Paper on Intramuros

I entered through the gate along And Street and the showtime thing I noniced was the presence of security guards wearing nice blue uniforms with outsize hats. I only found out later that they were wearing Guardia Civil attire and it did add a Spanish touch, as well as added security in the district. I would see dozens of them during my trip. The first museum I visited was the Kiss Heritage Center as it was the one closest to where I entered. One officer was configuration enough to direct to me to the museum and I found myself base on balls along And Street. It was not long before I saw a sales making TTS way through the old streets of Intramural.The streets did feel old and in like manner most of the buildings along the road figureed old and had a hint of Spanish specify. And as I was walking to the Kiss Heritage Center, I passed by the Placid del Asana, which was the first clear tribute to the Spanish influence I saw. It was painted in the unmistakable bright red and yellow c olors of the Spanish flag. after(prenominal) my tour of the Heritage Center, my next stop was the Case Manila at the plaza San Luis Complex. As I got closer, I noticed the concrete streets turn into cobblestone and the buildings had more of that Spanish tinge.The area around the Plaza San Luis Complex, which is situated Just across the San Austin Church and Museum, was clearly restored and maintained to recreate Intramural as it was during the colonization a city for the privileged Spanish and messiest. The Case Manila Museum provided a closer look into disembodied spiritstyle of the Messiest and the Spanish elite. They did a bully re-creation of the interior of a Spanish home. I would claim preferred to have a closer look at the inhabit but they limited viewing audience to a red carpet path that goes around and throughout the museum.The display was very ell-thought out and in time the tiniest of details, especially in the Cochin, were present. Some of the furniture and tak e down some of the design looked familiar to me, and I recognise I had seen similar wooden furniture at my grandmothers ancestral home back in Zebu. The rooms were very huge, especially the salsa area, and it was very hot despite the many electric fans postal serviced in the corners of the rooms. I can only imagine how hot it was for the Spanish residents, mores for those who came from Spain, where they had a more welcoming climate.Being sent to the Philippines could eave been the remainder thing any Spaniard would have wanted. However, at least they were better off than the people living out of doors the walls of Intramural. I exited the museum through an old, worn-down stone staircase and outside I could see a stone flush and the Spanish- era architecture of the Complex. When I went down the hoping for memorabilia or at least replicas of any antiquities of the Spanish period. I could not help but laugh at all the odd trinkets they were selling, which had nothing to do with Sp anish.Origami dragons and a Kim practical action figure were Just a pair f things that seemed very out of place. I track the street over to the San Austin Church and it Just so happened that I visited in the middle of a wedding ceremony. The stone church walls were old and worn down but the interior was amazing. It is a great testament to how Spain brought about Christianity to the Philippines. The museum was huge and it would take you at least an hour to view everything on display. They showcased statues of the sanctum sanctorum Family, the saints, apostles and other Catholic figures.They had giant paintings of Augustine priests along the corridors and a rooms devoted to the efferent Augustine churches in the Philippines and even vestments of Catholic priests. What surprised me the most during my tour around the museum was the room they called the Script. It was a crypt built within the monastery that held the bodies of 141 prisoners of contend and it alike displayed a repos itory to honor those fallen dead. My give way stop was Fort Santiago which was on the far end of Intramural. It was a long walk and I passed by the Shrine of Freedom, another monument dedicated to the victims of war.Then I passed by the Manila Cathedral, which was still under renovation. The great structure was more usher of the importance of Christianity which was brought upon by the Spanish rule. When I arrived at Fort Santiago, I saw a large group of people, foreigners and even some Filipinos, gathered around a tour guide. However, I decided that I would explore the area on my own. At the entrance of the actual fortress, I got to see the bronze footsteps of Racial, the last steps he took. There was also an exhibit of Irrational furniture which displayed the tables, books, paintings and all that were related to Racial.I also got to view the dungeons where recliners were kept and where even some had died. There was also a monument that honored those who passed within the fortress . My experience during the trip to Intramural gave a pretty good picture of what life was like during the Spanish era. Although it may have been a very difficult time for our country, it played an important role in our history. I really support the whole idea of remembering and preserving at least some Spanish culture and some structures. It was easy to see that the people living within Intramural during the Spanish era were living good lives (I. . Spanish and Messiest). They were living relatively extravagant lives as compared to those outside of the walls. It also repeatedly showed the significance of Christianity back then, and we can see that persevere until today. However, we must also remember that it was a place of imprisonment and death a burial ground for others. It gives us a pretty picture of how life was like for the average Spaniard, and a very common part of that picture is the death of thousands during those times. Even though the Spaniards built up those walls as bar riers, they could not escape the reality of violence and death.