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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.
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The shrine will feature a 39.6 m (130 ft) monument of the Jesus Christ and a 6.4 m (21 ft) cross will be erected near the monument. [3] The Divine Mercy image will face East and will overlook the Cebu International Seaport and Mactan Cebu International Airport , [ 4 ] and will be built at an elevation of 243.8 m (800 ft).
The Cebu statue's fingers lean to the left, while those of the Mechelen statue point to the right. The original wooden fingers however point upwards when the Cebú image’s golden glove is removed. It is possible the original wooden arm of the Cebu statue was broken and improperly attached due to the presence of a metallic brace wrapping the ...
After the procession, it stays in the basilica until it travels with the Santo Niño de Cebu to the National Shrine of St. Joseph in Mandaue City. Both images are reunited with the icon of the church's namesake to form the Holy Family. This solemn transfer, common to fiestas throughout the country, is called a Traslación. [23]
Divine Mercy Statue (Consolacion), a 39.7 m (130 ft) steel and concrete statue of Jesus Christ being planned for construction in Barangay Garing, Consolacion, Cebu. Construction started in January 2020 and is expected to be completed by 2021 in time for the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines.