Antipolo City History

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Antipolo City Facts & Fgures2004

ANTIPOLO HISTORY

The City of Antipolo lies approximately 29.30 km. east ofManila and is bounded on the North by the ton of Montalban, onthe north !est by the to!ns of Marikina and "an Mateo, on theeast by the #ro$in%e of &ue'on, on the southeast by the to!ns ofTanay and Teresa and on the south!est by the to!ns of Taytayan Cainta. (t is about )0 km. north to south and about 20 km.from east to !est.

The City !as named after a tree lo%ally kno!n as Tipolo*Auto%arpus (n%isa+, !hi%h !as in abundan%e in the area at thattime.

The early !ritten a%%ount of the %ity s history !as re%ordedin )- / by the ran%is%an missionaries !ho %ame toChristiani'e the nati$es like the 1uma ats. arly re%ordsreferred to the nati$es as Ta al, (ndians, and 4la%ks *the aetas+.(t is said that these missionaries built the %hur%h at 4oso boso.

(n )-9) the 5esuits repla%ed the ran%is%ans in Antipolo!ho or ani'ed the $illa e into a parish. They built a %hapel at"itio "ta. Cru'. Amon them !ere r. #edro Chirino and r.

ran%is%o Almari6ue. The same year, the first homily in Ta alo

!as deli$ered in a mass %elebrated at !hat is no! kno!n as the7#ina misahan8.

(n those years, the $ir in forest of Antipolo %o$ered mostof its mountain ran es !ith $aried tropi%al trees and !ild life.There ere many sprin s supportin se$eral !aterfalls, the most

popular of !hi%h is the inulu an Taktak.

4y ):0) there are about 3,000 Christians residin inAntipolo. At about the same period, the number of ne ritossi nifi%antly d!indled, mo$in deeper into the mountains. Themissionaries tried to brin them ba%k to the $illa e by offerinto then fertile lands to till. ather Almari6ue a$e them all the

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ser$i%es the Chur%h %an pro$ide. The %on re ations kno!n as La Anunciata %omposed of students and inhabitants %ontinuedtheir unified de$otion to the 4lessed ;ir in by %onsistently

%elebratin the east of the Anun%iation.


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of Moron . (n )/-3 Antipolo !as formally pla%ed under thedistri%t then kno!n as @os Montes de "an Mateo, !hi%h !aslater kno!n as the 1istri%t of Moron in )/- . The re%olle%t

priest took o$er the parish of Antipolo in )/:>.

(t !as durin these years that the ;ir in of Antipolo ainedthousand upon thousands of de$otees. 1e$otees from Manilaand nearby to!ns and pro$in%e flo%k to Antipolo on foot alonmountain trails and sprin s. Most of them are fair skinned andmore %i$ili'ed *the ta alo s+. "ome stayed and adopted Antipoloas their homes.

Amon the de$otees !as the youn 5ose i'al and hismother.

Ci$ili'ation dro$e the nati$es further a!ay into themountains.

Tradition also put it that !hen pestilen%e hit tons ofAntipolo, Cainta and Taytay, the ;ir in of Antipolo !as takenupon ad$ise of the #arish #riest to !hat is no! kno!n as#ina misahan. A mass !as %elebrated there and prayers to 5esusChrist !ere offered to stop the epidemi%. (t is said that the

prayers !ere heard and the sufferin s $anished.

, 5uan "umulon !as born of thespouses #oli%arpio "umulon . Then Capitan Muni%ipal ofAntipolo and Ar%adia Mar6ue'. (n the follo!in year, a%iendade #inu ay !as pla%ed under the Burisdi%tion of 4osoboso by aroyal de%ree.

?hen the ilipinos rose in re$olt a ainst the "paniards,many Antipoleans Boined the rebels. They had an en%ounter !iththe "panish soldiers at Mt. Makatubon , a mountain !ithinAntipolo, 5uan "umulon be%ame the se%retary of there$olutionaries in the pro$in%e.

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T!o months after the de%laration by =en. milioA uinaldo of #hilippine (ndependen%e on 5une )2, )/9/ at

a!it, Ca$ite, Antipolo formally Boined the re$olutionary

o$ernment and it !as made the %apital of Moron . 4ut !henthe %ountry !as o%%upied by the Ameri%ans on 5une >, )/99 there$olutionary o$ernment !as transferred to the to!n of Tanay.

After the %i$il o$ernment !as restored in )90) by theAmeri%ans, ;alentin "umulon be%ame the first #residente*Alkalde+ of the to!n. The pro$in%e of Moron !as renamed

i'al #ro$in%e and some of the to!ns near Manila !ere made part of the pro$in%e.

The first publi% s%hool !as headed by 5ames < hara and in)903, Antipolo, Teresa and 4osoboso !ere %onsilidated underA%t No. )9>2 !ith Antipolo as the %enter of o$ernment.

