Fort Nuestra Señora del Rosario (Fort San Pedro)
Location:
Iloilo City, Iloilo (Region VI)
Category:
Buildings/Structures
Type: Fortification
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker Date:
1949
Installed By:
Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
FORT NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL ROSARIO
SITE OF FORT NUESTRA SENORA DEL ROSARIO. BUILD IN 1617 AS A PROTECTION AGAINST PIRATES. IT WAS MADE OF MORTAR AND STONE AND WAS SQUARE IN SHAPE WITH FOUR BASTIONS. THE ONE FACING SOUTH WERE BUILT BY GENERAL JUAN DE MESA.
(Source: Historical Markers Region V-XII, National Historical Institute, 1994, Manila; p. 116)
