Appreciating Lapu-Lapu or Mactan Shrine!

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The Lapu-Lapu Shrine is a 20-meter bronze statue situated in the Mactan Shrine park in Punta Engaño, Mactan Island, Cebu. The statue was raised to respect Rajah Lapu-Lapu, the local chieftain of Mactan Island who vanquished Ferdinand Magellan amid the memorable Battle of Mactan in 1521.

The Lapu-Lapu dedication statue is over a platform encompassed by a low-level fence and demonstrates the Cebuano saint in his local ensemble with a sword on his right hand and a shield to his left.

The Lapu-Lapu Shrine is inside a plaza generally known as the Magellan Shrine park that remembers the occasions of the Battle of Mactan. A great many outside and neighborhood visitors visit the recreation center each year. The recreation center includes the Magellan Shrine and a secured structure that houses a colossal wall painting of the Battle of Mactan and a dedicatory marker.

The Magellan sanctuary is an expansive remembrance tower worked in 1866 to respect Portuguese pilgrim Ferdinand Magellan and is based on the region where Magellan is beleived to have been executed in 1521.

The shrouded structure in the recreation center houses a wall painting on the divider portraying the Battle of Mactan. A dedicatory marker before the depiction that reads: “Here on April 27, 1521, Lapu-lapu and his men repulsed the Spanish invaders, killing their leader, Ferdinand Magellan. Thus Lapu-lapu became the first Filipino to have repelled European aggression.”

Consistently in April, amid the commemoration of the Battle of Mactan, the park hosts the "Kadaugan sa Mactan," a re-enactment of the epic fight.

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While Manila has Rizal park with Dr. Jose Rizal's statue holding a book, in Cebu we have Lapu-Lapu shrine. Both are iconic landmark which speaks to a significant spot in the Philippine history. In the event that you are a first time guest in Cebu City the primary thing a tourist guide would inform you is regarding the historical backdrop of Lapu-Lapu, the strong Filipino warrior who battled for opportunity from Portuguese colonizer headed then by Ferdinand Magellan, who died in the fight from Lapu-Lapu's sword. So there, at Mactan shrine the Cebuanos, local people of Cebu, made an imitation of him by building a bronze statue of Lapu-Lapu years prior, which I figure twice his size, wearing jewelry made of wild creatures teeth, round gold hoops, and a 'bahag' male lower piece of clothing and holding his fight sword and shield which symbolizes his grit.

Lapu-Lapu Shrine or Mactan Shrine as they call it is one of the tourist spots of Cebu and the closest site from Mactan Cebu International Airport, you can put this as your first schedule if your drop off point is from the air terminal. This could be come to by means of any open transportation from that point which is around 15 to 20 minutes travel time. It additionally has a museum and park where you can stroll and enjoy the fresh open air. The zone isn't that huge and on the off chance that you won't remain there just to kill time you can visit it in 20 minutes. The shrine is available to guests with the expectation of complimentary so should visit this place when in Mactan. There are stores situated in one single path adjacent on the off chance that you need to purchase "pasalubong" or present, they offer design frill made of shells, sarong, divider stylistic themes, desserts and other products and delicacies of Cebu.

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