Original print is the property of the University of Michigan Special Collections posted here with their consent.
Tags: Manila Philippines calesin
Original print is the property of the University of Michigan Special Collections posted here with their consent.
Tags: Dumaguete Eastern Negros Dumaguete Church Philippines
Original print is the property of the University of Michigan Special Collections posted here with their consent.
Tags: Philippines
Looking north with Baluarte de San Andres and sentry watchtower on the left and Revellin de Recoletos in the right of center distance. To the right where the buildings can be seen would be the present day location of Manila City Hall.
Original print is the property of the University of Michigan Special Collections posted here with their consent.
Tags: Intramuros Manila Philippines
I big thank you goes to Paquito Dela Cruz for this detailed information on the picture:
Included in this view are the following fortification elements: the moat, in the foreground; the contrasescarpa (counterscarp: the outer wall that bounds the moat); the old camino cubierto (covered walkway: the area between the moat and that short wall/parapeto/parapet in front of the workers, from which soldiers can fire their small arms or artillery), which surrounded the entire moat; a conventional través (traverse), on the right side; a fairly large través (possibly for storage of munitions -- they sometimes enclosed vaulted chambers, which are covered with earth and protected from fire, to house the artillery corps when they are not at their posts), on the left side; and several instances of an espaldón (earthen mounds used as additional cover against gunfire). The outwork fortifications on the side of Manila Bay were demolished fairly early on during the American period (I mentioned the precise timeline last year in MN in the context of the evolution of the Malecón/Bonifacio Drive and the development of the Manila Bay coastline).
Original print is the property of the University of Michigan Special Collections posted here with their consent.
Tags: Intramuros Manila Philippines