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Coordinates: 10°18′39″N 124°0′54.8″E / 10.31083°N 124.015222°E / 10.31083; 124.015222
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The Lapu-Lapu shrine is a 20 metres (66 ft) bronze statue in Punta Engaño, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines, erected in honor of Lapu-Lapu, a native leader who defeated Spanish soldiers led by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in the 1521 Battle of Mactan.[1]

  • Mactan shrine entrance
    Mactan shrine entrance
  • Plaque recounting Lapu-Lapu's defense of Mactan
    Plaque recounting Lapu-Lapu's defense of Mactan
  • Plaque recounting Ferdinand Magellan's death
    Plaque recounting Ferdinand Magellan's death
  • Lapu-Lapu's statue
    Lapu-Lapu's statue

See also

References

  1. ^ http://philippinescebu.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/lapu-lapu-monument-also-called-mactan-shrine

10°18′39″N 124°0′54.8″E / 10.31083°N 124.015222°E / 10.31083; 124.015222


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