Metro Manila
Capital District
San Nicolas

Plaza de Armas

The Plaza de Armas is a in , . It is the central plaza of . It is one of three major plazas in Intramuros, the others being the central outside the fort grounds and , a larger plaza outside Fort Santiago which was once a military promenade before it was closed in the 1863 earthquake that devastated Manila.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Santiago and Rizal Shrine.

Fort
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, built in 1571, is a citadel or castle built by Spanish navigator and governor Miguel López de Legazpi for the newly established city of in the .

Museum
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The , also known as the Museo ni José Rizal Fort Santiago, is a museum dedicated to the lifework of José Rizal. It is located inside in , , , beside the Plaza de Armas.

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is a in , . Located in front of the entrance to , it is one of three major plazas in Intramuros, the others being located beyond the fort's grounds, and the Plaza de Armas located inside the fort, to which it is often misconstrued for. is situated 180 metres southeast of Plaza de Armas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Intramuros and Port Area.

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, also known as the Ciudad Murada because of its most famous feature: a nearly 5-km-long circuit of massive stone walls and fortifications that almost completely surrounds the entire district, is the historic centre and oldest district of Manila, the capital city of the Philippines.

Suburb
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, also known as the Manila Port District and South Port District, is a district of the city of , . It is entirely a reclaimed land occupied by Manila's South Harbor and .

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is the "Chinatown" district of . It is the oldest Chinatown in the world and was the country's center of commerce during the American occupation.

Plaza de Armas

Latitude
14.59454° or 14° 35′ 40″ north
Longitude
120.97009° or 120° 58′ 12″ east
Open location code
7Q62HXVC+R2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 331784448
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q14146227
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From German to Spanish—“Plaza de Armas” goes by many names.

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