Restoration of the Archdiocesan Museum of Cebu

Project: Restoration of the Archdiocesan Museum of Cebu
Location: Cebu Cathedral, Cebu City
Cultural property owner: Municipal Government of Loay
GAA Budget: P10,000,000.00
Fiscal year: 2020
Date started: Not yet started
Implementing agency: National Historical Commission of the Philippines
Contractor: To be determined

Status: The proposed budget was not approved
Project description:

This museum project is part of the Quincentennial Celebration. The updating and repair of the said bahay na bato will support the promotions activity of the commemoration event of the country’s first Christian baptism.

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The courtyard of the museum

The facade of the old convent, which is now adaptively reused as a museum

Restoration of Cebu Monuments

Project: Restoration of Cebu Monuments
Location: Bacon, Sorsogon City
Cultural property owner: Diocese of Sorsogon
GAA Budget: P8,000,000.00
Fiscal year: 2020
Date started: 2020

Date completed: 2020
Implementing agency: National Historical Commission of the Philippines
Contractor: No data

Project description:

As part of the Philippine Government’s preparation for the 500th anniversary of the victory of our ancestors led by Lapulapu in the Battle of Mactan, various monuments in Cebu related to the event will be repaired, restored and improved.

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Antonio Pigafetta Monument in Fort San Pedro, Cebu City

Monument of Cebu Heritage in Cebu City

Rajah Humabon Monument in the Parian District, Cebu City

Rajah Humabon Obelisk at the Parian District, Cebu City

Lapu Lapu Monument in Camp Lapu Lapu, Apas, Cebu

Lapu Lapu Monument in Opon, Mactan, Cebu

Lapu Lapu Monument in Opon, Mactan, Cebu

Magellan's Cross in Plaza Sugbo, Cebu City

Site Development of Lapu Lapu Shrine in Cebu

Project: Site Development of Lapu Lapu Shrine in Cebu
Location: Mactan, Cebu
Cultural property owner: City Government of Lapu Lapu
GAA Budget: P30,000,000.00
Fiscal year: 2020
Date started: Not yet started
Implementing agency: National Historical Commission of the Philippines
Contractor: To be determined

Status: The proposed budget was realigned to the Bayanihan Act of 2020
Project description:

This development project aims to highlight the monument of Lapu Lapu and the Obelisk of Magellan within a vast local park of the city. The project will also entail a construction of a small exhibition area on the life of the hero, Lapu Lapu and the victory of Mactan over the Spanish colonizers. This project is part of the Philippine Government’s preparation for the 500th anniversary of the victory of our ancestors led by Lapulapu in the Battle of Mactan, and other related events in 1521.

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The old obelisk dedicated for Magellan

The old obelisk dedicated for Magellan

Monument of Lapu Lapu