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The Hermosa Festival also known as Zamboanga La Hermosa Festival or popularly known as ''Fiesta Pilar'' a month-long festival held each year in the city of Zamboanga,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.zamboanga.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=7&id=272&Itemid=30 )〕 the city center of Zamboanga Peninsula Region in the Philippines. It is one of the Oldest Festival in the Country and the most awaited Event in the Region. The Festival is being held in honor of the miraculous image of ''Our Lady of the Pillar'' (Spanish and Chavacano: Nuestra Señora del Pilar), the patroness of Zamboanga City which is held in every 12 October. It is also the patroness of Zaragoza in Spain, the sister city of Zamboanga in Philippines.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.zamboanga.com/html/history_zamboanga.htm )〕 ==History== The ''Zamboanga La Hermosa Festival'' embedded in Zamboanga’s rich history of devotion to the Nuestra Señora del Pilar that is supplemented by rich legends. In the Spanish Era, Zamboanga was an integral part of Spanish Colonization. In 1635, the Spaniards built a fort in Zamboanga named Real Fuerza de San Jose'' in Brgy. Zone IV area to secure them against the attacks of the moro warriors. Spaniards held the city as a seat of government and became the cultural center of the south, and was deeply seated in Hispanic heritage and tradition. In 1734, The Lady's was brought to the fort as a front piece for the main entrance. The western side of the fort was converted into a shrine for The Lady when the fort was rebuilt in 1860 and the fort was renamed Real Fuerza de Nuestra Señora Virgen del Pilar and some also called the fort as Real Fuerza de Nuestra Señora Virgen del Pilar de Zaragoza because of the same name of the Basilica in Zaragoza, Spain.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.zamboanga.com/html/history_zamboanga.htm )〕 The city’s devotion to the ''Lady of Pilar'' was legendary, because of the wealth of stories, miracles, and apparitions surrounding the virgin for the past few years in the city as people what believed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.zamboanga.com/html/history_zamboanga.htm )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hermosa Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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