Cebu Magellan Cross is a site where a Christian (Catholic) cross planted by the Portuguese explorer and navigator, Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521), of a Spanish fleet upon their arrival in Cebu on April 14 or 21 (depending on the source), 1521 C.E.
Story has it that the original cross got destroyed or has disappeared after Magellan's death. It implies that the present cross could be just a replica planted by the Spaniards after their successful colonization of the Philippines.
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