History
The city of Mandaue and the festival is named after a tree that grew in abundantly in the shores of the Cebu. The cove was founded by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan on April 7, 1521 while in search for food and supplies. On the island a settlement was then built. The discovery of the cove, present day Tipolo, brought about the establishment of the first drydocking facility in the islands. In 1565, the Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi arrived in the Philippines after five decades after the Magellan expedition and built the Philippines' first drydock in the shores of Tipolo, about a few meters from the San Miguel Brewery Complex. The drydock was built by the facility served the Galleon ships that established trade with Mexico and Spain. From that beginning, Mandaue emerged as the industrial hub of the southern Philippines, the city of Mandaue.
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