Ciudad Amurallada: Intramuros de Manila

[drfeelgood17]

Great pics again Animo & Mr Manila - I wonder what the interior of the old Manila Cathedral looked like - it was probably much grander - the present want is quite austere.

[drfeelgood17]

Great pics again Animo & Mr Manila - I wonder what the interior of the old Manila Cathedral looked like - it was probably much grander - the present want is quite austere.

[Lili]

Originally Posted by Animo

Monument to King Carlos IV.



"Al Rey de Carlos IV en gratito al non beneficio de la vacuna los habitantes de Filipinas."

^ I wonder what the vaccination was for? I remember reading an account in Orlando, Florida when the indigenous "indian" tribe there was decimated because of the diseases brought by the conquistadores to its area. They did not have immunity then.

[Lili]

Originally Posted by Animo

Monument to King Carlos IV.



"Al Rey de Carlos IV en gratito al non beneficio de la vacuna los habitantes de Filipinas."

^ I wonder what the vaccination was for? I remember reading an account in Orlando, Florida when the indigenous "indian" tribe there was decimated because of the diseases brought by the conquistadores to its area. They did not have immunity then.

[Animo]

In Manila, in far away Philippines. Carlos IV touched the Philippines indelibly two hundred years ago. Today he stands majestically in front of the Manila Cathedral in the old Spanish quarter of Intramuros.

Filipino history books and journals offer little detail beyond what is on the carved plaque on the King’s monument, commemorating the King’s decision to send the newly discovered smallpox vaccine – la vacuna – to the Philippines:

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I see a King asking for recognition of an extraordinary accomplishment long ignored.

This scroll in my hand is the proclamation of 1803 that saved more people than were killed in all of the Napoleonic wars. We reached into a shrinking Treasury and funded a fully staffed medical expedition, which was headed by my own personal doctor, Francisco Balmis, and which carried the newly discovered smallpox vaccine around the world. Troops of young heroic boys braved the rigors of travel across the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans and into the backlands of our colonies, carrying live vaccine in their own arms. Looking after these boys was the first international nurse in history. And all of this came about from the generosity of the Crown: we asked for nothing in return.”

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http://www.words-sounds-images.com/royal_command.htm

AL REY
D. CARLOS IV
EN GRATITUD
AL DON BENEFICO
DE LA VACUNA
LOS HABITANTES
DE FILIPINAS

[Animo]

In Manila, in far away Philippines. Carlos IV touched the Philippines indelibly two hundred years ago. Today he stands majestically in front of the Manila Cathedral in the old Spanish quarter of Intramuros.

Filipino history books and journals offer little detail beyond what is on the carved plaque on the King’s monument, commemorating the King’s decision to send the newly discovered smallpox vaccine – la vacuna – to the Philippines:

---
I see a King asking for recognition of an extraordinary accomplishment long ignored.

This scroll in my hand is the proclamation of 1803 that saved more people than were killed in all of the Napoleonic wars. We reached into a shrinking Treasury and funded a fully staffed medical expedition, which was headed by my own personal doctor, Francisco Balmis, and which carried the newly discovered smallpox vaccine around the world. Troops of young heroic boys braved the rigors of travel across the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans and into the backlands of our colonies, carrying live vaccine in their own arms. Looking after these boys was the first international nurse in history. And all of this came about from the generosity of the Crown: we asked for nothing in return.”

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http://www.words-sounds-images.com/royal_command.htm

AL REY
D. CARLOS IV
EN GRATITUD
AL DON BENEFICO
DE LA VACUNA
LOS HABITANTES
DE FILIPINAS

[Culiat]

Originally Posted by Lili

^ I wonder what the vaccination was for? I remember reading an account in Orlando, Florida when the indigenous "indian" tribe there was decimated because of the diseases brought by the conquistadores to its area. They did not have immunity then.

Its for Smallpox

[Culiat]

Originally Posted by Lili

^ I wonder what the vaccination was for? I remember reading an account in Orlando, Florida when the indigenous "indian" tribe there was decimated because of the diseases brought by the conquistadores to its area. They did not have immunity then.

Its for Smallpox

[JAMAICUS]

Did king Carlos IV of Spain really cared for his colonial subjects in the Philippines?

[JAMAICUS]

Did king Carlos IV of Spain really cared for his colonial subjects in the Philippines?

