Jose Rizal Relief Sculptures - Manila, Philippines - Relief Art Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Information on these specific sculptures has been difficult to obtain. The tableau of life-size figures which is the center piece of this site were the creation of renowned Filipino sculptor Eduardo Castrillo. The palque on the wall also refers to Ildefonso Paez Santos, who is the acknowledges as the father of landscape architecture in the Philippines, as a collaborator. Undoubtedly Santos contributed to the overall concept and design for this setting, but the bronze sculptures themselves seem to be the work of Castillo. Santos pioneered the use of sculpture in landscaping, from parks to modern malls.

There are conflicting dates given, as well, for the establishment of the site. The plaque gives a date of 1989, and the Chronology of Castrillo's Work gives a date of 1991 for its establishment, first being conceptualized in 1988.

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ANG PAGPAPAKABAYANI
NI DR. JOSE P. RIZAL

THE MARTYDOM OF
DR. JOSE P. RIZAL

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ARCHITECTURAL LEGACY OF PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ARTISTS

THE MARTYRDOM OF DR. JOSE RIZAL

Located on the northwestern part of Rizal Park where National Hero
Dr. Jose Rizal was executed, the memorial is a dramatic focal point –
a collaboration with sculptor Eduardo Castrillo – featuring a silent tableau of
the historic event designed to achieve a dramatic impact on the present
generation of Filipinos. It was completed in 1989.

ILDEFONSO PAEZ SANTOS
National Artist for Architecture

Born in Malabon, Rizal in 1929. Ildefonso P. Santos holds two bachelor’s
degrees in Architecture – from the University of Santo Tomas in 1954 and from
the University of Southern California in 1956. In 1986, he headed the graduate
program on tropical landscape architecture at the University of the Philippines,
and later established the Philippine Association of Landscape Architects
(PALA) in 1964. He is the first landscape architect in the Philippines.

Philippine Association
of Landscape Architects


Cultural Center of the Philippines

Architectural Archives Philippines

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POOK NA PNAGBARILAN KAY RIZAL SI JOSE RIZAL Y MERCADO, MANGGAGA MOT NA PILIPINO, PROPAGANDISTA, MANUNU- LAT, 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 PILIPONONG MAMAMARIL BUHAT SA IKA- 70 REMIMYENTO, ANG MAGALIANES NG KABILANG SA MADLANG NAKASAKSI SA PAGBARIL KAY RIZAL SINA TINYENTE LUIS TAVIEL DE ANDRADE, ANG KANYANG MANA- NANGGOL SA PAGLILTIS SA BINTANG NA PAGTATAKSIL SA ESPANYA, AT ANG DALA- WANT PARING HESWITA, SINA P. JOSE VILLACLARA AT P. ESTANISLAO MARCH NA SUMAM 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.

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, 1896 BY AN EIGHT-MAN SQUAD OF FILIPINO RIFLEMEN FROM THE 7O TH INFANTRY REGIMENT. THE ‘MAGALLANES’ OF THE SPANISH COLONIAL ARMY. THOSE WHO WITNESSED RIZAL’S PUBLIC EXECUTION INCLUDED LT. LUIS TAVIEL DE ANDRADE, HIS LEGAL DEFENDER 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 ACCOM- PANIED 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.

Your impression of the sculpture?: Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 01/01/1989 Where is this sculpture?: Rizal Park Manila, Philippines Sculptors Name: Eduardo Castrillo Website for sculpture?: Not listed

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