Western people.
At the tip of the triangle is a well-built stone that looks like a cage. During those times, from my perspective, I can say that the place is perfect because it can fight bullets. There are also tiny windows, which are very high, and some chairs. We just continued to take our stroll in the area, and I guess we had already had fun strolling around.
We decided to take our exit and pay our fee, and we saw people who were taking photos of the guards holding a Spain flag, and other tourists had also arrived. Since Port San Pedro is the top-tier historic destination of the whole of Cebu, wherever the tourist itinerary goes, the post is always on the list.
That is the end of our historic tour of the Port of San Pedro. Thank you for being with J. Upon going to Cebu, try to visit this place, as it holds a big part of the city’s past.
Adios, Hivers.
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Mahilig ako sa history mam salamat sa pics at info. May entrance fee ba?
Hello, Yes there is an entrance free pero 30 pesos lng nmm po.
Thank you po.
So far mao ni ang gusto jud nako balikon, kay highschool pako last naka visit bisan duol ra kay sa school. 🥹❤️ Thanks for sharing this with us here, miss @mariejeijeim!
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Hello Ma'am naa pa didto ang yellow nga snake? The last time I visit kai naa toy yellow snake nga pwd.mahikap☺️
I didn't know po but I guess it's no longer there.
okay, thank you.
1565??!😭😭😭 I can't believe that it's still standing strong considering the fact that it was built hundreds of years ago.
With a proper maintenance of restoration glad it's still standing.
I wish I can visit again the historical place of Fort San Pedro ♥️
You can always visit anytime Po.
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Thanks for sharing this @mariejeijeim . It’s been a while since we visited the place and there are so many changes already. 😍
No worries, change is constant. I hope the change is good.
Wow so nice, I have been there and I'm also planning to wite my blog about this place. Thank you for sharing this @mariejeijeim, it kinda motivate me to write.❤️✨
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Such an informative blog miss. Nakaari nako many times when I was living in Cebu pa. now that I'm in my hometown, this makes want to revisit the place. 😁