National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: Santa Potenciana College

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Sites/Events, Association/Institution/Organization

Type: Site, Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: Unknown

Marker text:

SANTA POTENCIANA COLLEGE

FORMER SITE OF SANTA POTENCIANA COLLEGE, FOUNDED IN 1591 BY ORDER OF PHILIP II DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR GOMEZ PEREZ DASMARIÑAS FOR THE SUPPORT AND EDUCATION OF ORPHAN GIRLS. IT WAS FINANCED BY THE STATE AND BY THE HERMANDAD DE LA MISERICORDIA. THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1645 DAMAGED THE BUILDING AND CAUSED THE DEATH OF SEVERAL INMATES. THE BRITISH BOMBARDMENT OF MANILA IN 1762 COMPLETED THE DESTRUCTION OF THE COLLEGE, SO ITS PENSIONERS WERE TRANSFERRED TO SANTA ISABEL COLLEGE WITH THE CHANGE OF SOVEREIGNTY STATE SUPPORT STOPPED AND SANTA POTENCIANA COLLEGE PASSED OUT OF EXISTENCE.

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LEVEL I - Sites and Structures declared as National Shrine, National Historical Landmark, National Historical Site, and National Monument (Entries with asterisks)

LEVEL II - Sites and Structures declared as Heritage Zones/Historic Centers, Heritage Houses and bearing Historical Markers

DELISTED - Declared and/or marked historic sites and structures that were removed from the national registry

LIFTED - Sites and structures 50 years old and above removed of its presumption as Important Cultural Property (R.A. 10066)

Santa Potenciana College

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