Calderia

Calderia refers primarily to a metalworking craft and its workshop in Iberian-language contexts. In Spanish, calderería denotes the craft of fabricating boilers, tanks, piping, and ornamental metal pieces, and a workshop where such work is carried out is called a calderería; artisans are caldereros. In Portuguese, calderaria carries a similar meaning. The term derives from caldera, meaning cauldron or boiler, with the suffix -ería indicating a place of work or business.

As a proper noun, Calderia can appear as a surname and, less commonly, as a toponym in fictional works or historical records. There is no widely recognized city or municipality named Calderia in standard geographic references.

In historical contexts, caldererías were important in shipyards, mining, and heavy industry, where boilers and pressure vessels were produced, repaired, or maintained. The term is occasionally encountered in English-language discussions as a loanword or technical designation in Iberian-influenced settings, though it remains relatively uncommon outside those regions.