Bacolod, Negros Occidental Etymology
- Jack Maico
- May 30
- 3 min read
Bacolod was derived from the Ilonggo word “bakolod,” meaning “stonehill,” since the settlement was founded in 1770 on a stonehill area, now the district of Granada.
Bacolod, the “Sugar Bowl of the Philippines,” is one of the most progressive and elite cities in the country. Sugarcane plantations are a typical scene along the highways of Bacolod.
The city is popularly known for its MassKara Festival held during the third week of October, and is also known for being a relatively friendly city, as it bears the nickname “The City of Smiles”.
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Church in town: 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐥
San Sebastian Cathedral is a late 19th-century Roman Catholic church in Bacolod, Negros Occidental in the Philippines. It is the seat of the Diocese of Bacolod.
A small village inhabited by Malayans called Magsungay was placed under the protection of St. Sebastian by early Christian missionaries during the 1700s. This village later came to be known as San Sebastian de Magsungay and was put under the governance of Bernardo de los Santos, the village's first gobernadorcillo.[3] Due to widespread Moro pirate attacks, the people of Magsungay moved to a new settlement upon the hilly terrain called bakólod, the precursor of the modern-day city of Bacolod. In 1806, Fr. Leon Pedro was appointed as its first parish priest. Years later, Fr. Gonzaga, a young priest from Barcelona, would envision the construction of the San Sebastian Church.
Construction of the structure in its present form began on April 27, 1876, under the leadership of Fr. Mauricio Ferrero, OAR. Prison labor was provided by the politico-military governor, Roman Pastor, who prevailed upon Fr. Ferrero to also design and supervise the construction of a stone prison, the old Provincial Jail.[6] Coral stone from the island of Guimaras was used as the primary building material. Hardwood from trees in Palawan was used for the wooden portions of the structure. Fr. Mariano de Avila's bell was installed in the bell tower during the church's construction. Bishop Mariano Cuartero of the Archdiocese of Jaro consecrated the church on the eve of the feast of Saint Sebastian, January 19, 1882. The following day, Bishop Cuartero celebrated a pontifical mass before a congregation of government and Church officials of the province and Iloilo, parish priests, and leading citizens.
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲
A historic event took place in 1938 when the Municipality of Bacolod was elevated into a city through Commonwealth Act No. 326, passed by the 1st National Assembly of the Philippines, creating the City of Bacolod. Assemblyman Pedro C. Hernáez of the second district of Negros Occidental sponsored the bill.
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐝:
- San Sebastian Cathedral
- The Ruins
- The Negros Museum
- Capitol Park and Lagoon
- Pope John Paul II Tower
- Mambukal Resort
- Manokan Country
- Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club
𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐝:
- Antonio Ledesma Jayme ( Filipino lawyer, revolutionary hero, Governor of Negros Occidental, and assemblyman, as well as a lawmaker and a revolutionary nation's founding father and a signatory to a nation-state's constitution.)
𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐲 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐝:
- Joel Torre (Pinay actor/director/producer)
- Tifany Panhilason (Pinay actress)
- Susan Roces (Actress/producer)
- Kuh Ledesma (Pinay singer/actress)
- Tisha Custodio (Pinay actress/director/writer)
- Neil Colangco (Production designer/Art director)
- Marita Zobel (Pinay actress)
- Richard Somes (Production designer)
- Eric Alante (Pinoy Big Brother contestant 2011-2012)
- Roem Ortiz (Pinoy actor)
- Tom Ray Marin (Director/actor)
- Sol Alquizar (Pinay actress)
- Robert Rodriguez (film producer)
- Jason Melliguen (Pinoy pound for pound boxer)
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