TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Traces of Spanish Colonial Philippines

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Traces of Spanish Colonial Philippines - photos by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Traces of Spanish Colonial Philippines - photos by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

The Philippines was a colony of Spain for over three hundred years. Today, there is evidence of the Spanish Colonial days in the Philippines. Here are some pictures which I've taken.
Top picture - detail of the Jesuit House in Cebu
Next - Detail San Agustin Church, Intramuros
Next - Intramuros courtyard
Next - Chapel de Argao, Cebu
Next - Exterior Cebu Fort
Next - Detail San Agustin, Intramuros

tags: travel, history, Philippines, Spanish Colonial

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.