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The city is named after a local chieftain or datu named
Lapu Lapu who ruled over Mactan Island. He is best known for the heroic defeat of the Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan in April 1521, when Magellan attempted to take over the island in the name of Spain. ... One such monument is the Lapu Lapu Shrine in the city.