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St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Calamba Laguna |
In 1759 the Jesuit Missionaries purchased a big portion of land called Hacienda de San Juan, but the parish was established only in 1779 by the Franciscan Friars. In this church, Fray Rufino Collantes baptized our national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal, on June 22, 1861. the original altar was burned in 1862 but immediately rebuilt by Fray Leoncio Lopez. the first Filipino priest, Fr. Angel Villaruz, served this church for 43 years since 1901. the incumbent Parish Priest is
Big and huge trees surrounded the yard. Check this out how huge the trees are when we took Raf’s picture running…
From the entrance is the karwahe, part of the memorabilia here at the house.
This is the house rule posted from the entrance. At this point, this is the only part we can take pictures including the stairs.
Jose Rizal's Family used ate the three times a day.
I saw the image of Jose Rizal's Family are paint
Jose Rizal was born, the seventh child of Francisco Mercado Rizal and Teodora Alonso, on June 19, 1861. His parents belonged to the middle class and lived on the tenant land ownedby the friars in Calamba,Laguna.
I visited Jose Rizal's house at afternoon, the entrance here is free. I love seeing all the rooms where furniture built in hard wood.
Outside the house is the replica of Rizal’s childhood.
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