Museo
Sugbo was a former prison.
The official museum of Cebu, Museo Sugbo used to be a
provincial jail known as Carcel de Cebu. The prison was intended for the whole
Visayas district, which probably explains its large size when it was
conctructed.
Malapascua Island in Cebu is the only place in the world where you can dive with the elusive thresher sharks.
Malapascua Island is an island found in the northern tip of Cebu. The diving site was popular because it’s the only place in the world where you can see thresher sharks before sunrise.
Philippines’ first tourist
submarine is in Cebu.
“Cebu
Yellow Submarine was built in Belgium and started its operations in 2012 after
receiving their certificate of accreditation from the Maritime Industry
Authority. It can be found at Imperial Palace Waterpark Resort and Spa in
Lapu-Lapu City.”
Cebu had
trains.
Cebu used to have trains
connecting the southern town of Argao and the northern town of Danao. But in
the long-run, Cebuanos ended up using other more convenient and cheaper means
of transportation which eventually stopped the operations of train.
Cebu’s
first Skyscraper had a revolving restaurant.
“The Ludo and Luym Building in downtown Cebu
is considered the first high-rise and real skyscraper in Cebu City. The
building was once the home of Sundowner Hotel, The Centrepoint Hotel, a
Shoemart (SM) store, the GMA 7 Studio, and a ‘revolving’ restaurant (the first
in Asia.)”
Magellan
gave Cebu three gifts.
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We used to know that
Magellan gave Queen Juana the Sr. Sto. Niño. What most of us didn’t know is
that Magellan also left two other important religious artifacts. First was the
sculpture of the Ecce Homo which he presented to King Humabon. In 1995,
Augustinian friars brought this to San Agustin Church in Intramuros, Manila but
it was returned to Cebu in 2011. The other was the image of Virgin Mary and the
Child Jesus.
Larsian
is not a street name.
”It’s not a dish or a name of a sitio,
either. It is said that LARSIAN, the famous barbecue district in midtown Cebu,
actually came from the name of twin sisters PILAR and SIANA. Pilar was the
mother of a certain Col. Alvino Mondarez who owned a popular barbecue
restaurant in the area. The two names of the twin sisters were combined to form
one of the most popular Cebu brands today.”
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