IN CELEBRATION of the 84th Charter Day of Cebu City, SunStar Cebu collected some old and not so old facts about the Queen City of the South, which you may have already known or never heard of at all.
Did you know about these facts?
1. Cebu City is the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
2. The oldest street in the country is in Cebu City.
3. Cebu City is the home to the oldest surviving Catholic relic.
4. The oldest fort in the country is found in Cebu City.
5. The biggest and grandest festival in the country is celebrated in Cebu City.
6. Cebu had trains and Cebu City served as the central station.
7. The Philippines had a Cebuano president.
9. Cebuanos “hang” their rice (puso).
Photos by Amper Campaña
10. Cebu had a revolving restaurant.
The 15-storey-high LUDO and LUYM building on the corners of Osmena Boulevard and Plaridel Street was once the tallest building in southern Philippines.Constructed in the early 60s and completed in the 70s, the building was LUDO and LUYM's office building.
It was not just the tallest building; it was also a Cebu landmark, which boasted of the only revolving restaurant in the country.
Sources: PSA, Basilica Minore del Santo Nino, NHI, Cebu Normal University, Philippines Railways, SunStar Archive, @SkyScraperCity-Cebu
