The Manila Cathedral after the earthquake of 1863
Some historians remember the tragic day when the Walled City of Manila was shock by a strong earthquake, the day it happened was June 3, 1863, feast of Corpus Christi. The beautiful structure along with other chuches in Manila became the victim's of the quake. Sto. Domingo and Binondo Church both suffered damages in their towers. The Palacio Gobernador collapse while the Ayuntaimento's clock fell to the ground. The rest of Intramuros, the stone houses, suffered from roof collapse. Majority of houses back in the 19th centruy uses tile roof until the introduction of galvanize iron sheet(yero).
The tremor also lead to the rebuilding and relocation residence, for example the Governor Genaral decided to leave the ruins of the Palacio Governador for the Malacañang. The services of the Manila Catheral were temporally held in the V.O.T. Chapel near San Francisco still in Intramuros.
Tragic as it may seen but it did brought new ideas of architecture safety in the Philippines. This was later approve after the 1880 earthquake that shook Intramuros.
Photo courtesy of Robbyandharry of Flickr.
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