The cross is housed in a small octagon chapel like structure and is hanged at the center. The original cross that was brought by Magellan himself is encase in a wood made of Tinadalo wood because the devotees started chipping it believing that it is miraculous.
One of the markers say that on that very site is where Fernidnand Magellan on 1521 erected the original cross however the official government marker does not confirm it and just simply says that "Time immemorial".
As I walk inside the chapel I saw the ceiling with a mural depicting the story of what transpired on the day the spaniards set foot on land.
Catholicism was one of the most effective tool that the Spaniards used to conquer the Philippines. And from the few hundreds of the raja's subjects who got baptized that faithful day, Catholicism grew and became the biggest religion in the country.
