A 17th Century Spanish Fortress

[jennie]

I attended a wedding of a dear friend last month. As the location was quite far, the guests (including me) arrived a day ahead of the wedding. I was happy to learn that the couple arranged a tour of the lovely city of Zamboanga for their guests. One of the several stops was Fort Pilar.

Fort Pilar is a 17th century military defence fortress which was built by the Spanish colonizers in 1635 and is located in the pier of Zamboanga City. The same was abandoned and this is now devoted as the city's national museum.

The view of the courtyard..


A deep well of some sort..


Corridors..


Some hibiscus and yellow bells tucked in those bricks..

[vimalkv]

Jennie, these shots are really wonderful...Thank you for your detailed description about the place. Thank you for sharing...

[SoxAddict]

Wow, they're beautiful Jennie. The colors of the fortress in the first one are lovely. And I really like the 2nd for how you've angled it, as well as how you've caught half of the well in the sun and the other half in the shade. I really enjoy old architecture like this. Lovely flower at the end too.

[jennie]

Originally Posted by vimalkv

Jennie, these shots are really wonderful...Thank you for your detailed description about the place. Thank you for sharing...

tnx vimallv..m happy to share some of the sights here as well as our history..

Originally Posted by SoxAddict

Wow, they're beautiful Jennie. The colors of the fortress in the first one are lovely. And I really like the 2nd for how you've angled it, as well as how you've caught half of the well in the sun and the other half in the shade. I really enjoy old architecture like this. Lovely flower at the end too.

Nicky!! i was angling for the half sun half shadow on the second one!!! haha..you really have a scrutinizing eye as Dizwold commented..here's another old architecture for you..

[Thomas.H1]

I really like these photos. The first three have great perspective. The third demonstrates interesting patterning. And the last has beautiful brilliant color, especially the lovely hibiscus. Thanks for sharing these.
Tom

[martha36]

Those are great shots, and really interesting to see a little bit of the Spanish influence. I love the second one, the angle on the ironwork is great.

[DigUpHerBones07]

I really like the one with the well, I like the perspective and the details. Gorgeous colors in all of them!

[beachcomber]

Just me and my point and shoot..with lots of help from Mother Nature

Mother nature does a great job but it's the 12" behind the camera where the talent really is.
I like this set, the fabled City of Zamboanga, the place they refer to as The City of Flowers. beautifully captured and presented Jennie and my favourite is your composition of the flowers, the hibiscus and yellow bells, both charming and cheerful

[macrobaby]

What an interesting spot. This was very nice of your friends to set up this tour. Nice pictures...got to love our point & shoot cameras.

[TerryMC]

Wonderful shots. Thanks for sharing.