Nueva Cáceres

Nueva Cáceres
City
(1575–1901)
Municipality
(1901–1919)
1575–1919
Entrance of Don Narciso Claveria in the city of Nueva Cáceres when he deigned to visit the province of Camarines Sur on February 16, 1845.

Location in Ambos Camarines.
Historical eraSpanish colonial period
American colonial period
• Established
1575
• Disestablished
1919
Contained within
 • CountrySpanish Empire (1575–1901)
∟ Spanish East Indies
United States (1901–1919)
∟ Philippine Islands
 • ProvinceAmbos Camarines
(1854–1857,
1893–1919)
Camarines Sur
(1829–1854,
1857–1893)
 Succeeded by
Naga

Nueva Cáceres, officially the City of Nueva Cáceres (Spanish: Ciudad de Nueva Cáceres), was a colonial Spanish city in the Philippines. Established by Captain Pedro de Sanchez in 1575,[1] the city was named in honor of Governor-General Francisco de Sande who was a native of Cáceres, Spain. In 1595, a papal bull coming from the Holy See created the See of Cáceres under the Archdiocese of Manila.

Nueva Cáceres was considered the center of economy and industry in the Bicol Region, and the city was made capital of the province of Camarines. When the province was dissolved in 1829 and 1857, the city then became the capital of Camarines Sur. From 1902 until 1908, some villages of Canaman and Camaligan were annexed to the city.

On September 18, 1898, corporals Elias Angeles and Felix Plazo of the Guardia Civil planned a revolt to overthrow the Spanish colonial government and establish a republic. Their rebellion was successful, but it was short-lived. When the Americans arrived in Nueva Cáceres, they encountered no resistance and replaced the republican government with their own.

In 1919, under the Insular Government, most of Nueva Cáceres became part of the municipality of Naga, while several villages in the northwest were retroceded to their respective mother towns.

References

  1. ^ Towns and Cities: Camarines Sur

External links

  • Catolic Encyclopedia: Nueva Caceres
  • September Peñafrancia Festivities in the Ciudad de Nueva Caceres
  • History of the Philippine Islands, recalling the establishment of the city.
  • History of Camarines Sur: Department of Tourism, Philippines
  • National Historical Institute Side of Juan Luna, Tomas Arejola, Recollection of confrontation of Hermano Pule and Bishop of Nueva Caceres
  • Further readings: (Filipiniana.net)
Nueva Caceres
Report on the fall of the Spanish forces in Nueva Caceres and Albay, 6 October 1898
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  • * All sub-provinces were temporarily abolished during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1942–1945).
  • 1 Converted to full-fledged province.
  • 2 Dissolved and divided between neighboring (sub-)provinces.
  • 3 Became the only sub-province left comprising Mountain Province in 1966, and therefore assumed the name of the mother province.
  • 4 Became the only sub-province left comprising Agusan in 1914, and therefore assumed the name of the mother province.
  • 5 Delimited to the downtown area of present-day Isabela City in 1973; dissolved in 1975.
  • 6 Legazpi City from 1948 to 1954 consisted of the present-day territories of Legazpi City and Daraga; this city was dissolved in 1954 into its two former constituent municipalities. Legazpi became a city on its own in 1959.