National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: Ferdinand Magellan's Death

NHCP Photo Collection, 2018

Location: Liberty Shrine, Punta Engaño Road, Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1941

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

FERDINAND MAGELLAN’S DEATH

ON THIS SPOT FERDINAND MAGELLAN DIED ON APRIL 27, 1521, WOUNDED IN AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE SOLDIERS OF LAPULAPU, CHIEF OF MACTAN ISLAND. ONE OF MAGELLAN’S SHIPS, THE VICTORIA, UNDER THE COMMAND OF JUAN SEBASTIAN ELCANO, SAILED FROM CEBU ON MAY 1, 1521, AND ANCHORED AT SAN LUCAR DE BARRAMEDA ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1522, THUS COMPLETING THE FIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE EARTH.

Legend

LEVEL I - Sites and Structures declared as National Shrine, National Historical Landmark, National Historical Site, and National Monument (Entries with asterisks)

LEVEL II - Sites and Structures declared as Heritage Zones/Historic Centers, Heritage Houses and bearing Historical Markers

DELISTED - Declared and/or marked historic sites and structures that were removed from the national registry

LIFTED - Sites and structures 50 years old and above removed of its presumption as Important Cultural Property (R.A. 10066)

Ferdinand Magellan's Death

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