Abstract
Authors have been conducting the field research on the former Spanish colonial cities under the title ‘Origin, Transformation, Alteration and Conservation of Urban Space of Colonial Cities since 1999. In the Spanish colonial period, cities were planted and established in Philippines. This paper focuses on Intramuros, the historic walled area of Manila city which is one of the three city established by Spain in Asia. As cartographic database, images and maps from AGI (Archivo de Indias de Sevilla), other archives and libraries in the Philippines are used for analysis.This paper clarifies the formation and transformation process of Intramuros based on the analysis of historical maps and street pattern and block size, also the present formation of urban core of the city based on the field survey on the distribution of facilities and building types.
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