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  • The Cebu Taoist Temple is located in Beverly Hills subdivision of Cebu City and was built by Cebu's sizeable Chinese community. The temple is the center of worship for Taoism, the religion which follows the teachings of the ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tze.
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  • The Cebu Taoist Temple is located in Beverly Hills subdivision of Cebu City and was built by Cebu's sizeable Chinese community. The temple is the center of worship for Taoism, the religion which follows the teachings of the ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tze.
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  • One of the best known landmarks in the Liloan area of Cebu City is its historic lighthouse at Bagacay Point. The original lighthouse was built in 1857 by the Spanish although the current tower was constructed in 1904 by order of William Howard Taft the first American Governor-General of the Philippines (and later President of the United States). The tower is 72 feet tall and still remains in active use today
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  • One of the best known landmarks in the Liloan area of Cebu City is its historic lighthouse at Bagacay Point. The original lighthouse was built in 1857 by the Spanish although the current tower was constructed in 1904 by order of William Howard Taft the first American Governor-General of the Philippines (and later President of the United States). The tower is 72 feet tall and still remains in active use today
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  • Arched Colonial Architecture in Cebu City.  Although Cebu City has few colonial buildings left standing, the central business district retains a few surrounding Carbon Market.
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  • Filipinos are a very musical people, and Cebu is said to be the home of the best guitar craftsmen in the Philippines: good-quality guitars at incredibly affordable prices. The village of Abuno, Lapu Lapu City on Mactan Island, is the center of guitar making in the Philippines.
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  • Filipinos are a very musical people, and Cebu is said to be the home of the best guitar craftsmen in the Philippines: good-quality guitars at incredibly affordable prices. The village of Abuno, Lapu Lapu City on Mactan Island, is the center of guitar making in the Philippines.
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  • Magellan's Cross was installed by  the Spanish explorer upon arriving in Cebu in the Philippines in 1521.  This cross is housed in a chapel next to the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño just in front of the city hall of Cebu City.  Some people believe that the original cross was destroyed or had disappeared after Magellan's death, and the cross is a replica that was planted there by the Spaniards after they successfully colonized the Philippines. Magellan's Cross is a symbol of Cebu.
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  • Magellan's Cross was installed by  the Spanish explorer upon arriving in Cebu in the Philippines in 1521.  This cross is housed in a chapel next to the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño just in front of the city hall of Cebu City.  Some people believe that the original cross was destroyed or had disappeared after Magellan's death, and the cross is a replica that was planted there by the Spaniards after they successfully colonized the Philippines. Magellan's Cross is a symbol of Cebu.
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  • Fort San Pedro is a military defence structure built by Spanish and indigenous labourers under the command of Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi and the Spanish colonial government in Cebu. It is located in the area now called Plaza Indepedencia, Cebu City, Philippines.
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  • The convent of the Sto. Niño de Cebu was founded by Fr. Andres de Urdaneta in 1565, the very day the Legazpi expedition arrived in the island. When Legaspi and his men planned the urbanization of the city, they allotted a place for the church and the convent of San Agustin where the Santo Niño image had been found. The church has always been the Sanctuary of the Sto. Niño, under the custody of the Augustinians.
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  • The convent of the Sto. Niño de Cebu was founded by Fr. Andres de Urdaneta in 1565, the very day the Legazpi expedition arrived in the island. When Legaspi and his men planned the urbanization of the city, they allotted a place for the church and the convent of San Agustin where the Santo Niño image had been found. The church has always been the Sanctuary of the Sto. Niño, under the custody of the Augustinians.
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  • Sinulog Street Dancing - an annual event held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu, Philippines. The festival honors the vision of Santo Nino, the patron saint of the City of Cebu. The festival takes several days with beauty pageants, contests, and street dances that commemorates the Cebuano peoples origins and introduction of Roman Catholicism after the arrival of Magellan.
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  • Sinulog is an annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu, the  Philippines. The festival honors the vision of the child Jesus, known as Santo Niño who used to be the patron Saint of the City of Cebu. The festival takes several days with beauty pageants, contests, and street dances that commemorates the Cebuano peoples' Islamic and pagan origin and their acceptance of Roman Catholicism after the arrival of Magellan.
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  • Sinulog is an annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu, the  Philippines. The festival honors the vision of the child Jesus, known as Santo Niño who used to be the patron Saint of the City of Cebu. The festival takes several days with beauty pageants, contests, and street dances that commemorates the Cebuano peoples' Islamic and pagan origin and their acceptance of Roman Catholicism after the arrival of Magellan.
