Fort San Felipe (Cavite)

Fort San Felipe
La Fortaleza de San Felipe
Part of Naval Base Cavite
Cavite City in the Philippines
The Philippine map showing the location of Fort San Felipe
The Philippine map showing the location of Fort San Felipe
Fort San Felipe
Location of Fort San Felipe in the Philippines
Coordinates14°28′54.5″N 120°55′0″E / 14.481806°N 120.91667°E / 14.481806; 120.91667
TypeFortress
Site information
OwnerGovernment of the Philippines
Controlled byPhilippine Navy
Open to
the public
No
ConditionPartly demolished in the early 20th century
Site history
Built1609 (1609)[1]
Built bySpanish East Indies
MaterialsGranite and concrete
Battles/warsBattle of Manila Bay
EventsCavite mutiny of 1872
Execution of the Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite in 1896

Fort San Felipe (Spanish: Fortaleza de San Felipe; Filipino: Moog ng San Felipe Neri) is a military fortress in Cavite City, Philippines. It was constructed by the Spanish military in 1609 in the first port town of Cavite, the historic core of the present and larger Cavite City, for its protection. Less than half of the original historic structure survives today. The remaining structure is made of granite blocks with 30-foot high walls and features a wide stairway leading to the top of the bastions and remaining walls. Naval memorabilia including antique cannons and cannonballs decorate the lawns of the fortification. Fort San Felipe is located within the 9-hectare (22-acre) Naval Base Cavite of the Philippine Navy and is not open to the public.[2]

At present, the name Fort San Felipe also refers to the area of the present Cavite City where the first historic port town Cavite (also known as Cavite Nuevo then Cavite Puerto) and the Cavite Arsenal (now Naval Base Cavite) were located. It is now part of the San Roque district of Cavite City.[3]

History

Illustration of the Port of Cavite from the Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica de las Yslas Filipinas (1734). Fort San Felipe is the diamond-shaped structure.
Fort San Felipe, circa pre-1900

As early as 1591, Gov. Gomez Perez Dasmariñas recognized the strategic importance of Cavite Puerto as the gateway to the City of Manila and moved toward its fortification. It was in fact at this isthmus, two decades earlier, that Miguel de Legazpi hid his ships prior to the attack in Manila.[1]

Construction

Constructed between 1609 and 1616, Fort San Felipe is the first military fortress built in the province of Cavite during the time of Governor Juan de Silva. According to a report in 1659 of Governor Sabiniano Manrique de Lara: "it was quadrilateral in form, with four corner bastions, and had a perimeter of 220 feet (67 m). It was built to face the Cavite Port and Manila. Furthermore, a cube or platform enough for 10 cannons and named Santa Catalina the Martyr was nearby. Facing San Felipe were the ruins of the casa real which had another low platform for eight cannons. However, it was in bad state and had to be repaired."[1]

In August 1663, Governor Sabiniano Manrique de Lara ordered the construction of a platform at the entrance of Fort San Felipe that would handle 10 cannons. After some years, four more platforms followed, each were named after Catholic saints.[4]

From 1679 to 1688, the fort was used as a prison for Fernando de Valenzuela, former valido to the Queen Regent Mariana of Austria.[5]

Cavite mutiny of 1872

The Cavite Mutiny of 1872 was an uprising of military personnel of the Spanish arsenal in Cavite including Fort San Felipe, on January 20, 1872. Around 200 soldiers and laborers led by Sergeant Francisco La Madrid rose up in the belief that it would elevate a national uprising. The event led to the killing of the governor of the fort but was quickly suppressed on January 22. The government soldiers executed many of the participants and began to crack down on a burgeoning nationalist movement. The uprising also resulted in the unjust implication and the tragic execution by garrote of Filipino priests Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora on February 17, 1872.[4][6]

Many scholars believe that the Cavite Mutiny of 1872 was the beginning of Filipino nationalism that eventually lead to the Philippine Revolution of 1896.[7]

The Cavite conspiracy

On September 12, 1896, at 12:45 p.m., thirteen Filipino patriots were taken to the Plaza de Armas, outside Fort San Felipe, and were executed by musketry. The thirteen were leaders of the foiled uprising planned at the Cavite Arsenal on September 3. After the Spanish authorities learned about the plan from a Filipino dressmaker, they immediately arrested Severino Lapidario, Alfonso de Ocampo and Luis Aguado. The rest were rounded up on September 3 after their names were revealed by De Ocampo after being tortured. The group of heroes is now collectively known as the Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite.

Among the revolutionaries captured were musician Julián Felipe (who would compose the Philippine national anthem the following year). Felipe was incarcerated for nine months at Fort San Felipe. Also subsequently released were Pablo and Marcos José, and Juan Castañeda of Imus.

American colonial period

During the early year of the American occupation, only the façade, the main entrance with flanking curtain walls, and the two bastions at the ends remain of the old port. The rest were demolished by the Americans during the early 20th century to make way for a naval station.[1] The fort is located inside Naval Base Cavite, which is off limits to the public.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Fuerza de San Felipe Neri". Muog. Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  2. ^ "Fort San Felipe". Wow Cavite. Archived from the original on February 16, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  3. ^ Dela Rosa, Joy (2007). "About Cavite City". Cavite Library and Museum. Archived from the original on October 21, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Fort San Felipe". National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  5. ^ "Response on Fernando de Valenzuela Prison". PARES. Retrieved November 4, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Town and Cities: General Information (Cavite) - Brief History". Biyahero Philippine Travel Portal. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  7. ^ Chandler, David P.; Roff, William R.; Smail, John R. W.; et al. (1987). Steinberg, David Joel (ed.). In Search of Southeast Asia: A Modern History (Revised ed.). Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1110-0.

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