The market known as the Parian de San Jose once stood on this site from 1783-1860. Established by Governor-General Jose Basco, 1738; then demolished, 1860. This site was then occupied by the Escuela Municipal de Niñas from 1892-1899. It was renamed as the Manila Grammar School and American High School, 1899-1905, then as the Manila…

Established by Royal Decree in 1846, the Academia de Dibujo y Pintura was incorporated under the School of Arts and Trade in 1889. It was elevated to the rank of an Escuela Superior in 1893 but was dissolved due to lack of funding in 1898.

The school was established by the friars of the Order of the Preachers as the Colegio de Santo Tomas de Nuestra Señora de Santissimo Rosario in 1611. In 1645, It was raised to the status of a university by Pope Innocent X. The university was graced with the following titles: “Royal” by King Charles III…

The Beaterio de la Compaña de Jesus was established by the Venerable Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo in 1678. No less than the Archbishop of Manila approved the rules of the order in 1732. It was granted royal recognition in 1755 and canonically approved by the Holy See in 1931. Destroyed during the Second World…

The Ateneo Municipal, which once stood on this site, was established as the Escuela Pia in 1816. It was taken over by the Spanish colonial government and renamed as the Escuela Municipal in 1830. When it was turned over to the Society of Jesus in 1859, it was renamed Ateneo Municipal. It became the Ateneo…

The Asuncion de Manila is one of the oldest superior normal schools for women in the Philippines. It was established and entrusted to the nuns of the Religious of the Assumption by Royal Decree of Maria Cristina, Queen-Regent of Spain, in 1893. Asuncion moved out of Intramuros in 1895.

The Church of Santo Domingo was possibly the most popular of eight that existed in pre-war Intramuros, according to the book La Casa de Dios principally authored by historian Fr. Rene B. Javellana. This was because it housed La Naval, an image of the Virgin of the Rosary linked to a naval victory over the…

The Church of San Nicolas that used to stand on this site was built through the efforts of the Augustinian Recollects. It was the third and last church erected in the area under the patronage of St. Nicholas of Tolentine. Japanese forces burned the structure in February 1945 during the occupation of Manila and killed…

Casa Manila looks like a typical mansion of the upper class in colonial 19th century Philippines. It was built from 1981 to 1983 following the design of a house that once stood along Jaboneros St. in the Chinese district of Binondo in the 1850s. The ground floor walls of such houses were made of adobe…

Postern used as access from Fort Santiago to the Pasig River. Lieutenant Governor Simon de Anda, leader of Spanish resistance against the British occupation of Manila (1762-1768) during the Seven Years War, escaped through this postern after a siege of Intramuros by the British Army.