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| The Rizaliana Museum is a modern concrete building constructed in 1972
which houses all Rizal books, periodicals and all sorts of historical
exhibits and part of it also serves as the Office of the Rizal Shrine Curator. |
I've been
there last April 12 to 13, 2011 with my friends in the community of the Couples
for Christ of the CFC Global Foundation when the group participate the Mindanao
Leaders Conference held in Tangub City for the last 3 days from April 10 to 12
the same year. And after that wonderful event we had, we went to Rizal Shrine
in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. I can surely remember this
place as one of our favorite place every Sunday when I was still studying at
Andres Bonifacio College in Dipolog City, it took us only 20 to 30 minutes to
be in this place riding the known Superstar mini-bus before from Dipolog City.
I knew all the corners of this place to include climbing the top of the mountain
overlooking the shrine with our classmates and a special friend, and that was
14 years ago.
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When
you are in Dapitan City you can’t just stand around and not see the beauty of
the many tourist attractions, which has definitely draw them to keep on coming
back to this glorious city.
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| There are also places where tourists love to see
when in Dapitan City and this most visited attractions include the Relief Map
of Mindanao which is located across the St. James Church with a total lot area
of 900 sq meters created by Dr. Rizal purposely as a motivating device for
teaching history and geography to the townsfolk and further beautifying the
plaza. |
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| The Relief Map of Mindanao.. |
On our way
to Dapitan City I was very excited to experience the beauty of this park where
Jose Rizal our national hero exiled more than a hundred years ago. Again I will
be able to see his art and works that he personally made with the help of the
native Dapitanon during those days.
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| Dr. Jose Rizal is not just a doctor and engineer but also a poet and artist... |
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| Some of Dapitan City century old house preserved by its owner..... |
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St.
James Church and Catholic Rectory which most of the religious individuals and
groups also visit in order to witness the architectures which until now was
retained and has withstood the test of time.
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| Mindanao map made by Dr. Jose Rizal himself. |
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| Inside the relief map.... |
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| Our hero.... in the picture. |
On our way
to Dapitan City I was very excited to experience the beauty of this park where
Jose Rizal our national hero exiled more than a hundred years ago. Again I will
be able to see his art and works that he personally made with the help of the
native Dapitanon during those days.
According
to the Zamboanga del Norte provincial government that Dipolog City will soon
have four flights daily from Manila and other flights that connect other cities
in the country this will boast tourism in the province who wanted to visit the
famous Rizal Shrine like us that really tried to be here even the distance we
travelled from Polomolok, South Cotabato. At present, there are two major air
carriers plying the Manila-Dipolog City route and vice-versa. Also, Dipolog
City is just three hours by boat from Dumaguete City and four hours from Cebu
City. The ferries traveling to the two cities in the Visayas region have a
24-hour trip. Dapitan City is where the country's National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal
spent fruitfully his last four years in exile from 1892 to 1896. The original
estate of Dr. Rizal in Dapitan has been declared a national shrine and is being
administered by the National Historical Institute.
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Casa
Cuadrada – Rizal’s Home together with members of his family who came to visit
him. It has been faithfully reconstructed in its original light, native
materials
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| A post inside the Rizal Shrine in Dapitan City |
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| Rizal at 150 years... |
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| The board used by Dr. Jose Rizal while teaching his students in Dapitan City..... |
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| Some of his memorabilia inside the museum.. |
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| The book which inspires the Filipino.... the Noli Me Tangere and the El Filibusterismo.. |
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Casa
Redonda is an octagonal dwelling which served as a dormitory to some of his
pupils and was later converted to a clinic and it was here where George Taufer,
the foster father of Josephine Bracken was operated on his eyes.
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| This is Rizal code of ethics while living and no wonder why he became the National Hero.. |
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| The art inside the Rizaliana Museum.. |
A
month after Rizal landed in Dapitan, a Spaniard from
Manila brought lottery tickets to Dapitan
to sell it. Dr. Jose P. Rizal, politico-military Governor Ricardo Carcinero and
a Spaniard from Dipolog bought a ticket which fortunately won for them P20,000.
Rizal share was about P6,200. He gave P2,000 to his beloved father and P200 to
his friend in Hongkong named
Basa. He invested the remaining money
in business, bought lands and built houses in Talisay which is now popularly
known as the Rizal
Shrine.
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| The heroes favorite coat |
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| All about Dr. Jose Rizal... |
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| This city
also celebrates HANDURAW FESTIVAL every December just to commemorate Rizal’s
contribution in the city. Handuraw is a visayan word which means "to
remember". It is a term we address to that festival which highlights the
commemoration of our patriotic leader named Dr. Jose Protacio- Rizal who had
once resided in this community within four years of his heroic life. This is Rizal's Kitchen shows the natural and simple Filipino living... |
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| Casitas de Salud are two intended as tea
houses but which our national hero converted into clinics to accommodate
patients from far flung municipalities. |
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| Beside the water dam constructed by Rizal himself together with the local villagers.. |
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