VISITING COTTA FORT EL TRIUNFO IN OZAMIZ | FUERTE DE LA CONCEPCION #ozamiz #cottaport

The Cotta Fort was built by Father Jose Ducos in 1756 to serve as a Spanish outpost in the land. It was renovated and restored to its original design in 2002 under the leadership of Mayor Reynaldo O. Parojinog, Sr. and Vice Mayor Carlos Patricio C. Bernad. This is one of the many reasons why tourists go to Ozamiz, Philippines. It is the first to attract passengers from incoming vessels to the Ozamiz City Port as it is already visible miles away. The first thing one will notice is the lighthouse protruded above the walls of the Cotta Fort. Known as the “El Fuerte de la Concepcion y Del Triunfo” in Spanish, the Cotta Fort is a stone fort built along the shores of Panguil Bay which is now the Port of Ozamiz. The Cotta Fort has been used as a constabulary house ever since it was built. It was strategically situated near the Panguil Bay which was named as the “never ending source of Muslim pirates”. This enables the constabulary to avoid sudden onslaught and attack the Moro pirates from the barracks. The Cotta Fort also serves as the shelter for the ships of the Spanish Fleet during that time. The Cotta Fort stands as one of the oldest structures in the City. It is the witness of the many events that happened to Ozamiz. The two most noted occasions where it has seen combat was during the Spanish era fighting against the Muslim pirates and during the last day of the Japanese occupation in 1945.