Reyna in the Las Pinas-Cavite area.The bronze statue, roughly five feet tall, depicts a never-before-seen likeness of the Philippine national hero.Russian Pototsky, who has erected 65 monuments in 45 countries, portrays a "boy Jose Rizal," with outstretched arms, hands directed to the sky...
1882 to May 1883, when he first arrived in Madrid. Rizal was prepared to lead a spartan life since he had a limited allowance of 50 pesos a month further reduced to 35 pesos when the Rizal farm was affected by bad harvests. There was also a constant increase in rent being imposed by ...
| |Place of birth: |Calamba‚ Laguna‚ Philippines | |Date of death: |December 30‚ 1896 (aged 35) | |Place of death: |Bagumbayan (now Rizal Park)‚ Manila‚ Philippines | |Major organizations: |La Solidaridad‚ La Liga Filipina | |Major monuments: |Rizal Park Premium ...