Plaza de Roma

The Plaza de Roma Plaza Roma is one or two large public places in Intramuros, Manila. It is framed by the Andres Soriano Avenue (formerly Calle Aduana ) on the north side, the Cabildo Street to the east, the Santo Tomas Street to the south and the present General Antonio Luna Street ( formerly Calle Real del Palacio ) on the west side. The square is the center of Intramuros.

During the Spanish Kololisation the Philippines, the Plaza de Roma Plaza Mayor of Manila was. They formed the center of the city, and bull fights and other public events were held here until Governor Rafael María de Aguilar in 1797 the place was converted into a garden. He was often referred to at that time as Plaza de Armas, but is not to be confused with the Plaza de Armas within Fort Santiago). As in 1901, the American rule began in the Philippines, the Plaza was renamed Plaza McKinley, after U.S. President William McKinley, who authorized the seizure of the Philippines by the United States. Got its name, the Plaza in 1961 after Rufino Santos was raised as the first Filipinos in the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. In recognition of this measure gave the Municipality of Rome one of their places the name Piazzale Manila.

The Plaza de Roma is surrounded by three major structures: the Manila Cathedral stands on the south side, Palacio del Gobernador the on the west side and to the east rise the Consistoriales Casas, also known as the Ayuntamiento de Manila. The Real Audiencia de Manila at the time of the Spaniards was located not far from the square. In the middle of the square, a 1824 -built monument is in honor of Charles IV of Spain, who had to send the first shipment of vaccines against smallpox to the Philippines. A fountain that surrounds the monument, was added in 1886. In the 1960s the monument was replaced by a monument in honor of Gomburza, but arranged in 1978 President Ferdinand Marcos, the restoration of the Plaza de Roma and other sites in Intramuros to; The work was carried out in 1980 by the then newly founded Intramuros Administration, and the Gomburza monument was removed and the ürsprungliche monument to Charles IV was set up a year later.

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