Monument Originally Erected as a Lighthouse
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(DSC02819) The actual circumstances of its construction, however, are not quite clear. It appears that as of 1858, a Magellan monument had already been erected but this may not be the same monument that exists today. Karl von Scherzer, who visited the Philippines in 1858 as a member of an Austrian naval expedition, wrote that on Mactan island "there was also erected on the promontory of Sugaño (Punta Engaño) a monument to the memory of Magelhaens (Magellan), and the happy idea was entertained of making it also a lighthouse to warn ships of the danger in approaching the immense number of reefs that are found here." Though it is not clear whether Scherzer himself saw the monument, it can be assumed that the original monument was a monument-lighthouse in a promontory of Punta Engaño. (Taken from http://www.malapascua.de/Cebu/Mactan/map _mactan.html)
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