RIZAL

MONUMENTS
IN THE PHILIPPINES AND ABROAD
José Protasio Rizal
Mercado y Alonso
Realonda
Dr. José Rizal
National
Monument
The Rizal Monument is a memorial
in Rizal Park in Manila, Philippines
built to commemorate the
executed Filipino nationalist, José
Rizal. The monument consists of a
standing bronze sculpture of Rizal,
with an obelisk, set on a stone base
within which his remains are
interred.
The Rizal
Monument in
Calamba
is a monument built to
commemorate the
sesquicentennial birth
anniversary of Dr. José Rizal,
the Philippines' unofficial
national hero and the greatest
son of Calamba.
The Rizal
Monument in
Daet,
Camarines
Norte
was the first monument built
to honor José Rizal, and is the
oldest surviving such
monument in the Philippines.
Jose Rizal
Monument in
Bacolod
Rizal Shrine
A 16 meter bronze statue of
Jose Rizal stands tall in the
Jose Rizal complex in Casat,
Bayombong Nueva Vizcaya.
Rizal
Monument in
Madrid, Spain
This city was where Rizal lived for
almost a decade after finishing
medical school at the University of
Santo Tomas. To pay homage to
the life of our national hero, the
city commissioned Filipino
sculptor Florante Caedo to build
an intricate bronze statue of Rizal.
Rizal
Monument,
Japan
Rizal is celebrated in Hong Kong, where
he first planned the founding of La Liga
Filipina. Reportedly, it was also here
where the hero drafted Filipino
translations of Noli Me Tangere and El
Filibusterismo. During his years in Hong
Kong, Rizal exercised his profession as
an ophthalmic surgeon. His family
joined him here for a short while before
the Spaniards arrested him.