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Laguna. laguna, Spanish for "lake," or "lagoon," referring to the large body of freshwater in Laguna de Bay (Spanish: Laguna de Bay, lit. 'Lake of Bay') that was named after the province's first capital, the town of Bay (pronounced "BA‧I"). [57] Twenty of the province's 30 towns and cities border the lake. Lanao (del Norte and del Sur)
Paciano Rizal was born to Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandro (1818–1897) and Teodora Alonso y Quintos (1827–1911; whose family later changed their surname to "Realonda"), as the second of eleven children born to a wealthy family in the town of Calamba, La Laguna (present-day Laguna).
The city's main public square, where the Brothers Juan and Epitacio Belen, Spanish era martyrs were drawn and quartered. Contains a statue of Dr. Jose Rizal- one of the oldest monuments to the hero in Laguna, a historic fountain and the historic marker for the city of San Pablo late 1910s [24] Doña Leonila Urban Park, San Pablo City, Laguna
The history of the community tax certificate entails three incarnations dating back to Spanish colonial times. Introduced in a 19th-century reform of the tax system which followed the Revolt Against the Tribute of 1589 which scrapped the system of tribute, as well as subsequent tax reforms, the cédula was issued to all indios or natives between the ages of 18 and 60 upon payment of a ...
Ñ, or ñ (Spanish: eñe, ⓘ), is a letter of the modern Latin alphabet, formed by placing a tilde (also referred to as a virgulilla in Spanish, in order to differentiate it from other diacritics, which are also called tildes) on top of an upper- or lower-case n . [1]
The Diccionario de la lengua española [a] (DLE; [b] English: Dictionary of the Spanish language) is the authoritative dictionary of the Spanish language. [1] It is produced, edited, and published by the Royal Spanish Academy, with the participation of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language.
The Our Lady of Maulawin (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Maulawin, Filipino: Mahal na Birhen ng Maulawin) also known as the Virgin of Maulawin (Spanish: Virgen de Maulawin) and Virgin of Molave (Spanish: Virgen de Molave) is an Aglipayan title of the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus venerated by the Iglesia Filipina Independiente, one of only two images of the Virgin Mary ( the other the Our ...
Morong was an administrative division of the Philippines that existed as a politico-military district created out of parts of the provinces of Tondo and Laguna on February 23, 1853, by a decree of the Superior Gobierno, composing Morong, Pililla, Tanay, Baras, Binangonan, Jalajala, Angono and Cardona from Laguna; and Antipolo, Boso-Boso, Cainta and Taytay from Tondo. [1]