Fort San Felipe
Fort San Felipe is a military fortress in Cavite City, Philippines. It was constructed by the Spanish military in 1609 in the first port town of Cavite, the historic core of the present and larger Cavite City, for its protection.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Historia Caviteño, CC BY 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Naval Station Pascual Ledesma and Danilo Atienza Air Base.
Naval Station Pascual Ledesma
Naval base
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Naval Station Pascual Ledesma, also known as Cavite Naval Base or Cavite Navy Yard, is a military installation of the Philippine Navy in Cavite City. In the 1940s and '50s, it was called Philippine Navy Operating Base. Naval Station Pascual Ledesma is situated 190 metres west of Fort San Felipe.
Danilo Atienza Air Base
Aerodrome
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Danilo Atienza Air Base is a military base used by the Philippine Air Force, located on the northern end of the Cavite Peninsula in Manila Bay, Luzon Island, Philippines. It is adjacent to Cavite City, in Cavite Province.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kawit and Bacoor.
Kawit
Photo: Mardonie Cruz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kawit, officially the Municipality of Kawit, is an urban municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 123,631 people.
Bacoor
Photo: Cookie Nguyen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bacoor is a suburban city in Cavite. It is a large, overwhelmingly sprawling community south of Manila, and the gateway to the province from the north.
Imus
Photo: Aerous, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Imus is a city in Cavite, and the de jure capital of the province. The city is the site of Battle of Alapan, a major encounter during the Philippine Revolution on 1898.
Fort San Felipe
- Type: Fort
- Description: military fortress in Cavite City, in the Province of Cavite, Philippines
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Cavite City, Cavite, Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Tagalog—“Fort San Felipe” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fort San Felipe”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن سان فيليبى”
- Spanish: “Fuerte San Felipe Neri”
- Tagalog: “Moog ng San Felipe”
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