Dr. Jose Rizal Park is a 9.6 acre park on the west slope of Beacon Hill in Seattle, Washington. The land, condemned by the city in 1917 for engineering purposes, was acquired by the Parks Department in 1971, and the park was dedicated eight years later.
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Yes they also have a Rizal Park in Zamboanga City. It is not a big, grand park but it serves the purpose of having a central location for holding activities commemorating the hero Jose Rizal. It is at the heart of the city but it is obscured by the surrounding buildings and traffic. During my stay in the city, I purposely went to the park in the early evening when there are less people. I just took a tricycle from the Grand Astoria Hotel where I stayed. The lights gave more focus to the central monument. The whole area was generally clean with modest landscaping surrounding it. It looked well secured too. From what I was told, this park is spruced up and comes alive during the...
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Part of the cultural centre of the city, it commemorates the national hero of the country for which it is named after. For Zamboangeños, as well as other ethnic groups in the country, it is symbol of representing that of what it means to be Filipino. Built in the early 1900's it is a popular landmark then as it is now. It features a bust of the hero flanked by bronze colonial era cannons fronting a huge flag that towers over it symbolizing the ideals...
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Amazing how well the city government of Dapitan has maintained this one piece of history, a place where the national hero of the Philippines has been put in exile by the Spaniards. Jose Rizal's contribution for the transformation of the place has been well preserved...
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