The Plaza Mayor was the central square of Intramuros, the walled city of Manila, bordered by the cathedral, the governor's palace, and the seat of colonial administration. It was the civic and ceremonial heart of the Spanish Philippines.
José Honorato Lozano documented this scene as part of his Tipos del País watercolors, a body of work produced in the mid-nineteenth century recording the architecture, customs, and daily life of Philippine society. The Plaza Mayor de Manila depicts the central square of Intramuros, recording the buildings and public space at the center of colonial power. Lozano worked primarily in Manila and produced illustrations that served as visual records of Philippine society for both local and foreign audiences. His work is considered among the most detailed and culturally specific visual documentation of the Philippines in the Spanish colonial period.
This print preserves a record of the central square of Intramuros in the mid-nineteenth century.
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