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{{short description |Stone kiosk in Cebu City, Philippines}}
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'''Magellan's Cross Pavilion''' is a stone kiosk in [[Cebu City]], [[Philippines]]. The structure is situated on Plaza Sugbo beside the [[Basilica del Santo Niño]].<ref name=pcoo>{{cite news |title=President Aquino joins turnover rites for newly restored Basilica Minore Del Santo Niño |url=https://pcoo.gov.ph/march-04-2016-news-releases/ |access-date=9 July 2021 |publisher=Presidential Communications Operations Office |date=4 March 2016}}</ref> It houses a [[Christian cross]] that was planted by explorers of the [[Magellan's circumnavigation|Spanish expedition]] of the first [[circumnavigation]] of the world, led by [[Ferdinand Magellan]], upon arriving in [[Cebu]] in the [[Philippines]] on April 21, 1521.

Along with the [[Basilica del Santo Niño]]'s church and convent buildings, the pavilion is a declared [[National Cultural Treasure of the Philippines]].

==Background==
===Pavilion===
[[File:Allan Jay Quesada - Magellan's Cross DSC 0766.jpg|thumb|right|Pavilion interior]]
The Magellan's Cross Pavilion which houses the tindalo cross was built sometime in the 1834 under Spanish colonial rule. The structure is octagonal [[kiosk]] made of coral stone.<ref name=pcoo/>

The pavilion and the tindalo cross itself sustained cracks due to the [[2013 Bohol earthquake]].<ref name=rappler1/> The original cross was also found to have deteriorated due to termites in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Miasco |first1=May |title=Magellan's Cross kiosk closed for 'treatment' |url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/the-freeman/20150413/281496454807771 |access-date=9 July 2021 |work=The Freeman |publisher=The Philippine Star |date=13 April 2015 |language=en}}</ref> The pavilion was closed for renovations and was reopened in March 2016.<ref name=rappler1/>

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]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Katigbak-Lacuesta |first1=Mookie |title=The half-day tour: Cebu for beginners |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/travel/destination/04/04/19/the-half-day-tour-cebu-for-beginners |access-date=9 July 2021 |work=ANCX |publisher=ABS-CBN |date=4 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Paredes |first1=Joel |title=A second look at the 'discovery' of the Philippines in 1521 |url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/03/21/a-second-look-at-the-discovery-of-the-philippines-in-1521/ |access-date=9 July 2021 |work=BusinessMirror |date=21 March 2021}}</ref> The artwork was done by Jess Roa and Serry M. Josol.<ref name=rappler1/>

===Cross===
The Magellan's Cross refers to the original wooden cross planted by explorers of the [[Magellan's circumnavigation|Spanish expedition]] of the first [[circumnavigation]] of the world, led by [[Ferdinand Magellan]], upon arriving in [[Cebu]], [[Cebu Island]] in the [[Philippines]] on April 21, 1521.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Magellan's Cross: A Symbol of Christianity in the Philippines |url=https://suroy.ph/magellans-cross/ |website=Suroy.ph}}</ref>

The original cross was encased inside another wooden cross made of [[Afzelia rhomboidea|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.<ref name=rappler1>{{cite news |last1=Bering |first1=John Branzuela |title=Visiting Magellan's Cross in Cebu, after heritage sites restored |url=https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/travel/magellans-cross-church-restored-cebu |access-date=9 July 2021 |work=Rappler |date=20 March 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=universityofhawaii>{{cite web |title=Magellan's Cross, on the Island of Cebu |url=http://www.hawaii.edu/cps/magellancross.html |publisher=University of Hawaii |access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref>

The cross was named as the "2021 Jubilee Cross" as part of the [[2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Saavedra |first1=John Rey |title=Countdown to 500th year of PH's 1st baptism kicks off Dec. 1 |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1087461 |access-date=9 July 2021 |work=Philippine News Agency |date=29 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Palaubsanon |first1=Mitchelle |title=100 adults baptized in Triduum Mass |url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-news/2021/04/14/2091037/100-adults-baptized-triduum-mass |access-date=9 July 2021 |work=The Philippine Star |date=14 April 2021}}</ref>

==Designation==
The pavilion along with the [[Basilica del Santo Niño]] Church and Convent were collectively declared as a [[National Cultural Treasure of the Philippines|National Cultural Treasure]] by the [[National Museum of the Philippines]] on April 14, 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=Basilica church, Magellan's Cross pavilion are national cultural treasures, not Sto. Niño statue |url=https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/373041/basilica-church-magellans-cross-pavilion-are-national-cultural-treasures-not-sto-nino-statue |access-date=9 July 2021 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=15 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

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