Introducing the Queen City of the South
Cebu / Sugbo

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Cebu is one of the most developed provinces in the Philippines, with Cebu City as the main center of commerce, trade, education and industry in the Visayas. In a decade it has transformed into a global hub for shipping, furniture-making, tourism, business processing services, and heavy industry. Within a decade, it has transformed into a global hub for shopping, furniture-making, tourism, business-processing services, and heavy industry.

Lapu-Lapu Shrine

Lapu-Lapu Shrine

Lapu-Lapu was a ruler of Mactan in Visayas. Modern Philippine society regards him as the first Filipino hero because he was the first native to resist Spanish colonization.

Magellan's Cross

Magellan's Cross

The city’s most famous landmark - Magellan’s cross is housed in a chapel and is reputed to have been planted by Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão Magalhães) when he arrived in the Philippines in 1521.

Basilica Minore del Santo Niño

Basilica Minore del Santo Niño

The church, built of hewn stone, was the first to be established in the islands. It houses the country’s oldest relic, the figure of the Santo Niño de Cebu (Holy Child of Cebu).

Fort San Pedro

Fort San Pedro

Fuerte de San Pedro or Fort San Pedro is a military defense structure in Cebu. It was built by the Spanish people under the command of Miguel López de Legazpi, first governor of the Captaincy General of the Philippines.

Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebu

Sinulog Fiestival

The Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival is an annual cultural and religious festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City. It is the center of the Santo Niño Catholic celebrations in the Philippines.

Sinulog is the ritual prayer-dance honoring Señor Santo Niño or the Child Jesus. An image of the Child Jesus is said to be the baptismal gift the Portuguese conquistador Ferdinand Magellan gave Hara Amihan (Humanay) of Zebu (now Cebu) in April 1521. The image, believed to be miraculous, is housed at the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño in downtown Cebu City.

One of the main highlights of the festival is the grand street parade which lasts for 9 to 12 hours with participants coming from the different towns and cities of Cebu, as well as contingents from across the Philippines.

Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinulog

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