Cebu City Philippines

Cebu Downtown Attractions

Basílica Minore del Santo Niño - the oldest church in the Philippines

Entrance Door

In front of the Church

In front of the Church, Sinulog mass is held here

view from the outside

Basilica de Santo Nino

altar

ceiling inside the church

ceiling inside the church

Famous sto. nino of Cebu

paintings

paintings

statues

candle lighting outside the church

magellan's cross

magellan's cross

Cebu City Hall

star pillow in Ceb

    statues, key chains etc for souvenir outside the church

Cebu Airport Sunrise

Cebu Airport

Cebu Airport

view from above

view from above

view from above

view from above

view from above

The Minor Basilica of the Santo Niño or Basilica Minore del Santo Niño is a 16th century church in Cebu City in the Philippines. It was built purportedly on the spot where the image of the Santo Niño, a sculpture depicting the Holy Child Jesus found by Spanish explorers in 1565 preserved in a burned wooden box which was left behind during the 1521 Magellan expedition. The church of Santo Niño de Cebu was founded by an Augustinian priest, Andrés de Urdaneta on April 28, 1565 and remains under the care of the Order of St. Augustine. (copied from Wikipedia)

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 (depending on source) April 14 or 21, 1521. This cross is housed in a chapel next to the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño on Magallanes Street (Magallanes being the Spanish name of Magellan), just in front of the city center of Cebu City. (copied from Wikipedia)