TY  - ADVS
ED  - Ayala Museum Research Team
TI  - Fort San Pedro park
KW  - Forts and fortifications
KW  - Iloilo City
KW  - fort san pedro
KW  - fort san pedro park
KW  - forts
KW  - parks
KW  - pedro bravo de acuña
KW  - la punta, iloilo
KW  - ilong-ilong
KW  - villa de arevalo
KW  - nuestra señora del santissimo rosario
KW  - diego de quiñones
KW  - amrt
N1  - The Spanish fort built in 1602 by Pedro Bravo de Acuña used to lie at the tip of la Punta, overlooking Guimaras Island. La Punta was the first Spanish settlement of Ilong-ilong (meaning "nose-like", now Iloilo), then a swampy land joined to Villa de Arevalo by a path along the beach. Ruins of the defense outpost can still be seen in Fort San Pedro Park in the city. Beside the ruins of the fort is Fort San Pedro Park, where a huge statue of Our Lady of the Rosary (Nuestra Señora del Santissimo Rosario) stands. Many battles were fought in this vicinity. Most memorable was that one in 1616 against the Dutch, when an image of Our Lady of the Rosary was found. Diego de Quiñones, captain of the combined Filipino-Spanish soldiers and who was dispatched from Manila to defend Cebu and Panay against the Dutch, found the image inside a box when he tripped and fell into a hole while inspecting the defenses. The battle which lasted from September 29 to 30 ended with the withdrawal of the Dutch. (See also AR00214); print
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