With the
objective of promoting culture throughout the city of Manila, Instituto Cervantes organized a
competition open to all painters and aficionados, inviting all of them to
participate in the activity of seeing Intramuros with new eyes. Every participant
had to register before painting and their canvass presented in blank for
inspection. Time span for painting was from 9 am till 3 pm.

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Registration.

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Looking for the right spot.
Intramuros.
Intramuros, located along the southern bank of the Pasig
River, is the oldest among the districts of the city of Manila. Its name, taken
from the Latin, intra muros, meaning "In the walls" also describes
its structure as it is surrounded by thick, high walls and moats. During the
Spanish Period, Intramuros was considered Manila itself.
In 1570, Spanish conquistadors led by Martín de Goiti, Juan
de Salcedo and Miguel López de Legazpi arrived in Manila. Citing the rich resources, strategic
economic, political and military importance of Manila, Legazpi declared Manila
as the new capital of the Spanish colony in the Philippines. The planning of
the city of Manila was commenced by the Captain General - Governor, Miguel
López de Legazpi, who established forts, roads, churches and schools. Its
design was based upon a medieval castle structure and covered 64 hectares of
land, surrounded by 8 metre thick stones and high walls that rise 22 metres.
Intramuros was completed in 1606 and it served as the center
of political, military and religious power of the Spaniards during the time
that the Philippines was a colony of Spain.
Inside Intramuros there are several Roman Catholic churches, like the Manila
Cathedral and the San Agustin Church, convents and church-run schools, which
were usually being run by religious orders such as the Dominicans, Augustinians
and Franciscans. Only Spaniards and Mestizos were allowed to take part on
political issues and take residence inside the walled city, Christian natives
and ethnic chinese were also allowed inside, but Spanish officials prevented
them living there. The vast majority of the natives and ethnic Chinese
residents lived outside the walled city.