Stepping Back in Time --Visiting Intramuros, Manila

Hello community. We continue to observe the Lenten season in our country. Today, we decided to visit and pray in seven churches. The trip was not just to practice religion but to visit some historical sites as well. One of the sites we visited was Intramuros, Spanish for "within the walls". It is a walled area in Manila and home to two old churches.

The place takes you back in time from the old houses, horse drawn carriage and guardia civil.

Our first stop was the San Agustin Church which was built in the 1600s. Unfortunately, the church was closed and we just had to take photos outside. There were a lot of tourists in the area.

A few minutes walk took us to the Manila Cathedral, another old church built in the 1500s.

The list of Manila Archbishops going back to 1579 to the present. Ironic and funny that one of them was named Cardinal Sin 😀

After we're done with the church, it was time to walk around Intramuros. Just beside the Manila Cathedral was the Palacio del Governador. In this site the governor general lived when the Philippines was a Spanish colony.

We walked on the walls to have a better view of the area.

The Lyceum a school in Intramuros founded by the third president, Jose Laurel.

Colegio de San Juan de Letran founded in 1620 was the school of the finest minds in the country during the Spanish colonial era.

It was a hot and humid day for walking but we had a lot of fun touring the area.