Mactan Shrine

Mactan Shrine
Liberty Shrine
Lapulapu Monument
The Lapu-Lapu monument at Mactan Shrine
Location with Metro Cebu
TypeMemorial park
LocationLapu-Lapu City, Philippines
Coordinates10°18′40″N 124°0′55″E / 10.31111°N 124.01528°E / 10.31111; 124.01528
Established1969 (as a national shrine)
Public transit access

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 born explorer Ferdinand Magellan, and the Lapu Lapu Monument, a bronze statue which commemorates Lapu Lapu, a native leader who defeated Spanish soldiers led by Magellan in the 1521 Battle of Mactan.

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