Fort San Pedro, Cebu City

Fort San Pedro

The History of Fort San Pedro

The Fort San Pedro, also known as Fuerza de San Pedro, is situated inside the Plaza Independencia, Cebu City. It is a military defense structure built by the Spaniards and the locals of Cebu under the command of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, a Spanish conquistador r. The date of its construction wasn't sure, but there are claims that Jesuit Antonio Campioni built the fort in 1600. Like the other century-old churches in the Philippines, there were a lot of major renovations in the 19th century for the structural improvements of Cebu.