Fort Santiago

Fort Santiago (Spanish: Fuerte de Santiago; Filipino: Moóg ng Santiago), built in 1571, is a citadel or castle built by Spanish navigator and governor Miguel López de Legazpi for the newly established city of Manila in the Philippines. The defense fortress is located in Intramuros, the walled city of Manila.

The fort is one of the most important historical sites in Manila. Several people died in its prisons during the Spanish Empire and World War II. José Rizal, the Philippine national hero, was imprisoned here before his execution in 1896. The Rizal Shrine museum displays memorabilia of the hero in their collection and the fort features, embedded onto the ground in bronze, his footsteps representing his final walk from his cell to the location of the actual execution.

It is near the Manila Cathedral and the Palacio del Gobernador (lit. Governor's Palace, currently the office of the Commission on Elections).

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Fort Santiagoは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界866位（全3,734件中）、フィリピンの4件では2位にランクされています。1571年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の40%より古い城です（16世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の351件のひとつ）。フィリピンが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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