Umatac Bay by junge1

Photography • Landscape • posted on Oct 04, 2017

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Umatac Bay, on the southwestern coast of Guam in the Mariana Islands, is usually given as the location where Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan landed in 1521 while circumnavigating the globe When Guam was colonized by the Spaniards in the 17th century the Spaniards made Umatac a Parrish so the Chamorro people in the area could be converted to Christianity. During this time they built two forts, the Fort Santo Angelo, on the north side of the bay, and the Fort Nuestra Senora de la Soledad on the south side. This picture was taken from the ruins of the Fort Nuestro Senora de la Soledad, and shows the San Dionisio Church in the center of the small village of less the 700 people. This picture was taken in April 1988 and is scanned, Sig...