Lapu-Lapu shrine

Lapu-Lapu shrine

The Lapu-Lapu shrine is a 20-meter bronze statue in Punta Engaño, Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines, erected in honor of Lapu-Lapu, a native chieftain who defeated Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in the Battle of Mactan on 1521.

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*Magellan shrine


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