Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition Series 2):
MAY 18, 1662
Spanish Governor-general Manrique de Lara ordered the troops at Fort Pilar in Zamboanga City to leave for Manila to help thwart the invasion of the Chinese pirate Zheng Chenggong also known as Koxinga.
This decision made the city vulnerable to raids by moro pirates.
Fort Pilar was built on June 23, 1635 and saw many battles between Spanish forces and the moros.
It was rebuilt in 1718-1719 by Juan Sicarra, a Spanish engineer upon the orders of Governor-general Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda and was renamed as Real Fuerza de Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza (Royal Fort of Our Lady of the Pillar of Zaragoza) in honor of the patron virgin of Spain, the Our Lady of the Pillar.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved
Photo credit: Filipinas Heritage Library
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