Cebu is one of the most developed provinces in the Philippines, with Cebu City as the main centre of commerce, education and industry in the Visayas. Often called the "Queen City of the South" Cebu is the Philippines oldest city. and the the second largest. Cebuanos are proud of their cultural and historical heritage, a legacy which has endured through the centuries from the time the explorer Magellan first put down the cross on Cebu's shore.