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Magellan's Cross Pavilion is a stone kiosk in Cebu City, Philippines.The structure is situated on Plaza Sugbo beside the Basilica del Santo Niño. [1] It houses a Christian cross that was planted by explorers of the Spanish expedition of the first circumnavigation of the world, led by Ferdinand Magellan, upon arriving in Cebu in the Philippines on April 21, 1521.
The Señor Santo Niño de Cebú is a Catholic title of the Child Jesus associated with a religious image of the Christ Child [1] widely venerated as miraculous by Filipino Catholics. [2][3] It is the oldest Christian artifact in the Philippines, [4] originally a gift from the Conquistador Ferdinand Magellan to Rajah Humabon (baptized as Carlos ...
This image of the Child Jesus is the same presented by Ferdinand Magellan to the chief consort of Rajah Humabon on the occasion of their royal Baptism to Roman Catholicism on April 14, 1521. The image was found by a soldier named Juan de Camuz forty years later, preserved in a wooden box, after Legazpi had razed a local village. [2]
The Seal of Cebu City is one of the official symbols of Cebu City. The seal is composed of the structure containing Magellan's Cross one of the historical landmarks of the city which symbolizes the strong foundation of the Catholic faith of the city's residents. Below the structure are 80 black and white tiles which symbolizes the 80 barangays ...
Timeline of the Magellan expedition. The route of the Victoria, which completed the world's first recorded circumnavigation over about 3 years. The Magellan expedition (10 August or 20 September 1519 – 6 September 1522) was the first voyage around the world in human history. It was a Spanish expedition that sailed from Seville in 1519 under ...
Magellan's Cross is a Christian cross planted by Portuguese and Spanish explorers as ordered by Ferdinand Magellan upon arriving in Cebu in the Philippines on (depending on source) 15 March 1521. [67] [68] [69] The Santo Niño de Cebú, one of the oldest Christian relics in the Philippines.
Images of copyrighted architecture and public art are normally not allowed on Wikimedia Commons, ... Description = Magellan's Cross, P. Burgos, Cebu City night view ...
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