Fort Pilar

Fort Pilar
Real Fuerte de Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza
The Courtyard of Fort Pilar
Fort Pilar is located in Philippines
Fort Pilar
Location of Fort Pilar in the Philippines
Fort Pilar is located in Mindanao mainland
Fort Pilar
Fort Pilar (Mindanao mainland)
Former namesReal Fuerte de San José (Royal Fort of Saint Joseph)
Alternative namesFortaleza del Pilar
General information
TypeFortification
Architectural styleBastioned fort
AddressN.S. Valderosa Street
Town or cityZamboanga City
CountryPhilippines
Coordinates6°54′4″N 122°4′56″E / 6.90111°N 122.08222°E / 6.90111; 122.08222
Current tenantsNational Museum of the Philippines[1]
GroundbreakingJune 23, 1635
OwnerPhilippine Government
Technical details
Structural systemMasonry
Design and construction
Architect(s)Father Melchor de Vera (1635)
Juan Sicarra (1718)

The Real Fuerte de Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza (Royal Fort of Our Lady of the Pillar of Saragossa), also Fort Pilar, is a 17th-century military defense fortress built by the Spanish colonial government in Zamboanga City. The fort, which is now a regional museum of the National Museum of the Philippines, is a major landmark of the city and it symbolize the cultural heritage.

Outside the eastern wall is a Marian shrine dedicated to Our Lady of the Pillar, the patroness of the city, pontifically crowned on 12 October 1960 via decree dating from 18 September 1960.[2]

  1. ^ "Fort Pilar Branch" Archived 2011-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. National Museum of the Philippines. Retrieved on 2011-07-18.
  2. ^ "Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zamboanga - The Powerful Queen of Mindanao". 10 October 2016.