Plaza de Armas — Attraction in Manila

Well landscaped historical site located on the Fort Santiago grounds. The Plaza de Armas is a public square in Intramuros, Manila. The central plaza of Fort Santiago, it is one of three major plazas in Intramuros, the others being the central Plaza de Roma (also called "Plaza de Armas" at one point in its history) outside the fort grounds, and Plaza Moriones (not to be confused with Plaza Moriones in Tondo), a larger plaza outside Fort Santiago which was once a military promenade before it was closed in the 1863 earthquake that devastated Manila.[1] While Plaza Moriones is outside the walls of Fort Santiago, both plazas are often misconstrued for the other.[2] Recommended as part of the Fort...

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Plaza de Armas is an open-lawn area inside the next interior of Fort Santiago where the Jose Rizal Monument was erected.

On the left is the Rizal Shrine, where Jose Rizal was detained during the 18th century, and on the right is the...

Very nice historical central place in the Santiago fort which shows the monument of the young national hero José Rizal. The place is clean and very well kept by the local...