Takeover Week: Mactan Shrine (Eugene Villar)
Welcome to day three of Google Sightseeing Reader
Takeover Week! Every day this week, one of you has been chosen to
have their very own sight posted here on GSS, while Alex and James
take a well deserved holiday. Today’s sight is from http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com/ Eugene
Villar!
Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition is the world’s first successful
circumnavigation around the world. Unfortunately, Magellan himself
died during the journey and only one ship and 18 crew members
returned to Spain from the original four ships and 270 people.
Magellan met his demise in the Philippine Islands, specifically
on Mactan Island in Cebu province, where he engaged in local
politics. He died during the Battle of Mactan on April 27, 1521
while fighting against the tribe of the local chieftain Lapu-Lapu
on the shores of Mactan Island.
The
Mactan Shrine is dedicated to both Magellan and Lapu-Lapu and
marks the spot where the Battle of Mactan supposedly took place. At
the center of a square plaza in the shrine is an obelisk built in
memory of Magellan and to the north at the center of a circular
plaza is a 20-foot tall bronze statue of Lapu-Lapu, now considered
as the Philippines’ first national hero.
Every year on April 27, the Battle of Mactan is re-enacted
during the Kadaugan sa Mactan festival along the marshes to the
north of the shrine.
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More info on the Wikipedia pages for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan Ferdinand
Magell, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mactan Battle of
Mactan, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapu-Lapu Lapu-Lapu and on
http://www.vistapinas.com/article/mactan-shrine Vista
Pinas.