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Fort Pilar

🇵🇭 Philippines · 17th century

Fort Pilar in the Philippines
Photo: Dennison Uy from Makati, Philippines · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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.

Text adapted from “Fort Pilar” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fort Pilar ranks #2,711 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #4 of the 14 mapped in Philippines. Founded c. 1650, it is older than 26% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 626 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,894 times in the last 60 days, more than 65% of the atlas. See how Philippines compares in the castle statistics.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Fort Pilar?

Fort Pilar stands in the Philippines, at 6.90111°, 122.08222°.

When was Fort Pilar built?

The atlas dates its founding to c. 1650. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.

How famous is Fort Pilar?

In this atlas's fame ranking: #2,711 of 8,133 worldwide, and #4 in the Philippines. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.

What is the nearest castle to Fort Pilar?

Fort of the Conception and of the Triumph, about 238 km away.

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