Journey Through Time at Fort San Pedro: A Timeless Gem in Cebu, Philippines 🇵🇭

Journey Through Time at Fort San Pedro: A Timeless Gem in Cebu, Philippines 🇵🇭

On our way to Fort San Pedro, I just came across another beautiful  little chapel of Santo Niño. Look at it, so nice, with on top a huge statue of Santo Niño. Yeah, a really, really small chapel, but so many beautiful places here in Cebu. Now let’s go to Fort San Pedro.

So Fort San Pedro is a fort built in 1565 by the Spanish under the command  of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi. So actually, I think this will  be a really nice place to visit, so let’s do that, then let’s go! Look, Mads, it’s my gift to you.

How can I bring that one into Manila? You can sell it. I sell it. This is actually a beautiful gift, right? A big gift, for sure. The biggest present with a ribbon on it ever. So here we are guys, at Independence Square. It’s the square just in front of Fort San Pedro,

And it’s actually an enormous square, a lovely place to relax, do some people watching, or do some activities. Look at the beautiful flowers, the trees, Ah, the plants, so nice. Plenty of benches to rest on. A good location to have a  morning jog and run a little bit.

Yeah, ride a bike maybe if it’s  allowed here, I don’t know. Ah, and everywhere they have these food stands. I don’t know if it’s always like that or if  it’s just because of the Sinulog Festival. Look at this! What a great place. Even though it’s raining a little bit,

I think when it’s really really good weather, this place must be so  crowded with people chilling. Yeah, it’s probably because of the event, like over here they sell  the Sinulog Festival shirts. Some food stands over there. Maybe they have a cold drink. It’s time for a cold drink. Let’s see what they have.

Hello guys, how are you? Could I have a royal lemon, please? A cold one. Not for sale for now, sir. Not for sale, you’re not open yet? Yeah, we’re waiting for our boss. Oh, okay. No problem, then. Maybe later. Okay, later, if I return, I will buy a Royal then.

Okay, see you. Bye-bye. Ah, street food. Got to love that. That’s puso? Yes. Oh, okay. Longanisa, hot dogs. They have puso rice here, Mads. I didn’t try it yet, so maybe later I will have something to eat here. How are you? Doing well? I’m fine.

So these stands are always here, or because of the festival? Because of the festival. Oh, just because of the festival. Okay, thank you, thank you. Yeah, maybe we can get a drink here. Let’s see. Oh, isaw, did you guys ever try isaw when you’re in the Philippines?

I did once, and it’s actually quite okay. So normally all those stands are not here; it’s all because of the festival, but it’s a nice atmosphere, even though it’s still early. Lechon, that’s a nice piece. Hi. Hello, how are you? So guys, we are here in Fort San Pedro,

The smallest and oldest fortress in the Philippines. Look at this. And look at this beautiful entrance, guys. This place has so much history, and I really love the way they made the crest up there. Gorgeous! So let’s go inside and explore this amazing fortress. Let’s go!

And just past the gate, we already have some pictures up here from Fort San Pedro in the past. How it look like in the beginning and then how it evolved in the current fortress. I’m already so excited to visit this place,

And over here they have another one with pictures of the founding of Cebu, like here you have Miguel Lopez de Legazpi. and here are pictures or paintings about the founding of Cebu. So nice. Here they’re planting the cross. So I guess there is an entry fee here,

So let’s buy our tickets now and let’s get inside. How are you? I’m good, thank you. How are you? I’m fine. Where are you from? I’m from Belgium. Belgium. Are you alone, sir? No, I’m with my girlfriend, Mads. The chocolate in Belgium is good. Yeah, yeah, we have a lot of good food.

I eat too much of it. Did you try the Belgian waffles? No, I haven’t, but I want. Yeah, they’re really good, and the fries are also really good. We have a 30 peso entrance fee in the fort San Pedro, and if you need a tour guide inside,

We will be very happy to tour you inside. Oh, okay. It’s a free service. Okay, okay, that’s nice. That’s nice. Let’s get a tour then. Thank you so much. Thank you, have a wonderful day. This is the courtyard of Fort San Pedro here, and first I’ll introduce myself.

