“THE PLACE OF BIRTH
Here in Calamba, Province of Laguna, Jose Rizal was born on 19 June 1861. The National hero dearly loved his birthplace.
‘Oh, tender youth, oh beautiful town rich spring of my delight’
“Calamba is one of the towns and cities of Laguna. It is in Luzon, the biggest of the Philippine Islands. Calamba has always been beautiful. It has been planted with sugar cane and rice that turned alternately green and gold. The breeze from the lovely Bae Lake is fresh, and Mount Makiling is enchanting to behold.
“THE TOWN OF CALAMBA was part of an estate owned first by the Jesuits from 1759 till 1768, then by a Spaniard from 1803, and the Dominican order from 1883. Though their families were from Binan, Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonzo settled here in Calamba after getting married in 1848. They rented land to till, and spent for everything in the farm. Their life flourished because they were hardworking and frugal.
They built the first stone and hardwood house in Calamba.”
(From the album of the explorer of J. A. Karuth, courtesy of the Ayala Archives)
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