The Snapshots in Time Collection
Intramuros Walls, Moat, and Gate with Horse-Drawn Calesa, Manila, Philippines, c. 1920s-1930s
A horse-drawn calesa crosses the former moat before one of Intramuros' historic gates, the massive stone walls of Manila's centuries-old Spanish colonial fortress city rising behind. By the early 20th century the moat had been drained and grassed over, even as the walls themselves remained a defining feature of the city's skyline. Project: 218617