A new landmark is set to rise in Mactan Newtown, right across the historic LapuLapu Shrine.
Plaza Magellan in The Mactan Newtown
Megaworld is also constructing a three-level lifestyle mall, Plaza Magellan, which is poised to become a major landmark of The Mactan Newtown. The mall will have an iconic entrance plaza facing the famous Lapu-Lapu Shrine, the site where the historic Battle of Mactan between Lapu Lapu and Ferdinand Magellan happened on April 27, 1521.
The plaza’s main feature will be a life-sized Spanish Galleon Victoria, a replica of the first vessel that circumnavigated the globe used by magellan and his men, and the Spanish Steps which will lead visitors to the mall’s main entrance.
Plaza Magellan will also feature a museum which will be dedicated to the life and expeditions of Magellan.
The malls’s design will be inspired by the hilltop towns of Portugal and Spain, both homelands of Ferdinand Magellan. The architecture will feature courtyards and arcaded walkways, ornately framed doors and windows as well as cupolas and towers.
