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 ...

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 ...

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!

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 ...

and completing the first circumnavigation of the world.On the island of Mactan is a shrine with the statue of Lapu-Lapu honoring him as the first Filipino hero to resist foreign rule. The battle that ...

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 ...