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This article lists the oldest buildings and structures in Metro Manila, the Philippines that were constructed before 1900. Majority of the oldest extant buildings in the capital region are religious buildings built during the Spanish colonial period .
Intramuros in Manila is the only locality in the Philippines where, for cultural reasons, the use, height, scale, and aesthetics of all new constructions and development are pre-determined and strictly regulated under the force of a national law.
Fort Santiago (Spanish: Fuerte de Santiago; Filipino: Moóg ng Santiago), built in 1571, is a citadel or castle built by Spanish navigator and governor Miguel López de Legazpi for the newly established city of Manila in the Philippines. The defense fortress is located in Intramuros, the walled city of Manila.
The Bahay na Tisa was built in 1846 by Don Cecilio Tech y Cabrera. [3] It is among the buildings which survived World War II. [1]During the Martial law era under President Ferdinand Marcos, it became known as the Freedom House and was used a meeting place for both anti and pro-Marcos groups.
Primary postal service building of the Philippines. Established as Manila Post Office in 1767. Manila Post Office Building, Liwasang Bonifacio: Filipino June 2, 1994 Philippine School of Arts and Trades: Established in 1901. Moved to present site in 1916. Destroyed during WWII and rehabilitated in 1951. PSAT site, Ayala Ave. English 1952
The Lichauco Heritage House, formally known as the O'Brien-Lichauco Heritage House is one of the oldest surviving houses in Santa Ana, Manila, Philippines.Originally built in 1859, the house was purchased in the late 1940s by a prominent Filipino lawyer and dignitary, Marcial Lichauco from a European family who had fled the Japanese occupation in the Philippines.
The Afable building is a 3-storey structure in Manila. ... It is possibly the oldest still standing work of Pablo Antonio Sr. as of 2016. ... At the beginning of 1940 ...
In World War II, the building once again suffered damage; first from Japanese bombings in 1941 and later on from American and Filipino artillery during the Battle of Manila in 1945. [3] The Aduana was repaired after the war and served as the offices of the Central Bank of the Philippines , the National Treasury and eventually the Commission on ...