Our next stop in Cebu was the Sto. Nino Church in downtown city center. The church was first built by the Augustinian friar Rev. Urdaneta in the 1500s, and has been razed and rebuilt several times over the past centuries. I think the church standing now was built in the 1700s and houses the Sto. Nino de Cebu. This is pretty much the focus of the Sinulog fiesta activities in January--you can hear the devotees chanting "Pit Senyor!" to hail the Child Jesus.
The church is right next to Magellan's cross--if I'm not mistaken, the actual cross is inside the wooden casing!
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