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What was the primary purpose of the strong, defensive wall surrounding the capital city in Intramuros?
What was the primary purpose of the strong, defensive wall surrounding the capital city in Intramuros?
What type of structure was built above an obstacle or depression to enable passage of a pathway or roadway?
What type of structure was built above an obstacle or depression to enable passage of a pathway or roadway?
What was the primary purpose of an adwana in Intramuros?
What was the primary purpose of an adwana in Intramuros?
How many schools were there in Intramuros during the Hispanic Period?
How many schools were there in Intramuros during the Hispanic Period?
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What is the primary purpose of an ayuntamiento?
What is the primary purpose of an ayuntamiento?
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What was the primary purpose of a balwarte in Intramuros?
What was the primary purpose of a balwarte in Intramuros?
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What type of structure was a building where religious people, monks or nuns, retired from the world for prayer and contemplation?
What type of structure was a building where religious people, monks or nuns, retired from the world for prayer and contemplation?
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What is the main feature of a katedral?
What is the main feature of a katedral?
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What is the purpose of an almacenes?
What is the purpose of an almacenes?
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What is the name of the main plaza in Intramuros?
What is the name of the main plaza in Intramuros?
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What is the name of the building where weapons and ammunition are manufactured and stored?
What is the name of the building where weapons and ammunition are manufactured and stored?
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What is the name of the defensive structure intended for military troops?
What is the name of the defensive structure intended for military troops?
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Study Notes
Intramuros: The Fortress City
- The center of civic and ecclesiastic rule during the Spanish period, surrounded by a strong defensive wall for protection and a military fort at the mouth of the Pasig River.
- The city was designed to serve as a protective hub for the Spanish colonial government.
Important Structures in Intramuros
- Beaterio: a structure under a religious order providing care for orphans.
- Hospital: a building used to give medical and surgical care to the sick and injured.
- Tulay: a structure built above an obstacle or depression, enabling passage of a pathway or roadway.
- Balwarte: a projecting part of the fortification, round or polygonal in plan, intended to have a number of firing directions for both cannon and other weapons to defend the adjacent perimeter.
Education in Intramuros
- Es kwela: a building or complex devoted to educational studies at differentiated levels.
- There were ten schools in Intramuros during the Hispanic Period, all managed by religious groups.
Religious Institutions
- Monasteryo: a building where religious people, monks or nuns, retire from the world for prayer and contemplation.
- Katedral: the principal church of a diocese containing a "cathedra" or bishop's throne.
Government and Administration
- Ayuntamiento: the chief administrative building with offices for both the gobernador-heneral (head of the country) and the alcalde (head of the city) with their regidores (councilors).
- The Ayuntamiento of Manila has a space for the prison.
Trade and Commerce
- Adwana: a building designated for the payment of customs and duties and where vessels are entered and cleared.
- Embarcadero: an area used as a landing place for ships and other water vessels.
- Almasenes: a building constructed near a port for storing goods or a space inside civic building, like casa real, to store tributes in form of goods.
- Bodega ng armas/Maestranza: a building for both manufacturing and storing weapons and ammunitions.
Public Spaces
- Plasa mayor: an open public square that is adjacent to both major roads and prestigious civic and religious buildings.
- The plaza mayor of Intramuros is called Plaza Roma.
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Test your knowledge about Intramuros, a historic walled city in Manila, Philippines, and its notable landmarks, including the Beaterio, orphanages, and hospitals.
