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Presidio de Lawis, known more commonly as the Kota or fort,[1][2] was a Spanish era fortification laid-down around year 1628-1630[3] in the northernmost tip of Bantayan Island in Central Philippines that became the nucleus of the modern-day municipalities of Madridejos, Bantayan, and Santa Fe.
The edifice is the Philippines's oldest surviving, and longest standing original Spanish military fort structure, older than Fort San Pedro (current structure built in 1739), Fort Pilar (reconstructed 1718),[4] Fort San Felipe in Cavite (partly abolished during the US regime to giveway for the construction of a Naval Station, and completely destroyed during World War II), Fort San Pedro (Iloilo) pulverized during World War II, and Fort Santiago in Manila (the current structure is only a replica, the original Spanish structure was totally destroyed during WWII).[relevant?]
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