Ciudad Amurallada: Intramuros de Manila

[dancethingy]

I love this place, i think it has an amazing potential to be the hottest tourist spot in the country. I hope they do right with this place in terms of development.


Ladies and Gents, Intramuros
so romantic



















Manila Cathedral

[dancethingy]

I love this place, i think it has an amazing potential to be the hottest tourist spot in the country. I hope they do right with this place in terms of development.


Ladies and Gents, Intramuros
so romantic



















Manila Cathedral

[manileño]

it was the most beautiful city in the Far East before WWII.

What we're seeing today is actually just 10%(?) of the whole structure before it was razed to the ground during World War 2.

Any new structures(replicas) being built? rebuilt? what's new in Intramuros? i never been there in a couple of years?

[manileño]

it was the most beautiful city in the Far East before WWII.

What we're seeing today is actually just 10%(?) of the whole structure before it was razed to the ground during World War 2.

Any new structures(replicas) being built? rebuilt? what's new in Intramuros? i never been there in a couple of years?

[tigidig14]

gr8 stuff, dance and knowing ur from chi-town
gr8 things will happen to good pimps

[tigidig14]

gr8 stuff, dance and knowing ur from chi-town
gr8 things will happen to good pimps

[dancethingy]

hehehehe, thanks tig, shucks.

@ manileno, nothing much is really going up in Intramuros, it's a good and bad thing. It's a good thing because nothing shitty has come up and it's bad because they can do real good with the place. Nevertheless, the department of tourism has taken over intramuros and they hold many tourist conventions there representing provinces throughout the country. Most of the structures have been preserved very very well and are now museums, shops, and restaurants. They have several bandshells there that allow some low key concerts. I think the revitilization of Intramuros would do Manila lots of good. I actually took a tour of one of the houses in Intramuros, it was amazing. Just amazing to see the inside fully preserved. Even the spices in the kitchen of this house was still there waiting to be used.

When i was there last month, i felt i tinge of sadness for the place and for our people in general. It maybe because our past so glorious is often ignored and under utilized in rallying the citizens or maybe its because of the placards around intramuros showing pictures of glorious structures that once stood in a pile of rubble that lay before me. Those damned Japanese fucked things up. I think if any reconstructing were to happen, THEY SHOULD PAY FOR IT. They owe us our national heritage, God knows we didn't do shit to their national heritage places.

[dancethingy]

hehehehe, thanks tig, shucks.

@ manileno, nothing much is really going up in Intramuros, it's a good and bad thing. It's a good thing because nothing shitty has come up and it's bad because they can do real good with the place. Nevertheless, the department of tourism has taken over intramuros and they hold many tourist conventions there representing provinces throughout the country. Most of the structures have been preserved very very well and are now museums, shops, and restaurants. They have several bandshells there that allow some low key concerts. I think the revitilization of Intramuros would do Manila lots of good. I actually took a tour of one of the houses in Intramuros, it was amazing. Just amazing to see the inside fully preserved. Even the spices in the kitchen of this house was still there waiting to be used.

When i was there last month, i felt i tinge of sadness for the place and for our people in general. It maybe because our past so glorious is often ignored and under utilized in rallying the citizens or maybe its because of the placards around intramuros showing pictures of glorious structures that once stood in a pile of rubble that lay before me. Those damned Japanese fucked things up. I think if any reconstructing were to happen, THEY SHOULD PAY FOR IT. They owe us our national heritage, God knows we didn't do shit to their national heritage places.

[marites4]

I love those antique houses too. Does anybody know if there are any plans to remove the squatters in intramuros. It's a shame to have squatters in sucha beautiful place.

[marites4]

I love those antique houses too. Does anybody know if there are any plans to remove the squatters in intramuros. It's a shame to have squatters in sucha beautiful place.

[manileño]

Originally Posted by dancethingy

hehehehe, thanks tig, shucks.

@ manileno, nothing much is really going up in Intramuros, it's a good and bad thing. It's a good thing because nothing shitty has come up and it's bad because they can do real good with the place. Nevertheless, the department of tourism has taken over intramuros and they hold many tourist conventions there representing provinces throughout the country. Most of the structures have been preserved very very well and are now museums, shops, and restaurants. They have several bandshells there that allow some low key concerts. I think the revitilization of Intramuros would do Manila lots of good. I actually took a tour of one of the houses in Intramuros, it was amazing. Just amazing to see the inside fully preserved. Even the spices in the kitchen of this house was still there waiting to be used.

When i was there last month, i felt i tinge of sadness for the place and for our people in general. It maybe because our past so glorious is often ignored and under utilized in rallying the citizens or maybe its because of the placards around intramuros showing pictures of glorious structures that once stood in a pile of rubble that lay before me. Those damned Japanese fucked things up. I think if any reconstructing were to happen, THEY SHOULD PAY FOR IT. They owe us our national heritage, God knows we didn't do shit to their national heritage places.

i see. from what i read, the Americans were the ones who actually razed Intramuros to the ground. It was the "Liberation of Manila". The Americans were in their final stages of the campaign to drive away the Japanese (after the 2 atomic bombs) and they did open fire to most structures in Manila and Intramuros not minding if it was a Japanese or a native that gets hit).

