The Conquistador of Manila

                         MANILA- INTRAMUROS DISTRICT 2011

Martín de Goiti (1534–1574) founded the City of Manila in the Philippines when he subdued the combined native forces of the Islamic rulers of Manila (Maynilad) - Rajah Sulaiman III,  Rajah Lakan Dula and Rajah Sulaiman II. He marched his troops towards Tondo, the heart of Manila. Subsequently, they  defeated the thousand-strong warriors that skirmished when them in Tondo, establishing a foothold settlements.The Spanish conquistadors, then, constructed Fort Santiago, a military and trading outpost that still exists at present.

Matthias Grünewald

                                           Gütersloh

       

                                   Germany - Gütersloh 2013



Matthias Grünewald 
German Renaissance Painter

Fundació Joan Miró, Centre d'Estudis d'Art Contemporani

Barcelona - District of Sants-Montjuïc 2013

Fundació Joan Miró, Centre d'Estudis d'Art Contemporani (Joan Miró Foundation)

Fundació Joan Miró is very beautiful museum that houses various important works by one of Catalunya's best modern artists- Joan Miró. The building is located on top of Montjuic overlooking the vast cityscape of Barcelona. Accessible by a funicular train or by strenuous walk up the hill via stairways, the museum is part of a vast complex of urban nature park, historical fort, an Olympic Stadium, and other world-class museums.

The World of the Mayans

Cancún- Chichen Itza 2004

Chichen Itza holds the largest mayan city-temple complex in the world. It was both a commercial and  a religious site where Mayans from all over the region come and go for ritual pilgrimage and merchant exchanges.

ANDRES BONIFACIO: THE GREAT FILIPINO REVOLUTIONARY

                              Celebrating the 150th Birth Anniversary of Andres Bonifacio 
                                              Sheetlet of 8 with Middle Tab Logo

          Rt to Left: Emilio Jacinto  Procopio Bonifacio Gregoria De Jesus Andres Bonifacio

Wine Country - Portugal- Full Sheet

Peso De Regua (2013)

Vineyard cultivation and  wine making 

Native Philippines

Biliran Province (2013)

Ancient Filipino scripts- Kulitan , Baybayin, Hanunó’o, Buhid

                                             Hingyon Municipality (2013)

                                   Real mountain bikes for mountain people