Beautification and renovation works of the Liberty Shrine - formerly named Mactan Shrine-are now in full blast, said Lapu-Lapu City councilor Damian Gomez. Gomez, tourism committee chairman ...

Liberty Shrine, believed to be where the site where the Battle of Mactan took place and where Magellan was killed, is a park that prominently displayed both the statues of Lapulapu and the ...

By then every space at the starting line at the Mactan Shrine was filled. When we planned the Great Lapu-Lapu Run 2, it was agreed that it would be meaningful to start in the area where the Battle ...

At 1:30 p.m. they were toured around the Mactan Shrine in Lapu-Lapu City by Mayor Radaza and city officials.They witnessed cultural dance performances and games with children. “Amazing!

The reenactment will begin at 8 a.m. at the Mactan Liberty Shrine, following a wreath-laying ceremony commemorating the April 27, 1521, victory of Lapulapu and his warriors against Magellan's ...

Lapu-Lapu’s heroism, meanwhile, is commemorated in a shrine on the island ... wait in ambush”), which evolved into Matan, then Mactan. Mactan was a sleepy fishing village when Americans ...

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. joined the 503rd commemoration of the historic “Kadaugan sa Mactan (Victory at Mactan) as the City of Lapu-Lapu’s honored guest on April 27, 2024 at the Liberty Shrine ...

After the battle, Juan Sebastián del Cano succeeded Magellan as head of the expedition, and ordered the immediate departure of his fleet, returning to Spain in 1522, and completing the first ...

which will near the road leading to the historic Lapu-Lapu Shrine, is part of a thriving 30-hectare township that offers a modern urban landscape and natural attractions. The Mactan Newtown itself ...