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  • Sinulog is an annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu, the  Philippines. The festival honors the vision of the child Jesus, known as Santo Niño who used to be the patron Saint of the City of Cebu. The festival takes several days with beauty pageants, contests, and street dances that commemorates the Cebuano peoples' Islamic and pagan origin and their acceptance of Roman Catholicism after the arrival of Magellan.
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  • Sinulog is an annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu, the  Philippines. The festival honors the vision of the child Jesus, known as Santo Niño who used to be the patron Saint of the City of Cebu. The festival takes several days with beauty pageants, contests, and street dances that commemorates the Cebuano peoples' Islamic and pagan origin and their acceptance of Roman Catholicism after the arrival of Magellan.
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  • Sinulog is an annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu, the  Philippines. The festival honors the vision of the child Jesus, known as Santo Niño who used to be the patron Saint of the City of Cebu. The festival takes several days with beauty pageants, contests, and street dances that commemorates the Cebuano peoples' Islamic and pagan origin and their acceptance of Roman Catholicism after the arrival of Magellan.
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  • Sinulog is an annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu, the  Philippines. The festival honors the vision of the child Jesus, known as Santo Niño who used to be the patron Saint of the City of Cebu. The festival takes several days with beauty pageants, contests, and street dances that commemorates the Cebuano peoples' Islamic and pagan origin and their acceptance of Roman Catholicism after the arrival of Magellan.
    sinulog-1.jpg
  • Sinulog is an annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu, the  Philippines. The festival honors the vision of the child Jesus, known as Santo Niño who used to be the patron Saint of the City of Cebu. The festival takes several days with beauty pageants, contests, and street dances that commemorates the Cebuano peoples' Islamic and pagan origin and their acceptance of Roman Catholicism after the arrival of Magellan.
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  • Sinulog is an annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu, the  Philippines. The festival honors the vision of the child Jesus, known as Santo Niño who used to be the patron Saint of the City of Cebu. The festival takes several days with beauty pageants, contests, and street dances that commemorates the Cebuano peoples' Islamic and pagan origin and their acceptance of Roman Catholicism after the arrival of Magellan.
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  • Sinulog is an annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu, the  Philippines. The festival honors the vision of the child Jesus, known as Santo Niño who used to be the patron Saint of the City of Cebu. The festival takes several days with beauty pageants, contests, and street dances that commemorates the Cebuano peoples' Islamic and pagan origin and their acceptance of Roman Catholicism after the arrival of Magellan.
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  • Sinulog is an annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu, the  Philippines. The festival honors the vision of the child Jesus, known as Santo Niño who used to be the patron Saint of the City of Cebu. The festival takes several days with beauty pageants, contests, and street dances that commemorates the Cebuano peoples' Islamic and pagan origin and their acceptance of Roman Catholicism after the arrival of Magellan.
    sinulog-12.jpg
  • Sinulog is an annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu, the  Philippines. The festival honors the vision of the child Jesus, known as Santo Niño who used to be the patron Saint of the City of Cebu. The festival takes several days with beauty pageants, contests, and street dances that commemorates the Cebuano peoples' Islamic and pagan origin and their acceptance of Roman Catholicism after the arrival of Magellan.
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  • Sinulog is an annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu, the  Philippines. The festival honors the vision of the child Jesus, known as Santo Niño who used to be the patron Saint of the City of Cebu. The festival takes several days with beauty pageants, contests, and street dances that commemorates the Cebuano peoples' Islamic and pagan origin and their acceptance of Roman Catholicism after the arrival of Magellan.
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  • Each group at Sinulog has its own "queen" usually carrying a statue of Santo Nino at this annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu, the Philippines. The festival honors the vision of the child Jesus, known as Santo Niño - the patron Saint of the City of Cebu. The festival takes place over several days with beauty pageants, contests, and street dances that commemorates the Cebuano peoples' origins and their acceptance of Roman Catholicism after the arrival of Magellan.
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  • Carbon Market is the oldest and largest farmer's market in Cebu City.  The market gets its name from the depot where coal was unloaded from the Cebu Railroad many years ago.
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  • Man with his Iguana and body painting of Santo Nino the local patron saint of Cebu. Santo Nino is typically clothed in expensive textile robes mostly donations from fervent devotees in the Philippines and abroad. Santo Nino is "big" in Cebu City, though with no known connections to iguanas.
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  • Man with his Iguana and body painting of Santo Nino the local patron saint of Cebu. Like the image's counterpart in Prague, the figure is clothed in expensive textile robes mostly donations from fervent devotees in the Philippines and abroad. The statue is the oldest Catholic relic in the Philippines and permanently housed since 1565 at the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño in Cebu City.
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