Intramuros

Intramuros (Spanish for "within the walls") is the oldest district and historic core of Manila, Philippines. It is also called the Walled City, it was the original city of Manila and was the seat of government when the Philippines was a component realm of the Spanish Empire. Districts beyond the walls were referred as the extramuros of Manila, the Spanish for "outside the walls".

Construction of the defensive walls was started by Spanish colonial government in the late 16th century to protect the city from foreign invasions. The 0.67-square-kilometre (0.26 sq mi) walled city was originally located along the shores of the Manila Bay, south of the entrance to Pasig River. Guarding the old city is Fort Santiago, its citadel located at the mouth of the river. Land reclamations during the early 20th-century subsequently obscured the walls and fort from the bay.

Intramuros was heavily damaged during the battle to recapture the city from the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second World War. Reconstruction of the walls was started in 1951 when Intramuros was declared a National Historical Monument, which is continued to this day by the Intramuros Administration (IA).

Intramuros (journal)

Intramuros is a literary review dedicated to biography, autobiography and the memory genre, with half-early frequency. The review collaborates with European cultural institutions like Eunic Spain (National Institutes of culture of UE), Cultural Italian Institute of Madrid, and Goethe Institute of Madrid. Moreover, it participates in the Erasmus Placement programme and Leonardo da Vinci programme, which belong to the European Community.

History

The review was instituted in Buenos Aires in 1994, by Beltrán Gambier and María Sheila Cremaschi.

Editorial line

The first numbers of Intramuros were dedicated to the "Minimal autobiography" question. Then, in a second time, Intramuros worked about cultural bridge Madrid/Buenos Aires. Actually, the review edits monographic numbers dedicated to countries and cities such as (Berlin, Germany, Italy, France, Israel, Argentina, Greece, Egypt and Turkey). The last number, (31) was dedicated to the 20th anniversary commemoration of the fall of the Berlin wall.