Rizal's Execution Site

Location: Rizal Park, Ermita, Manila (Region NCR)
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker Date: 1998

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)
Marker text (English):

RIZAL'S EXECUTION SITE

JOSE RIZAL Y MERCADO, FILIPINO PHYSICIAN, PROPAGANDIST, WRITER, AND PATRIOT WAS EXECUTED WITHIN THESE HALLOWED GROUNDS AT EXACTLY 7:03 IN THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 30, 1800 BY AN EIGHT MAN SQUAD OF FILIPINO RIFLEMEN FROM THE 70TH INFRANTRY REGIMENT THE MAGALLANES OF THE SPANISH COLONIAL ARMY.THOSE WHO WITNESSED RIZAL'S PUBLIC EXECUTION INCLUDED LT. LUIS TAVIEL DE ANDRADE, HIS LEGAL OFFENDER DURING HIS TRIAL FOR ALLEGED TREASON AGAINST SPAIN, AND THE TWO JESUIT PRIESTS, FR. JOSE VILLACLARA, S.J. AND FR. ESTANISLAO MARCH, S.J. WHO ACCOMPANIED RIZAL DURING HIS FINAL WALK BEFORE HIS EXECUTION. RIZAL'S MARTYRDOM FANNED THE FLAMES OF THE FILIPINO REVOLUTION OF 1896 AND INSPIRED THE FILIPINOS IN THEIR RESOLUTE AND EPIC FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. 

Marker text (Filipino):

POOK NA PINAGBARILAN KAY RIZAL

SI JOSE RIZAL Y MERCADO, MANGGAGAMOT NA PILIPINO, PROPAGANDISTA, MANUNULAT, AT MAKABAYAN AY BINARIL SA BANAL NA POOK NA ITO NOONG GANAP NA IKA-7:03 NANG UMAGA NG DISYEMBRE 30, 1896 NG ISKWAD NA BINUBUO NG WALONG PILIPINONG MAMAMARIL BUHAT SA IKA-70 REHIMYENTO, ANG MAGALLANES, NG HUKBONG KOLONYAL NG MGA KASTILA.

KABILANG SA MADLANG NAKASAKSI SA PAGBARIL KAY RIZAL SINA TINYENTE LUIS TAVIEL DE ANDRADE, ANG KANYANG MANANANGGOL SA PAGLILITIS SA BINTANG NA PAGTATAKSIL SA ESPANYA, AT ANG DALAWANG PARING HESWITA, SINA P. JOSE VILLACLARA AT P. ESTANISLAO MARCH, NA SUMAMA KAY RIZAL SA KANYANG HULING PAGLAKAD BAGO SIYA BINARIL.

ANG KANYANG KAMATAYAN BILANG MARTIR ANG NAGPALAGABLAB SA APOY NG HIMAGSIKANG PILIPINO NOONG 1896 AT NAGBIGAY-SIGLA SA MGA PILIPINO SA KANILANG WALANG TAKOT AT DAKILANG PAKIKIPAGLABAN PARA SA KALAYAAN.