Jose Rizal Memorial Protected Landscape

Jose Rizal Memorial Protected Landscape, is also known as the Rizal Park and Shrine, is a protected landscape and memorial to the Philippines' national hero located in the city of Dapitan on the island of Mindanao, this preserves the farm site in barrio Talisay where Jose Rizal was exiled for four years from 1892-1896 after being accused of sedition and plotting the Philippine revolution in Manila by the Spanish colonial authorities. It was established in 1940 as the Rizal National Park, the Jose Rizal Memorial Protected Landscape occupies a hilly peninsula facing the Dapitan Bay in Zamboanga del Norte. It is located in the seaside barangay of Talisay, about a kilometer northwest from the Dapitan city. The landscape area contains the Rizal National Shrine, declared in 1973 through Presidential Decree No. 105. It is a collection of five reconstructed houses of bamboo and nipa hut originally built by Jose Rizal. First is Casa Residencia, the biggest house, it served as Rizal's residence where his mother and sisters also stayed during their visit. Second is Casa Redonda the Round House, an octagonal stilt house that served as the quarters of Rizal's students and a clinic. Third is Casa Cuadrada the Square House, located at the base of a hill, it served as a workshop and secondary dormitory for Rizal's students. And lastly, Casitas de Salud, the Health Houses two small huts perched atop a low hill, one for males and the other for females, which provided lodgings for Rizal's out-of-town patients. The other structures found in the park includes a dam constructed by Rizal, an aqueduct, a water reservoir, an amphitheater and a museum. The Jose Rizal Memorial Protected Landscape is located at Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte.