Magellan Monument
Mactan Shrine, also known as Liberty Shrine or Lapulapu Monument, is a memorial park on the island of Mactan in Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines. It hosts two monuments—the Magellan Monument, which is dedicated to Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, and the…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mactan Shrine and Lapulapu Monument.
Mactan Shrine
Park
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Mactan Shrine, also known as Liberty Shrine or Lapulapu Monument, is a memorial park on the island of Mactan in Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines. It hosts two monuments—the Magellan Monument, which is dedicated to Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, and the…
Lapulapu Monument
Work of art
Mactan Shrine, also known as Liberty Shrine or Lapulapu Monument, is a memorial park on the island of Mactan in Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines. It hosts two monuments—the Magellan Monument, which is dedicated to Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, and the…
Ferdinand Magellan’s Death
Memorial
Photo: Ryomaandres, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ferdinand Magellan’s Death is a memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Basak and Olango Island.
Basak
Village
Basak is a barangay in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu Province, Central Visayas, Philippines. It is bounded in the northeast by Pusok and Bankal, in the east by Pajac and Agus, in the southeast by Marigondon and Subabasbas, in the west by Babag and Gun-ob, and in the northwest by Pajo. Basak is situated 6 km southwest of Magellan Monument.
Olango Island
Photo: Leodb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Olango Island is in Cebu Province, just offshore from Mactan Island and Lapu-Lapu city. It is known mainly for its wildlife sanctuary but also has some fine beaches and dive sites.
Opao
Quarter
Mandaue, officially the City of Mandaue, is a highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 364,482 people. Opao is situated 7 km west of Magellan Monument.
Magellan Monument
- Type: Memorial
- Description: monument dedicated to Ferdinand Magellan in Mactan, Philippines
- Categories: monument and historic site
- Location: Lapu-Lapu, Metro Cebu, Cebu Province, Central Visayas, Visayas, Municipality of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte, Davao Region, Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
10.31082° or 10° 18′ 39″ northLongitude
124.01523° or 124° 0′ 55″ eastInception
1866Open location code
7Q268268+83OpenStreetMap ID
way 735019094OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q84046
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In Other Languages
From French to Tagalog—“Magellan Monument” goes by many names.
- French: “monument à Magellan”
- French: “Monument à Magellan”
- Spanish: “Monumento a Magallanes”
- Tagalog: “Bantayog ni Magallanes”
- Tagalog: “Dambanang Magallanes”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Magellan Monument”. Photo: Alpapito, CC BY-SA 3.0.