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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #12 of 16 attractions in Cebu City
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Traveler Description: It has been speculated that the original Magellans cross used for firewood, or used with shaboo. That is not true. The cross is still in place... more »
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Attraction type: Historic site
Address: Magallanes Street Cebu City
Philippines

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“magellans cross”
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2 of 5 stars
justin1200   1 contribution
manila
Jun 21, 2009

well for the sake that this was one of the tourist attraction in cebu, ill suggest to go ahead and visit it, but the location is not really that good, but it was ok. hard to get a cab though specially at night more

“It's a piece of history afterall”
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3 of 5 stars
subtarget   196 contributions
Hong Kong, China
Nov 6, 2008
3/3 found this review helpful

It was one of the sightseeing places that one was advised to go in Cebu. Even my hotel pamphlet suggests this. Well, after 45 minutes of taxi, here it is, in the middle of the city center. It is surrounded by a park the size of, roughly , 1/2 a football field. Several vendors selling fried chicken at 15 pesos... more

“Fake cross of Magellan”
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1 of 5 stars
mcdiaz1545   1 contribution
Montclair California
Jun 20, 2007
1/14 found this review helpful

The supposed Magellan cross is a fake there is nothing inside that supposed encasement of local lumber. Why did the original cross being hidden from public view. If there is really a Magellan cross under that wooden encasement the cross of Magellan should have been enclose in a glass case for the public to see. The cross is a fake... more

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Magallanes Street, Cebu City, Philippines