I am Ramon LaRosa Jr., an intern student from Biliran Province State University. Nice to meet you. I’m Robbie, Robbie from Belgium. Yeah, and this is Mads from the Philippines. Nice to meet you. We can go to señor de la Cotta. Okay, thank you so much.

The second-oldest image of Virgin remedies in the Philippines. Oh, really? This is Señor de la Cotta. When the two soldiers of Ferdinand Magellan came in here, they found this image inside of this well here. They found it here? Yeah, they found it in here, inside of this well,

That is why this well is called puso because puso means well, and the image was found in here. And what time it was? It was in 1565. Oh, 1565. Because Miguel Lopez de Legazpi arrived in here in 1565, and Ferdinand Magellan arrived in here in 1521. Yeah, it is in the song,

And here we have the gallery so that we can see our ancestors and the people who came in here in the Philippines. The expedition of Ferdinand Magellan. So this is Emmanuel Pañares, he is the one who draw and who paints all these paintings, and a local person from Cebu City,

And this is the battle in Mactan, as you can see, the Spaniards are using guns and the Filipinos are using the machete and spear. Yes, yes. That’s a very advanced weapon for the Spaniards. This is Ferdinand Magellan. Ferdinand Magellan came in here in the Philippines looking for spices and land.

He’s not looking for a war; he came in here in peace. He is the one who discovered the Philippines. That is why our country is named the Philippines. Because the person who ordered him to voyage is King Philip II of Spain. And this is the battle in Mactan

Where Ferdinand Magellan was killed by Lapu-Lapu, but not a machete; it was a single spear that killed Ferdinand Magellan before he entered Mactan Island. And this is Lapu-Lapu. This is a sketch of Lapu-Lapu. This is Rajah Humabon, as you can see, he also eat a lot of food. Belgian chocolate?

Yeah, chocolate, a lot of chocolate, and this line symbolizes what tribes they belong to, and this triangular shape symbolizes how many people they have killed in battle. Yeah, it’s their rank; they have paint on their bodies. Yeah, paint on their body, and he also drinks a lot of wine

Because he is like a king of the Philippines. This is Hara Amihan, the wife of Rajah Humabon. This symbolizes the woman, the gracefulness of a woman, and as you can see, she is carrying the Santo Nino. This is a gift of Ferdinand Magellan to her after she was baptized as a Christian

To symbolize our firstborn of Christianity in the Philippines. And this is Antonio Pigafetta. Antonio Pigafetta is the writer, or, in a simple way, the Secretary of Ferdinand Magellan when he came in here in his expedition, like he is the one who wrote the history and also who drew the geographical map of Cebu.

This is Enrique de Malacca; he is a slave from Malaysia. Ferdinand Magellan brought him here to the Philippines because he is a multilingual person. He can speak the native language of Filipinos, and that’s why they gave him a name Enrique, because in Malaysia they have a different language,

And Malacca is the place where he came from, Malacca in Malaysia. That is Enrique De Malacca, and this is the blood compact. Have you heard of blood compact before? Yes, I was at the shrine. Yeah, it’s like we cut our wrists and mix our blood together,

And drink it to symbolize trust and friendship for each other, and this tradition is still ongoing in Bohol, we have the Sandugo Festival. It is the oldest fort in the Philippines, right? Yeah, oldest and the smallest fort in the Philippines. Yes. A triangular-shaped fort, so that they can easily defend from both sides.

Is it the only one that’s triangle-shaped in the Philippines? Some of them are circular ones for example Fort Santiago. Yeah, I’ve been there as well. It’s not a triangular shape. Yeah, but it’s a lot bigger, I think. Yeah, bigger because this is the smallest. Yes, 2025.60 square meters only.

So this is the sea area in here before just our reclaimed land in here, and also have you seen the well? There’s like three wells in this fort, but only one was found because it was destroyed when they bombed the area, and also, there’s an escape tunnel in here going to the seashore,

But they closed the escape tunnel or the entrance because of the safety of the Filipinos because some locals are going to that entrance and if the high tide is coming. Yeah and they have trouble. Yeah, they could get into trouble. So before the water actually came to the walls here. Yeah, in here.

