PORTRESS OF EMPIRE

            PORTRESS  OF EMPIRE
            rene b. javellana

            hard bound - 209 pages
            $49.95

About the book:
        Beginnnig in 1565, Spanish colonists built fortifications to protect themselves and their emerging settlements ,
Over the next three hundred years of colonial rule, a string of permanent fortifications was built throughout the Philippine archipelago, not bypassing even tiny and remote islands. This defense net was built to contain perceived enemies of Spanish hegenony.
        While focusing on the architecture of fortifications and documenting the architectural initiative of the military and of local communities. Fortress of Empire: Spanish Colonial Fortifications in the social and historical forces that constrained people to make the Philippines a fortified archipelago.