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New Years eve in Amsterdam by Jan van der Woning.

1521 Magellan's Cross in Cebu

1521 Magellan's Cross in Cebu

Close to 500 years ago, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan planted a huge Christian cross in Cebu to celebrate the baptism into the Roman Catholic religion of island chief Rajah Humabon, his wife, and some 500 of their followers on April 21, 1521. VR Photography by Rommel Bundalian of www.360unlimited.com.ph.