Site of the Battle of Mactan

Official Name: Battle of Mactan Shrine | Ferdinand Magellan's Death Marker | Lapulapu Marker[1]

Classification Status: National Shrine[1]

Town or City: Lapu-Lapu City

Description:
History
The Mactan Shrine in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, was established as a national shrine in 1969 under Republic Act No. 5695 during President Ferdinand Marcos's administration. It commemorates the historic Battle of Mactan, where Lapu-Lapu defeated Ferdinand Magellan's Spanish forces in 1521.

The legislation also led to the erection of the Magellan Monument in 1866 and a bronze statue of Lapu-Lapu in 1981. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) announced plans to improve the shrine in 2019, including a new Lapu-Lapu Shrine design and a competition for a monument. Conservation work was done in preparation for the 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations, and the shrine now permanently hoists the Philippine flag since January 17, 2021.[2]

Monuments

  • Lapulapu Monument – A 6 m (20 ft) bronze statue depicting noted native leader, Lapu-Lapu [2]
  • Magellan Monument – A stone obelisk built in 1866 dedicated to explorer Ferdinand Magellan who is noted for leading the majority of the first circumnavigation of the Earth. [2]

Markers:
FERDINAND MAGELLAN’s DEATH On this spot Ferdinand Magellan died on April 27, 1521, wounded in an encounter with the soldiers of Lapu-Lapu, Chief of Mactan Island. One of Magellan’s ships, The Victoria, under the command of Juan Sebastian Elcano, sailed from Cebu on May 1, 1521 and anchored at San Lucar de Barrameda on September 8, 1522, Thus Completing the first circumnavigation of the Earth.


LAPULAPU HERE ON 27 APRIL 1521 LAPULAPU AND HIS MEN REPULSED THE SPANISH INVADERS KILLING THEIR LEADER, FERDINAND MAGELLAN, THUS LAPULAPU BECAME THE FIRST FILIPINO TO HAVE REPELLED EUROPEAN AGGRESSION

Source:
1. https://ncca.gov.ph/philippine-registry-cultural-property-precup/
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mactan_Shrine#cite_ref-ra5695_1-0