What is the importance of magellan's cross?

Answer 1

Magellan's Cross is a Christian cross planted by Portuguese, and Spanish explorers as ordered by Ferdinand Magellan upon arriving in Cebu in the Philippines on April 8, 1521[citation needed].

This cross is housed in a chapel next to the Basilica Minore del Santo Ni̱o on Magallanes Street (Magallanes being the Spanish name of Magellan), just in front of the city hall of Cebu City. A sign below the cross describes the original cross is encased inside the wooden cross that is found in the center of the chapel. This is to protect the original cross from people who chipped away parts of the cross for souvenir purposes or in the belief that the cross possesses miraculous powers.

Answer 2

It symbolizes 300 years of slavery and oppression under the Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines