page_title: Presidio de Lawis
hierarchical_section_title: Presidio de Lawis
caption_attribution_description: English: marker at Kota Madridejos Bantayan Island
context_page_description: Presidio de Lawis known more commonly as the Kota or fort, was a Spanish fortification laid-down around 1628-1630 in the northernmost tip of an island called Bantayan in central Philippines by the Cebuano Visayan Spanish Army that became the nucleus of the modern-day municipalities of Madridejos, Bantayan, and Santa Fe, Philippines. The edifice is the Philippines oldest surviving Spanish Military Fort, older than the current structure of Fort San Pedro built in 1739, the current structure of Fort Pilar 1666 in Zamboanga; the Fort San José in Cavite was abolished during the US regime; completely destroyed during World War 2; while the current structure of Fort Santiago in Manila is only a replica.
context_section_description: Presidio de Lawis known more commonly as the Kota or fort , was a Spanish fortification laid-down around 1628-1630 in the northernmost tip of an island called Bantayan in central Philippines by the Cebuano Visayan Spanish Army that became the nucleus of the  modern-day municipalities of Madridejos , Bantayan, and Santa Fe, Philippines. The edifice is the Philippines oldest surviving Spanish Military Fort, older than the current structure of  Fort San Pedro built in 1739, the current structure of Fort Pilar 1666 in Zamboanga ; the Fort San José in Cavite was abolished during the US regime ; completely destroyed during World War 2 ; while the current structure of Fort Santiago in Manila is only a replica (original Spanish structure was destroyed during the Second World War).
caption: Kota historical marker
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