[Kaiser]

Nice pix

[Kaiser]

Nice pix

[jbkayaker12]

Originally Posted by manileño

I can imagine a Verrazano or Golden Gate for Manila in the future. hehe

Corregidor should remain an island separated from the main island of Luzon. IF they ever build a bridge to Corregidor it will destroy the island forever. It is worse enough now garbage from the mainland reaches the shoreline in Corregidor.

[jbkayaker12]

Originally Posted by manileño

I can imagine a Verrazano or Golden Gate for Manila in the future. hehe

Corregidor should remain an island separated from the main island of Luzon. IF they ever build a bridge to Corregidor it will destroy the island forever. It is worse enough now garbage from the mainland reaches the shoreline in Corregidor.

[ThisFire]

^ that is true, and I hope it will never happen

[ThisFire]

^ that is true, and I hope it will never happen

[manileño]

Originally Posted by jbkayaker12

Corregidor should remain an island separated from the main island of Luzon. IF they ever build a bridge to Corregidor it will destroy the island forever. It is worse enough now garbage from the mainland reaches the shoreline in Corregidor.

ah ok. like Liberty/Ellis/Governor.. i thought they were like Staten.

[manileño]

Originally Posted by jbkayaker12

Corregidor should remain an island separated from the main island of Luzon. IF they ever build a bridge to Corregidor it will destroy the island forever. It is worse enough now garbage from the mainland reaches the shoreline in Corregidor.

ah ok. like Liberty/Ellis/Governor.. i thought they were like Staten.

[Askal82]

Originally Posted by Animo

In Manila, in far away Philippines. Carlos IV touched the Philippines indelibly two hundred years ago. Today he stands majestically in front of the Manila Cathedral in the old Spanish quarter of Intramuros.

Filipino history books and journals offer little detail beyond what is on the carved plaque on the King’s monument, commemorating the King’s decision to send the newly discovered smallpox vaccine – la vacuna – to the Philippines:

---
I see a King asking for recognition of an extraordinary accomplishment long ignored.

This scroll in my hand is the proclamation of 1803 that saved more people than were killed in all of the Napoleonic wars. We reached into a shrinking Treasury and funded a fully staffed medical expedition, which was headed by my own personal doctor, Francisco Balmis, and which carried the newly discovered smallpox vaccine around the world. Troops of young heroic boys braved the rigors of travel across the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans and into the backlands of our colonies, carrying live vaccine in their own arms. Looking after these boys was the first international nurse in history. And all of this came about from the generosity of the Crown: we asked for nothing in return.”

---

http://www.words-sounds-images.com/royal_command.htm

AL REY
D. CARLOS IV
EN GRATITUD
AL DON BENEFICO
DE LA VACUNA
LOS HABITANTES
DE FILIPINAS

So this probably explain why the Filipino natives survived at that time compared to the natives of America's. Filipinos were lucky to have been given vaccination of small pox unlike their Latin-American counterparts.

[Askal82]

Originally Posted by Animo

In Manila, in far away Philippines. Carlos IV touched the Philippines indelibly two hundred years ago. Today he stands majestically in front of the Manila Cathedral in the old Spanish quarter of Intramuros.

Filipino history books and journals offer little detail beyond what is on the carved plaque on the King’s monument, commemorating the King’s decision to send the newly discovered smallpox vaccine – la vacuna – to the Philippines:

---
I see a King asking for recognition of an extraordinary accomplishment long ignored.

This scroll in my hand is the proclamation of 1803 that saved more people than were killed in all of the Napoleonic wars. We reached into a shrinking Treasury and funded a fully staffed medical expedition, which was headed by my own personal doctor, Francisco Balmis, and which carried the newly discovered smallpox vaccine around the world. Troops of young heroic boys braved the rigors of travel across the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans and into the backlands of our colonies, carrying live vaccine in their own arms. Looking after these boys was the first international nurse in history. And all of this came about from the generosity of the Crown: we asked for nothing in return.”

---

http://www.words-sounds-images.com/royal_command.htm

AL REY
D. CARLOS IV
EN GRATITUD
AL DON BENEFICO
DE LA VACUNA
LOS HABITANTES
DE FILIPINAS

So this probably explain why the Filipino natives survived at that time compared to the natives of America's. Filipinos were lucky to have been given vaccination of small pox unlike their Latin-American counterparts.