Calamba, Laguna Etymology
- Jack Maico
- Apr 15
- 2 min read
Calamba became a component city on April 21, 2001, by Republic Act 9024. According to a legend, the word “Calamba” was taken from the phrase “kalan-banga”. Kalan-banga was an earthen jar being carried by a young woman whom a Guardia Civil stopped to ask for the name of the place. Mistakenly thinking that she was being asked what she was carrying, she answered “kalan-banga”. Later on, Kalambanga was shortened to Calamba.
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Church in Town: 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 (𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗮)
Saint John the Baptist Parish Church, commonly known as Calamba Church, is the oldest Roman Catholic church in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines, under the Diocese of San Pablo. It is located adjacent to Rizal Shrine and is known as the christening site of José Rizal.
Jesuit Missionaries in 1757 purchased a big portion of land called Hacienda de San Juan for their missions, but the parish was only established in 1779 by the Franciscan friars upon gaining independence from the parochial church of Cabuyao (formerly known as Tabuco). The stone church was originally built in 1859 but was destroyed on February 12, 1945, during the Second World War. The reconstruction of the church of Calamba was headed by Eliseo Dimaculangan.[1] The original altar was burned in 1862 but was immediately rebuilt by Leoncio Lopez. The first Filipino priest, Angel Villaruz, served the longest in this church for 43 years since 1901.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/.../Saint_John_the_Baptist...
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗮 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲
In 1639, Calamba was the site of a rebellion of Chinese farmers who had been forcibly resettled there by Governor Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera. This rebellion spread north of the Pasig River and eventually culminated in the deaths of over 20,000 Chinese in the whole region surrounding Manila.
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗮:
- Saint John the Baptist Parish Church
- SM City Calamba
- Laguna Hot Spring Resort
- Rizal Shrine
- Alcasid Aviary and Farm
- Batis Ng Makiling Resort
- Full Circle Craft Distillers Co., Inc.
𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗮:
- Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal y Alonzo Realonda
- Paciano, Rizal
- Heneral Vicente Lim
- Teodora Alonzo
- Geronimo Aclan
𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐲 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗮:
- Ronnie Alcano (Professional pool player)
- Aruray (Filipino actress and comedian)
- Teody Belarmino (Pinoy actor)
- Sam Mangubat (Pinoy singer/songwriter)
- Palito (Pinoy comedian)
- Maybeline Masuda (is a Filipino Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner)
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