In 1521 the Portuguese navigator, Ferdinand Magellan, erected the original large wooden cross at this location where Cebu's Rajah Humaton, his wife Juana, and 800 followers were baptised on April 14, 1521 and the first Catholic mass in Cebu (in fact, the first Catholic mass in the Philippines) was celebrated.
The original cross gradually deteriorated as over the years the faithful took little pieces of the cross as mementos. In 1845 another cross was placed at the spot. The new cross was made of tindalo wood and inside a hollow inside splinters of the original Magellan's Cross were preserved.
Today a tiled pavillion shelters the cross and a ceiling mural depicts the scene of the first mass and commemorates the conversion of the first Filipinos to Christianity.
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Aww... Ang Magellan's cross. Maliit lang pala sya, parang waiting shed.. :p
Pero namangha naman ako sa cross na made of Tindalo wood.
Salamat sa mga ate na nagtitinda ng kandila dahil willing silang kumuha ng aming picture. Basta bibili ka ng kandila sa kanila sa halagang 10 pesos. May mga bata ding sunod ng sunod, nanghihingi ng limos at makukulit.. haha..
yan ang hindi ko napuntahan jan sa cebu.. hehe!
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