Dr. Jose Rizal was exiled in Dapitan from 1892-1896. These were his last four years. Dapitan served as his prison cell. He always compared it to “a beautiful cage” where he is imprisoned.

DAPITAN CITY (PIA) – The air was thick with nostalgia and patriotism as Dapitan City, headed by the National Historical ...

The 128th anniversary of the martyrdom of Dr. Jose Rizal was simultaneously observed at the Rizal National Monument at the Rizal Park in Manila, led by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.; the Rizal ...

Rizal sculpted “Josephine Sleeping” presumably while he was in exile in Dapitan City in Zamboanga del Norte province between 1895 and 1896. According to the National Museum of the Philippines ...

These will take place at 7 a.m. in three significant locations: Rizal Park in Manila, the Rizal Shrine in Calamba, and the Rizal Shrine in Dapitan City. Another event is the exhibit unveiling of ...

Rizal Shrine in his birthplace Calamba in Laguna and at Rizal Shrine in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte, where he was exiled by the Spanish colonial government, according to the NHCP.