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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #8 of 13 attractions in Cebu City
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Traveller Description: This is the spot where Ferdinand Magellan planted a cross in the soil in 1521 and claimed the Philippines for Spain.
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Attraction type: Historic site
Address: Magallanes Street Cebu City
Philippines

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“magellans cross”
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2 of 5 stars
justin1200
manila
21 Jun 2009

well for the sake that this was one of the tourist attraction in cebu, ill suggest to go ahead and visit it, but the location is not really that good, but it was ok. hard to get a cab though specially at night more

“It's a piece of history afterall”
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3 of 5 stars
subtarget
Hong Kong, China
6 Nov 2008
2/2 found this review helpful

It was one of the sightseeing places that one was advised to go in Cebu. Even my hotel pamphlet suggests this. Well, after 45 minutes of taxi, here it is, in the middle of the city center. It is surrounded by a park the size of, roughly , 1/2 a football field. Several vendors selling fried chicken at 15 pesos... more

“Fake cross of Magellan”
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mcdiaz1545
Montclair California
20 Jun 2007
1/13 found this review helpful

The supposed Magellan cross is a fake there is nothing inside that supposed encasement of local lumber. Why did the original cross being hidden from public view. If there is really a Magellan cross under that wooden encasement the cross of Magellan should have been enclose in a glass case for the public to see. The cross is a fake... more

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Magallanes Street, Cebu City, Philippines