Southeast Asia

Today I will be visiting two sites located in Manilla, Philippines. Manilla is the capital of the Philippines, and the metro area is the home of nearly 14 million people.  

Site 1 - Our first site was Fort Santiago. Fort Santiago is a historic Spanish fortress located in Manila. Thousands of local and international tourists visit each year because of the structure's century-old Spanish architectural design. It was created by the Spanish to protect Island from foreign invasions and sea pirates, and it faces Manila Bay. Fort Santiago ensured that Intramuros remained the center of Spanish political, military, and religious power. For 300 years, the Philippines were ruled by the Spanish. It was not just a fortress, but also a dungeon. A large number of Filipinos were imprisoned, tortured, and slaughtered in an underground cell that was flooded during high tide during the three centuries of Spanish rule. The dungeon is still locked and inaccessible today. Visitors are only allowed to look down from above. Jose Rizal, the Philippines' great leader, was by far the most popular prisoner. He used his pen to fight the colonizers' oppression. His works, poems, and articles inspired Filipinos to fight for their country's freedom. 

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Site 2 – The next site we visited was the Fort Bonifacio Tenement. The Fort Bonifacio Tenement (FB Tenement), also known as the Diosdado Macapagal Tenement Housing, Western Bicutan Tenement, or simply The Tenement, is a residential building in Western Bicutan, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. It's famous for its central basketball court, which is frequently used for murals. The Tenement was a public housing project under Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal's administration. The structure was built in 1963 in response to the flood of migrants moving to the area that would eventually become known as Metro Manila. The government has attempted to evict people from the Fort Bonifacio apartment on multiple occasions. The building, along with the Punta Santa Ana Tenement and the Vitas Tenement in Manila, was declared dangerous and likely to collapse in the event of a significant earthquake by the Philippine National Housing Authority in 2010. 

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