Thursday, 22 November 2007

Jose Rizal

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After the museum I went to Rizal park and wandered into this curious sculpture garden. One being a-larger-then-life-size recreation of the execution of the Philippines great hero, Jose Rizal. It was also on the same land where it actually happened over a hundred years ago. He died at 7:03AM on December 30, 1896.

One of the plaques read "Rizal's martyrdom fanned the flames of the Filipino Revolution of 1896 and inspired Filipinos in their resolute and epic fight for freedom."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rizal