Carcar, Cebu Etymology
- Jack Maico
- 12 hours ago
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Carcar was known as "Kabkad" or "Sialo" before Spanish colonization. It became a town in 1599. Carcar is considered one of the oldest towns in Cebu, with its Spanish influence lasting more than 300 years.
Special credits: https://cityofcarcar.gov.ph/history-of-carcar/
Church in town: ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ. ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐
The Archdiocesan Shrine of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, also known as St. Catherine's Church or Carcar Church, is a Roman Catholic church in Carcar, Cebu, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Cebu.
The settlement of Carcar in Cebu was covered by a parish in 1599, which was run by the Augustinians. The current Carcar Church was built sometime in the 19th century. This is around the time when Cebu experienced an economic boom and became a major producer of agricultural goods. The church was named after Carcar's patron saint, Catherine of Alexandria.
The Carcar Church features a basilica-style design. Its complex also hosts a separate building, which is intended and used as a convent. It is built using coral stones with part of its structure, specifically its upper stories and ceiling, made using hardwood. The structure is of mixed architectural style. Parts of the structure exhibit examples of Neo-Mudรฉjar, Revival Baroque, and Austrian Baroque architecture. Its wooden choir loft is of Gothic Revival character. The church building is also described as having Greco-Roman and Muslim influences. The convent building also has characteristics of the indigenous bahay na bato.
The church's ceiling is decorated by Cebuano artist Canuto Avila, which was commissioned by Fr. Anastasio Nuรฑez del Corro. The ceiling mural was executed from the 1910s to the 1920s. The artwork is an example of trompe-l'ลil with rosettes as a motif rather than featuring a theological subject.
๐๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ
The City of Carcar, established on July 7, 2007, by RA 9436, was originally a small seaside settlement some 40 kilometers south of โZebu,โ now Cebu City. The settlement was known then as โSAYLOโ or โSIALOโ. It is located between two big rivers. On the north is the MINAG-A River, which empties into the Carcar Channel from the mountain area bounding the City of Carcar with the municipalities of Pinamungajan and San Fernando. On the south is the CARCAR River, which empties into the Carcar Channel from the mountain area bounding the City of Carcar with the Municipality of Barili.
The settlement was called โSayloโ because it lies at the outskirts, and out of the waterway leading to Mowag, a larger riverine community along the Carcar River.
Oral traditions claimed that in olden times, it would be difficult for noninhabitants of Carcar to locate the main community at Mowag, now the Poblacion Area, because of a labyrinth of waterways of the Carcar Marsh. So the safest approach to reach the main community at Mowag is by land from Saylo through a circuitous route passing through what is now Barangay Liburon, to Ylaya, part of Poblacion III, and then to Luan-Luan, Poblacion I.
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ:
- Archdiocesan Shrine of Saint Catherine of Alexandria
- New Carcar City Public Market
- Guadalupe Mabugnao Mainit Hot Spring National Park
- Carcar City Museum
- Carcar City Rotonda
- Theotokos Shrine
- Mercado Mansion
๐ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ:
- Lieutenant-General Eulogio Pantaleรณn Villegas y Soldevillo (better known by his nom-de-guerre Leรณn Kilat (literally 'Lightning Lion' in Cebuano), was a Filipino revolutionary leader in Cebu during the Philippine Revolution against the Spanish Empire.)
๐๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ, ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ:
- Epifanio Alfafara (writer in the Cebuano language of political and philosophical articles)
- Sergio Alfafara (was a Filipino Cebuano Visayan writer and a priest)
- Marcelino Navarra (editor, poet, and writer)
- Martino Abellana (renowned Cebuano and dubbed as "The Dean of Cebuano Painters")
- Ramon Abellana (Sculptor and composer)
- Romulo Galicano ( Filipino painter whose works are technically academic and philosophical in approach)
- Harry Gasser (Newscaster and anchor)
- Sheryn Regis (Pinay singer)
- Teofilo Camomot ( a beatified bishop)
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