Sehenswürdigkeit
Lapu-Lapu Monument
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Standort
Punta Engaño Road
Lapu-Lapu City, Central Visayas
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Another cultural site, here stands the statue of Cebu's own hero, Lapu-Lapu.
The statue stands to honor Lapu-Lapu and remember how he defeated Magellan – the first successful resistance to Spanish colonization.
The Lapu-Lapu shrine is a 20 metres bronze statue in Punta Engaño, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines, erected in honor of Lapu-Lapu, a native leader who defeated Spanish soldiers led by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in the 1521 Battle of Mactan
In the 16th century Mactan Island was colonized by Spain. An Augustinians friar founded the town of Opon in 1730 and became a city in 1961 and was renamed after Datu Lapu-Lapu, a Muslim king who defeated Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. This battle is commemorated at the Lapu-Lapu shrine in Punta Engaño.