RIZAL'S TALLEST MONUMENT.
Exactly one and a half months before June 19, 2011, Roces delivered the 22 ft statue and placed it on its revered pedestal in a newly acquired 6.7-hectare property in front of our Calamba City Hall. The granite pedestal adds 7.87 feet to the total height of the monument while the 15-step circular base adds another 13.12 feet, bringing the monument’s total height to an imposing 43 feet with an approximate weight of 2 tons.
June 19 dawned with the soft drizzle of rain. The day that leads the entire city to honor our most important contribution to Philippine history. With a hush of anticipation and to the soft strains of the Calamba hymn, President Benigno S. Aquino III tugged at the ropes which parted the green curtains and unveiled our humble tribute to our glorious kababayan.
The new Rizal monument is the newest tourist and historical landmark not only in the city but in the entire country. Pending its official proclamation as the tallest statue of Jose Rizal in the world, it is very well the newest pilgrim site for people around the globe who have been inspired and enlightened by our hero’s ideals and writings.
To ensure the correctness of the statue’s features and its strict conformity to the guidelines on statues and monuments set by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), NHCP Executive Director Ludovico Baduy assisted in monitoring the statue’s construction. Arch. Reynaldo Lita of NHCP and the Executive Committee frequently visited Roces in his Marikina workshop to check the progress of the statue and made sure that the statue’s features were as close as possible to the real Jose Rizal’s likeness.
The greatness of this monument is equaled only by the depth of each Calambeños’ commitment to perpetuate the legacy of our greatest kababayan for the whole world to see and for the future generations to treasure.
BANGA, CALAMBA CITY;
From the window of the Rizal Shrine, one can view a Calamba landmark, constructed in 1937, to illustrate the folk tale of how the town got its name. A giant 12-meter high clay pot engraved with the names of the barangays of Calamba stands in the center of the plaza. Early settlers claim the city’s name stemmed from the words Kalan and Banga, meaning clay stove and clay pot. The high-grade clay in the town’s lakeshore has made pottery a livelihood for many of its residents. The clay pot is now the city’s official symbol.
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