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Carcar, Cebu, Philippines..my Hometown

Carcar is a junction town whose prosperity is still evidenced by large antique residences, quaint houses decorated with intricate lacy woodwork, and an imposing town plaza. It was a thriving settlement located on a small peninsula called Sialo. Sialo was the southernmost boundary of the big parish of San Nicolas, Cebu City. The Spaniards made the settlement into a town on June 21, 1599 and renamed it as Villadolid, after a famous city in Spain. Because it was along the coastline, it was vulnerable to Moslem piratical attacks. Year in and year out, it was pillaged by the Moros, taking away inhabitants and killing more. Finally, the survivors left their hometown for a safer place and agreed on a site: a crossroad leading to Sibonga to the south; Barili to the west; and San Fernando to the north. It was aptly called Mowag. Here fellow travelers coming form the fiesta Señor of Cebu City would split apart for their respective towns. But because of the presence of abundant tree-climbing plants called kabkad, they renamed the place Kabhad. The present name Carcar was given by its parish priest after his hometown in Spain.

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The Famous Carcar Rotunda Public Transportation v3%2f74%2f436774%2f4%2f46220012.jan14003.jpg parking1.JPG
u16%2fjeanz%2fsmall%2f39073985.jan26013.jpg Itlog mo noy, oreynz! Ampaw mo nang Carcar...the Ampao Capital of the World??? Parking
Puso by : Arthur Q. Villordon v3%2f74%2f436774%2f4%2f46268549.jun19054.jpg didto 'sod sa merkado... parking2.JPG
remember Caltex Gas Station? Mao ni ang nipuli v3%2f74%2f436774%2f4%2f46220632.petron.jpg v3%2f74%2f436774%2f4%2f46268443.jun19046.jpg Don Mariano Mercado's House
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The Monument of Leon Kilat (the white statue on the left ) u16%2fjeanz%2fsmall%2f39073561.jan26002.jpg v3%2f74%2f436774%2f4%2f46218728.plaza1.jpg plaza3.jpg
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St Catherine of Alexandria Church ST. CATHERINE'S SCHOOL - In Carcar, Cebu. Founded in 1923 The oldest convent in Cebu Kabkad
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