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As a tourist, do you think Manila is the ugliest capital city in Asia?
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As a tourist, do you think Manila is the ugliest capital city in Asia?
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Answer: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The many heritage sites makes Manila as one of the most beautiful City in Asia. Asia’s powerful countries such as, China and Japan have tried to settle in the country but were driven by various local warriors and allies. For centuries Manila is the seat of three greatest empires In Asia namely; Spain, United Kingdom and United States of America. Intramuros wall building started in 1590 and fully completed in 1872. Manila's history – The earliest recorded history of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, dates back to the year 900 AD as recorded in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription. By the thirteenth century, the city consisted of a fortified settlement and trading quarter near the mouth of the Pasig River, the river that bisects the city into north and south. The official name of the city under its Malayaristocracy was Seludong/Selurung, which was the same name given for the general region of southwestern Luzon at that time, suggesting that it was the capital of Ancient Tondo. Manila became the seat of the colonial government of Spain when it gained sovereignty over the Philippine Islands in 1565. The seat of the Spanish government was situated within the fortified walls of Old Manila (now referred to as Intramuros meaning within the walls). The walls were constructed to keep out invading Chinese pirates and protect the city from native uprisings. Several communities eventually grew outside the walls of Manila. The city became the center of trade between Manila and Acapulco, which lasted for three centuries and brought the goods from the Americas to South East Asia and vice versa. In 1762 the city was captured and then occupied by Great Britain for two years as part of the Seven Years' War. The city remained the capital of the Philippines under the government of the provisional British governor, acting through the Archbishop of Manila and the Real Audiencia. Armed resistance to the British was centered in Pampanga. In 1898, Spain ceded control of the Philippines after over three hundred year of colonial rule to the United States after the Treaty of Paris (1898), which ended the Spanish–American War. During the American Period, some semblance of city planning using the architectural designs and master plans by Daniel Burnham was done on the portions of the city south of the Pasig River. During World War II, much of the city was destroyed during the Battle of Manila (1945) the last of the many Battles fought in Manila's history, but the city was rebuilt in after the war. It was the second most destroyed city in the world after Warsaw, Poland during World War II. The Metropolitan Manila region was enacted as an independent entity in 1975. Mother of All Manila: Fort Santiago Built in 1571 on the smoldering remains of a palisaded Tagalog fort, Fort Santiago is arguably where Manila all began. The fort changed hands several times over the centuries – the British took over for a short period in the 1700s, the Americans used Fort Santiago as a military installation in the early part of the 20th century, and the Japanese used it as a prison and torture chamber during their World War II occupation of the Philippines. Fort Santiago was heavily damaged by the American offensive at the end of the war. First Among Filipino Churches: Manila Cathedral Intramuros' Plaza Roma was once the literal center of political, economic, and spiritual power in the Philippines. This small square was flanked by the Ayuntamiento, the Intramuros city hall, on the east side; the governor-general's palace on the west side; and the Manila Cathedral, the seat of the Archbishop of Manila, on the south. Today, only the Manila Cathedral is open to visitors, and is the only building that still serves the purpose it was built for.
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I haven’t been to the city, but I had a terrible experience in the airport a few years ago when I had a transit there. They took my passport and put it in a drawer without any explanation. When I finally got it back, I was tired and dead hungry, but couldn’t buy anything to eat as they would only accept USD in cash and I couldn’t withdraw that from the ATM. I have avoided the airport ever since and later read that it was ranked number one on the list of the world’s worst airports.