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 Fuerte dela Concepcion y del Triunfo, also known as Cotta Shrine, is

a fort built in 1755 by Father Jose Ducos to serve as a Spanish outpost


in the area. A special chapel was built inside the walls of the fort and an
image of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, in the pink and blue
attire, was enshrined in the chapel and outside the fort on the wall facing
the bay, was a carved image of the Virgin Mary (Nuestra Señora de la
Immaculada Concepción y del Triunfo de la Cruz de Migpangi). The
image on the Cotta's wall is believed to be miraculously growing and has
been the object of pilgrimage. The fort was renovated and restored to its
original design in 2006. Cotta will undergo improvement and
development with construction of a boulevard with a Spanish galleon
replica, cotta park with parking area, a mini commercial complex for food
stalls, ticketing offices, restos, cafes and souvenir shops.
 Fuerte dela Concepcion y del Triunfo also known as Fort of Misamis
is a citadel first built by Spanish Jesuit priest and commander, Jose
Ducos, for the town of Misamis in Mindanao island, now the modern city
of Ozamiz, Philippines. Construction of the structure completed in 1756.
[2] It is made out of coral stone and has four bastions (baluarte) namely
San Fernando, San Jose, Santiago and San Ignacio. The fort was built
to serve as a Spanish outpost in the area as a form of protection against
marauding pirates.[3] A special chapel was built inside the walls of the
fort and an image of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, was
enshrined in the chapel and outside the fort on the wall facing the bay,
was a carved image of the Virgin Mary (Nuestra Señora de la
Inmaculada Concepción y del Triunfo de la Cruz de Migpangi). The
image on the Cotta's wall is believed to be miraculously growing and has
been the object of pilgrimage

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