Fort San Pedro
Fort San Pedro, also called Fuerza de la Nuestra Señora del Rosario, was a military defense structure in Iloilo City, Philippines. It was built in 1602 by Pedro Bravo de Acuña to protect the city from Moro and Dutch attacks, and was completely destroyed during World War II.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Plaza Libertad and Iloilo City Hall.
Plaza Libertad
Park
Photo: Armanbarbuco, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plaza Libertad, formerly known as Plaza Alfonso XII, is a historic plaza or town square in Iloilo City, Philippines. It is considered the site where the flag of the first Philippine Republic was raised in triumph after Spain surrendered Iloilo, the last Spanish capital in Asia and the Pacific, to the revolutionary forces led by Gen. Plaza Libertad is situated 1 km northwest of Fort San Pedro.
Iloilo City Hall
Town hall
The Iloilo City Hall is the official seat of government of the City of Iloilo, Philippines, located at Plaza Libertad, within the historic old downtown area in the City Proper district. Iloilo City Hall is situated 1 km northwest of Fort San Pedro.
Iloilo Customs House
Public building
Photo: Americana22ount, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Iloilo Customs House is a historic building in Iloilo City, Philippines. It was built in 1916 to a design by American architect Ralph Harrington Doane, then Consulting Architect of the Bureau of Public Works in the Philippine Islands. Iloilo Customs House is situated 1 km northwest of Fort San Pedro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Iloilo City Proper and Iloilo City.
Iloilo City Proper
Suburb
Photo: Ryomaandres, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Iloilo City Proper, also known as Downtown Iloilo or simply Iloilo among locals, is an administrative district in Iloilo City, Philippines, located on the southeastern coast of the island of Panay in the Western Visayas region.
Iloilo City
Photo: Berniemack, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Iloilo City is the provincial capital of Iloilo, on the island of Panay. The city is rich in history and culture, with well-preserved Spanish and American-era architecture — from churches to commercial buildings and the many ancestral houses scattered around the city.
Lapuz
Suburb
Photo: Berniemack, CC BY 3.0.
Lapuz is a district in Iloilo City, Philippines. It is the smallest district by geographical area as well as the least populous district, with 31,603 people in the 2024 census.
Fort San Pedro
- Type: Ruins
- Description: Fort in Iloilo City, Philippines
- Category: historic site
- Location: Western Visayas, Visayas, Municipality of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte, Davao Region, Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
10.6879° or 10° 41′ 16″ northLongitude
122.5801° or 122° 34′ 48″ eastOpen location code
7Q24MHQJ+52OpenStreetMap ID
way 372917306OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q113561567
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In Other Languages
“Fort San Pedro” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Fuerza Nuestra Señora de Santo Rosario”
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