Fort Santiago

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Fort Santiago

The Santiago

The reconstructed main gate of Fort Santiago

 Location within Metro Manila

General information

Type Bastioned fort

Architectural Italian-Spanish school of fortification

style

Location along Pasig River

Town or city Manila

Country Philippines

14°35′42″N120°58′10″ECoordinates:
Coordinates
 14°35′42″N 120°58′10″E

Construction 1590

started

Completed 1593

Renovated 1733

Dimensions

Other 2,030 feet (620 m) perimeter

dimensions

Technical details

Structural Masonry

system

Design and construction

Architect Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas (1590)

Fernándo Valdés y Tamon (1730s)

Structural Leonardo Iturriano

engineer

Designations National Historical Landmark

Website

https://visitfortsantiago.com

Fort Santiago (Spanish: Fuerte de Santiago; Filipino: Moóg ng Santiago) is a citadel first built by
Spanish navigator and governor Miguel López de Legazpi for the new established city of Manila in
the Philippines. The defense fortress is part of the structures of the walled city of Manila referred to
as Intramuros.
The fort is one of the most important historical sites in Manila. Several lives were lost in its prisons
during the Spanish Empireand World War II. José Rizal, one of the Philippine national heroes, 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 only a few meters away from the Manila Cathedral and the Palacio del Gobernador
(lit. Governor's Palace, currently the office of the Commission on Elections).