After the war, the church was almost flattend. Reconstruction started 1951. (https://www.google.com.ph/search?q=manila+cathedral+church&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=915&tbm=isch&imgil=CiztDWWYeFD76M%253A%253BWIFw8ZsPdibEWM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fmanilacathedral.ph%25252Frectors-desk%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=CiztDWWYeFD76M%253A%252CWIFw8ZsPdibEWM%252C_&usg=__46w33JkQzhEPkjcnftvjSDOVpPU%3D&ved=0ahUKEwjdjcrp58HMAhWGJZQKHasCDTIQyjcILw&ei=lqUqV93qOYbL0ASrhbSQAw#imgrc=sjkujLYJtG-f0M%3A) The Global Heritage Fund identified Intramuros as one of the 12 worldwide sites "on the verge" of irreparable loss and destruction on its 2010 report titled Saving Our Vanishing Heritage,[4] citing its insufficient management and development pressures.