Our 211th entry in this blog is our trip to Magellan’s Cross Pavilion in Cebu City. I think this will be the shortest blog here. hehe. And this is the smallest tourist place we have visited so far.
We live in Cebu (Lapu Lapu City as of this moment) but Ate Rei and Sai has never seen this Magellan’s Cross Pavilion in person. It was Sai’s assignment to go to one of the places in Cebu as mentioned in his Civics book.
In my childhood, I see this pavilion everyday 🙂 I attended kindergarten and elementary (K2-G4) in Colegio del Santo Nino. And this has been one of my play areas before. 🙂

Magellan’s Cross Pavilion is a stone kiosk in the City. The structure is situated on Plaza Sugbo beside the Basilica del Santo Niño. It houses a Christian cross that was planted by explorers of the Spanish expedition, led by Ferdinand Magellan, on April 21, 1521. The structure is octagonal kiosk made of coral stone built in the 1800s.

On the ceiling of the pavilion’s interior, is a mural depicting the baptism of Rajah Humabon and his household by Fr. Pedro Valderrama and the planting of a wooden cross by Ferdinand Magellan. The original cross was encased inside another wooden cross made of tindalo wood in 1835. This is to protect the original cross from people who chipped away parts of the cross who believe that the cross possesses miraculous powers.

It is Christmas Day today and we are also heading to the Basilica del Santo Nino for the mass. We are happy that Ate Rei and Sai gets to see this historical structure, as this has always been a part of our own history as Cebuanos. 🙂