Traces of Spain In Cebu

In 1521 a small fleet arrived to the coastal waters of Cebu. By 1565, the Spaniards through blood compacts and cunning alliances had taken control of most of the archipelago and proceeded to colonize the islands that were named "Islas Filipinas", after King Felipe II of Spain.
Cebu became the first European settlement established by the Spanish Cortés in the Philippines and started to function as the capital in 1565.
The following three hundred and fifty years meant at last a wide spread of Catholicism in the Philippines.

Many relics from the past are still visible in Cebu City.

In 1595, the Universidad de San Carlos (oldest University in Asia) was established.
The first printing house ("Imprenta de Escondrillas y Cia") was established in 1873, and the first periodical The Bulletin of Cebu ("El Boletin de Cebú") began publishing in 1886.

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[ThtOnePinoy]

AND I NEVER SAID ANYTHING AGAINST THE NEGRITO, LOL IM ACTUALLY ONE OF THE SEVERAL FILIPINO WHO WERE PISSED AT THE MISHAP BETWEEN THE GOVT AND THE NEGRITOS, they are human just like us, nothing makes them any less human than us...

[RafaelMinuesa]

@ThtOnePinoy

Good,

About the only thing you said that makes sense

[plus24seven]

@bisaiia - GUDDAMIT! dinhi naa giyapon ka!? astang amawa!. palihog hilom be!

[RafaelMinuesa]

@bisaiia

Who ever said your ancestors were Chinese pirates?

I was talking to someone who is of Chinese ancestry and who feels very important because of that, not about the Bisayan people. What's wrong with you? Can't you read properly? Certainly writing is not one of your strengths ...

And besides, we were talking about Luzon, not the Bisayas, Limahong never made it to Cebu or anywhere near there.

[bisaiia]

@RafaelMinuesa our ancestors were not chinese pirates, we are Visayans we were of a warrior culture as the spaniards described us when they discovered our Visayan lands, people and culture. You are just jealous!!! As the spaniards discrided us as tatooed people and the spaniards never seen a Visayan without gold or tatttoo when discovered us Visayans and they even described our hospitality.

[InvictusSolDeus]

@RafaelMinuesa Dejalo, no te molestes en discutir con él, forma parte de ese grupo de personas que se creen a rajatabla lo de la leyenda negra, a pesar de que se ha desmentido gran parte de ella. Un ejemplo de su ignorancia es que mucho decir que los españoles impusieron su lengua a las poblaciones indigenas (algo que es totalmente falso, se les evangelizaba en su idiomas) y tiene una frase de Jose Rizal, que ironicamente quería que el español fuese el unico idioma oficial de las Filipinas.

[RafaelMinuesa]

@ThtOnePinoy

Agreed Spain was not perfect, but compared to what the US, the Japanese, the Chinese, the Malay, Moors, etc did to the local population, they were by far the ones that treated the natives best, and protected them as best as they could.

So no, it does not make me feel better comparing it to what your ancestors did, quite the opposite.

Additionally, let me advise you to do some research and cite credible references like I did, mindless rantings just won't do, I'm afraid.

[RafaelMinuesa]

@ThtOnePinoy

When you talk about your people, you mean your ancestors, the Chinese pirates?

It is documented extensively, that's the only reason why you don't try to deny it.

That's what's barbaric. The Laws enacted by the Spanish Government were actually a model of humane and respectful treatment of the local population. You will not find anything similar in any other colony at the time, European or Asian.

[RafaelMinuesa]

@ThtOnePinoy

So that's what I mean, you're likely the descendant of the Chinese pirate, Limahong, who massacred the local population in Parañaque, so much so that "the sea in front of the barrio turned red with their blood", only to be saved by the arrival of the "good hearted" Spanish forces.

His forces also raided several other places across Luzon and mass murdered the population. But that's OK with you

[ThtOnePinoy]

@RafaelMinuesa Spain was not perfect, but to make you feel better, they weren't alone, Im pretty sure we both agree what the Americans did, a lot of Americans do not doubt what their great great grandfathers have done either, and then there's the Japanese, which thank god Spain was already out of the Philippines, otherwise whoever's the ruling govt. thats a spaniard over there would get beheaded, or thrown to get tortured. Japanese disliked westerners at the time