, )90/.

The population of Antipolo in%ludin 4osoboso !asre istered at 3,2/: on Mar%h 2, )903. As early as those years4anda )2. a brass band, already existed.

The next #residente of the to!n !ere Tran6uilino (dan and"e$erino


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4ulao be%ame part of Antipolo. After this oberto de 5esus,ederi%o Asun%ion and "ixto #edra%io ser$ed as #residentes.

The people of Antipolo li$ed a simple and traditional#ilipino lifestyle. Their %ulture and tradition in%luded the%elebrations of many reli ious and %ultural festi$ities su%h as the

apitan at apitana on aster "unday, the ni ht serenades, the bayanihan, the prayin of the An elus, the readin of the passion of Christ durin the lenten season and festi$ities on Mayand 5une. The asso%iation kno!n as the Nuestra "enora 1elaAnun%iata, established many years ba%k %ontinue to pra%ti%emany of these old traditions.

5anuary ), )9)9 under exe%uti$e A%t No. - , Teresa !asse re ated from Antipolo.

Not lon after, roads !ere built %onne%tin Taytay andAntipolo and publi% transportation be%ame a$ailable. ?hen

Cornelio @a!is be%ame mayor of the to!n, he impro$ed theroad!ays by puttin stones o$er them.

The first to!n hall !as ere%ted in )92- durin the in%umben%yof Mayor 5ose Cari ma. 5uan "umulon !as ele%ted senatorunder #artido 1emokrata and Mar%elino "antos su%%eeded asmayor of Antipolo.

or the first time the ;ir in of Antipolo !as brou ht to the@uneta and %ro!ned on No$ember 2 , )92 .

(n )929 =erman "an 5ose *=erry 4randy+ of Malate,Manila, %omposed the son ANT(#


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5uan Torres, "r. onorato 4. Aranda, 4ri%%io eillo andusebio "imeon rose to prominen%e.

Also, it !as durin this period that the Maytime iesta#a$illion at =eneral @una "treet and the inulu an Taktakotel at "an 5ose "treet !ere ere%ted.

1urin the "e%ond ?orld ?ar *)9>)D)9>-+ many able bodied men from Antipolo Boined the #hilippine "%out and theE"A and fou ht in the bloody battle of 4ataan.

T!o uerilla units %ontinued the stru le durin the5apanese o%%upation. They !ere the ENT "


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the people built a temporary %hur%h and returned the ;ir in ofAntipolo from the &uiapo %hur%h on -.

The people allantly rebuilt their homes and their li$es.1e$otees started to flo%k to the to!n and on May :, )9> , thefirst pro%ession of the ;ir in o Antipolo !as held startin at thehills of #ina misahan headed by #adre ran%is%o A$endano.

Mayor (saias Tapales !asina urated as mayor of the to!n.

(n )9>/ a national %ommittee !as formed to undertake anation!ide fund raisin %ampai n to build the Cathedral ofAntipolo. The %ommittee !as headed by the former irst @adyAurora &ue'on and #adre ran%is%o A$endano. The same year,@oren'o "umulon !as ele%ted Con ressman and the%onstru%tion of the Cir%umferential oad !as be an.

(t !as about this time that the ( lesia Ni risto %ame to

Antipolo.

, )/->, the 4ishopsof the #hilippines pro%laimed the Cathedral of Antipolo as theoffi%ial shrine of the ;ir in of Antipolo.

(n )9-/, ran%is%o "umulon !as ele%ted Con ressman ofthe "e%ond 1istri%t of i'al. The same year, the road from ayTiklin to the Cainta 5un%tion !as opened and the firstresidential subdi$ision in Antipolo, the 4e$erly ills"ubdi$ision, !as ina urated. Also, an area in the to!n proper!hi%h used to be a railroad station be%ame popularly kno!n as7siyete y media8 be%ause the first houses !ere se$en and ahouse remained half!ay finished.

(n )9:0, the pobla%ion !idened. The "umulon i h!ay!as %onstru%ted and the people from outlyin to!ns mi ratedand o%%upied the hills and mountain sides.


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The natural sprin s and tributary %reeks of the inulu anTaktak !ere littered !ith !aste affe%tin the falls itself.

@ittle by little, %i$ili'ation o$ertook the %ulture of theresidents.


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Mean!hile, ran%is%o "umulon and mi dio 71in 8TanBuat%o !ere ele%ted representati$es to 4atasan #ambansa.

?hen the 1"A re$olt broke out in )9/:, many residents Boined the people s re$olt at the 1"A after #resident Cora'onA6uino !as installed as #resident of the re$olutionary

o$ernment, the to!n offi%ials !ere repla%ed. Named

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