🇵🇭One of the saddest places in the Ph🇵🇭

FORT SANTIAGO DUNGEONS In 1945 following the liberation of Manila during the Second World War, the US Army🇺🇸 discovered 600 decomposing corpses inside the dungeons. The conditions were so cramped that all prisoners died from suffocation and heat exhaustion. The bodies were subsequently buried en masse on a site near the dungeons which is now marked by a white marble cross✝️. the dungeon was originally built to store weaponry during the Spanish occupation. Eventually, a new storage area for artillery was built on higher ground, and this chamber was turned into a series of prison cells. Statues depicting Filipino and American prisoners of war during the Japanese occupation of Manila are on display at different areas in the dungeon. None of the bodies were recognizable, but some relatives of the victims were able to identify their family through pieces of clothing, such as a belt buckle with a name inscribed on it. Right beside the entrance to the dungeon, a white cross marks the mass grave of the 600 victims who were trapped inside Fort Santiago’s dungeon.[Worship] #fortsantiagointramuros #thedungeon #whitecross