Central Visayas
Cebu Province
Metro Cebu

Fort San Pedro

Fort San Pedro is a military defense structure in , Philippines, built by the Spanish under the command of Miguel López de Legazpi, first governor of the Captaincy General of the Philippines.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Spanish-era military fortification in Cebu City, Philippines
  • Also known as: “Fort of San Pedro”
  • Address: A. Pigafetta Street, Cebu

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort of San Pedro and Basilica del Santo Niño.

Memorial
Photo: Seav, CC0.
is a memorial.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Basílica Minore del Santo Niño de Cebú, alternatively known as the Minor Basilica of the Holy Child or simply Santo Niño Basilica, is a minor basilica in in the that was founded in 1565 by Fray Andrés de Urdaneta and Fray Diego de Herrera. is situated 370 metres northwest of Fort San Pedro.

Park
Photo: Carlojoseph14, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a park, which is situated 440 metres northwest of Fort San Pedro.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cebu City and Subangdaku.

Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the main city on Cebu Island in the and is known as the Queen City of the South. It is the capital of , a transport hub, and a popular tourist destination in its own right.

Suburb
Mandaue, officially the City of Mandaue, is a highly urbanized city in the region of the . According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 364,482 people. is situated 4 km northeast of Fort San Pedro.

Suburb
Mandaue, officially the City of Mandaue, is a highly urbanized city in the region of the . According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 364,482 people. is situated 5 km northeast of Fort San Pedro.

Fort San Pedro

Latitude
10.29261° or 10° 17′ 33″ north
Longitude
123.90579° or 123° 54′ 21″ east
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Inception
1565
Open location code
7Q257WV4+28
Open­Street­Map ID
way 332819231
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
1688717
Wiki­data ID
Q1472845
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tagalog—“Fort San Pedro” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “圣佩德罗堡”
  • Dutch: “Fort San Pedro”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصن سان بيدرو”
  • French: “fort San Pedro”
  • French: “Fort San Pedro”
  • Georgian: “სან პედროს ციხე”
  • German: “Fuerte de San Pedro”
  • German: “Fuerza de San Pedro”
  • Italian: “Forte San Pedro”
  • Italian: “Fuerza de San Pedro”
  • Japanese: “サン・ペドロ要塞”
  • Japanese: “サンペドロ 要塞”
  • Slovenian: “Fuerte de San Pedro”
  • Slovenian: “Fuerza de San Pedro”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte de San Pedro”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte San Pedro”
  • Spanish: “Fuerza de San Pedro”
  • Tagalog: “Fuerte de San Pedro”
  • Tagalog: “Fuerza de San Pedro”
  • Tagalog: “Moog ng San Pedro”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort San Pedro”. Photo: Ramirez72, Public domain.