Basilica Minore del Santo Nino

Just beside Magellan’s Cross is a huge church which is decidated to the child Jesus called Santo Nino or Holy Child. The church is right along a very busy pedestrian path passing by. This pedestrian path incidentally leads to other important sights. But for now, we stop here. The Church has an interesting history to it date back to 1565. It is said that in that year, Spanish conquistadors found a burnt box with a statue of the child Jesus left behind by Ferdinand Magellan’s 1521 expedition which miraculously survived all those years. In honor of the statue’s miraculous survival, the Spanish built a church dedicated to the child Jesus, supposedly on the very spot where it was discovered.
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