I read from somewhere that Gen. Douglas MacArthur even apologized to Sergio Osmena for the devastation of Manila (Intramuros) saying something like "Now that the city lays in ruin, you can pursue a national rebuilding/re-awakening without these monuments that may blind you in your search for your true national identity. You can start all over Again."

[manileño]

Originally Posted by dancethingy

hehehehe, thanks tig, shucks.

@ manileno, nothing much is really going up in Intramuros, it's a good and bad thing. It's a good thing because nothing shitty has come up and it's bad because they can do real good with the place. Nevertheless, the department of tourism has taken over intramuros and they hold many tourist conventions there representing provinces throughout the country. Most of the structures have been preserved very very well and are now museums, shops, and restaurants. They have several bandshells there that allow some low key concerts. I think the revitilization of Intramuros would do Manila lots of good. I actually took a tour of one of the houses in Intramuros, it was amazing. Just amazing to see the inside fully preserved. Even the spices in the kitchen of this house was still there waiting to be used.

When i was there last month, i felt i tinge of sadness for the place and for our people in general. It maybe because our past so glorious is often ignored and under utilized in rallying the citizens or maybe its because of the placards around intramuros showing pictures of glorious structures that once stood in a pile of rubble that lay before me. Those damned Japanese fucked things up. I think if any reconstructing were to happen, THEY SHOULD PAY FOR IT. They owe us our national heritage, God knows we didn't do shit to their national heritage places.

i see. from what i read, the Americans were the ones who actually razed Intramuros to the ground. It was the "Liberation of Manila". The Americans were in their final stages of the campaign to drive away the Japanese (after the 2 atomic bombs) and they did open fire to most structures in Manila and Intramuros not minding if it was a Japanese or a native that gets hit).

I read from somewhere that Gen. Douglas MacArthur even apologized to Sergio Osmena for the devastation of Manila (Intramuros) saying something like "Now that the city lays in ruin, you can pursue a national rebuilding/re-awakening without these monuments that may blind you in your search for your true national identity. You can start all over Again."

[Lili]

Thank you for the sharing the wonderful pictures Ben. There is one picture there with just a shell of the building. What is that building?

Is it only the Japanese to be blamed for the destruction of Intramuros? Didn't the US also bombed Manila? So sad, our cultural heritage had to be a casualty of the war between these nations. tsk. tsk.

(I see Manileno already responded to my query. Gracias.)

[Lili]

Thank you for the sharing the wonderful pictures Ben. There is one picture there with just a shell of the building. What is that building?

Is it only the Japanese to be blamed for the destruction of Intramuros? Didn't the US also bombed Manila? So sad, our cultural heritage had to be a casualty of the war between these nations. tsk. tsk.

(I see Manileno already responded to my query. Gracias.)

[dancethingy]

Thanks Manileno. Thanks for clearing that up. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, the Americans are doing the same thing to Iraq's national heritage. The damage there is even more sinful because they are destroying structures that were present at the cradle of civilization. They really &%^* up in Iraq. I think they also ^%&$ up here in the Philippines, but hey.

Things are done and over, let's focus on what we have left; NOW AND THE FUTURE.

[dancethingy]

Thanks Manileno. Thanks for clearing that up. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, the Americans are doing the same thing to Iraq's national heritage. The damage there is even more sinful because they are destroying structures that were present at the cradle of civilization. They really &%^* up in Iraq. I think they also ^%&$ up here in the Philippines, but hey.

Things are done and over, let's focus on what we have left; NOW AND THE FUTURE.

[drfeelgood17]

Thanks Dancethingy - at last we have a thread for Intramuros! Great idea!


Quote: I read from somewhere that Gen. Douglas MacArthur even apologized to Sergio Osmena for the devastation of Manila (Intramuros) saying something like "Now that the city lays in ruin, you can pursue a national rebuilding/re-awakening without these monuments that may blind you in your search for your true national identity. You can start all over Again."

If MacArthur really said this, then maybe it's time Filipinos stop worshipping him as a hero. I don't see the Japanese worshipping the pilots of the Enola Gay (the plane that dropped the first A-bomb on Hiroshima)....

[drfeelgood17]

Thanks Dancethingy - at last we have a thread for Intramuros! Great idea!


Quote: I read from somewhere that Gen. Douglas MacArthur even apologized to Sergio Osmena for the devastation of Manila (Intramuros) saying something like "Now that the city lays in ruin, you can pursue a national rebuilding/re-awakening without these monuments that may blind you in your search for your true national identity. You can start all over Again."

If MacArthur really said this, then maybe it's time Filipinos stop worshipping him as a hero. I don't see the Japanese worshipping the pilots of the Enola Gay (the plane that dropped the first A-bomb on Hiroshima)....

[drfeelgood17]

On a more positive note, it looks like Mayor Atienza has done a lot of good work recently! I hope he keeps up the momemtum.

[drfeelgood17]

On a more positive note, it looks like Mayor Atienza has done a lot of good work recently! I hope he keeps up the momemtum.