Magellan Shrine

The Magellan Shrine is a large memorial tower erected in 1866 in honor of the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan at the Mactan Island of Cebu, the Philippines. The spot is assumed to be the web page wherein Magellan was killed within the 1521 Battle of Mactan. The Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan changed into commanding a Spanish fleet when he first got here to the southern Philippines to the small island of Limasawa on 7 April 1521.

He turned into the primary European to set foot within the Philippines. Due to inadequate meals components, he changed into pressured to land at Cebu. Landing in Cebu with a show of heavy fingers, he refused to pay any charge for entering the port. He even threatened Raja Humabon, the nearby ruler, and boasted about his victories in Malaca and Calicut. He then presented them items and befriended them. The Rajah, who welcomed Magellan to the island, desired to hold a casi casi, a blood-brother rite :177 Magellan then started changing the local human beings to Christianity. He converted 800 human beings of the barangay. Before conversion, the natives worshipped their very own essential god whom they addressed as Bathala, along side different subordinate gods.