Yeah,. Already in here. so all the things you see here, this was all Sea. Yeah, it was already a sea. The land area when the Spaniards came in here they have like a garden, a garden of medicinal Garden or herbal plants in the fort.

This is the area where they planted all the herbal plants, as you can see right now, they planted a few herbal plants so that it will be remembered of what is in here before. Just like this one, you can see oregano. Oregano, yes, I can see that.

It is very good for your cough. If you have a cold. Yeah, you just boil that one, and you can drink the water. And we have this one, like we call this one in our province, Sibuyas Duhunan. It has the same aroma of onions.

But there’s no like onion; this one is the same aroma. They made this for tea, this purple one. And we have the calamansi. Have you heard of calamansi? Yes, I heard about it. Lime. Lime is very good for your tequila. Yeah, or for the sisig. Yeah, sisig. Yeah, this is Malunggay.

Have you tried sisig? Have you tried lechon? I tried it as well. So far, how was it? It was really good. Yeah, it’s really good. Yesterday I went to Cebu IT Park, and I was looking there for balut. I finally found it, and it was sold out. So I haven’t tried it yet,

But all of the dishes in the Philippines I probably have. You didn’t try balut. No, I haven’t. Maybe later. Maybe later. You must try it because you don’t need to miss the balut in the Philippines. Yes. That is one of the famous. Main dish. Yeah, the main delicacy here in the Philippines.

Is this cannon something special or? No, this cannon was the same as you can see upstairs, but the difference is that this one looks rusty because when they bombed this area, it was buried down, which is why it looks old and looks like wood.

As you can see, there’s a cannon ball inside here. Oh yeah. That one looks rusty, but they’re the same. Do you think it still works? I don’t know; maybe in the upstairs. Maybe they still work because they look like new, but it’s 400, or 435 years old, or something like that. 435 years.

So this is the original structure of the fort, but before, it was made of wood and logs. Oh okay. Just this small part was the original? Yeah, this is the original area. Yeah. The whole triangular shape. And that was a brief history of Fort San Pedro. Thank you so much.

I hope you enjoy it. Yeah, I enjoy it. Thank you so much for your explanation. Yeah, thank you so much. I hope I can taste that chocolate in Belgium. Yeah, yeah, yeah, give me your address. I sent you a box. I sent you a box. Thank you. Thank you so much.

It was so nice. Thank you, thank you. Did you enjoy yourself? Yes. You learned something too? Yes, alot. Yes, we are. Wow, that was such a nice tour, guys. The guide was super, super friendly and explained a lot about this place. And yeah, magnificent visit.

And now we will have a little walk here on the walls of the fort and enjoy our final day here in Cebu. It’s a very, very small, but a beautiful fortress. Okay, let’s light up this cannon, guys. Boom! Haha, they were shocked. Look at the smoke over there.

We just fired up the barbecue. Let’s get some food! So guys, this was it for this video today. I hope you enjoyed our walk here in Fort San Pedro, a beautiful small fort in the Philippines, and I will see you guys again soon from Manila. Take care, guys. Bye-bye from Robbie.

Bye from Mads. Take care, guys! Cheers!

Today’s in my latest Philippines travel vlog, I’m joined by Mads as we explore Fort San Pedro, A Timeless Gem in Cebu, Philippines

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Venture into the captivating depths of Fort San Pedro, a historical landmark that stands as a testament to Cebu’s rich and vibrant past.

Immerse yourself in the echoes of history as you explore the imposing bastions and unravel the tales of courage and resilience that have shaped Cebu’s identity.

Discover the hidden gems within the fortress, where ancient cannons stand as silent sentinels, remnants of a bygone era that whisper of battles fought and won.

Embark on a cultural odyssey as you immerse yourself in the vibrant tapestry of Cebunese heritage, where traditional dances and tantalizing cuisine await.

Experience the warmth and hospitality that Cebu is renowned for, as you connect with the local community and discover the true essence of this enchanting city.

This YouTube video invites you to embark on a captivating journey through time, where the rich history of Fort San Pedro intertwines with the vibrant pulse of modern Cebu.

Discover a treasure trove of stories and experiences at Fort San Pedro, a must-visit destination for every traveler seeking an authentic cultural and historical immersion.

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