Fuerza de Santa IsabelFuerza de Santa Isabel is a Registered Property, Province of Palawan located at Taytay, Palawan, Region IV-B.
Fuerza de Sta. Isabel was first built as a wood palisade in 1667 under the Augustinian Recollect Fathers. After 71 years of forced labor (POLO) and material contributions by the subject Taytayanos. It was completed as a stone fort in December 17, 1738 by Tomas Castro, the Spanish military engineer, under the command of Capitan Josef Tierra de Salcedo. In 1700, the first batch of 100 exiles or DISTIREROS from Luzon and Visayas were recruited to help in the construction of the fort.
The fort is roughly quadrilateral with bastions and garitas at the corners. The bastions are named after San Toribio, Santa Isabel, San Juan and San Manuel.
The present-day coral limestone fort was completed in 1738, and was mainly used to defend against Muslim warrior-raiders in their colorful war boats, while the Spanish soldiers fired at them with their huge cannons.
There are actually two cannons present in the fortress, one at the top and another one located at the entrance of the fortress.