Fort Pilar

The Real Fuerte de Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza (Royal Fort of Our Lady of the Pillar of Saragossa), also known as Fort Pilar, is a 17th-century military defense fortress built by the Spanish colonial government in Zamboanga City. The fort, which is now a regional museum of the National Museum of the Philippines, is a major landmark of the city and it symbolizes the city's cultural heritage.

Outside the eastern wall is a Marian shrine dedicated to Our Lady of the Pillar, the city patroness, pontifically crowned on 12 October 1960 following a papal decree on 18 September 1960.

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Fort Pilar ranks #1,709 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #4 of the 4 mapped in Philippines. See how Philippines compares in the castle statistics.

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