Rizal Park Rizal Shrine Dapitan City 

The Rizal Park and Shrine also known as José Rizal Memorial Protected Landscape is a protected landscape and memorial to the Philippines' national hero located in the city of Dapitan on the island of Mindanao. This is a major historical landmark of Dapitan City. In August 1892, Dr. Jose P. Rizal together with Gov. Carnicero and Francisco Equilor, a Spaniard living in Dipolog, luckily won a lotto bet which financially enabled Dr. Rizal to buy a 10 hectares piece of land from Lucia Pagbangon. In March 1893, Rizal then transferred to this place in barangay Talisay. Later on, his mother Doña Teodora Alonso, his sisters, and some relatives from Calamba, Laguna came and lived with him in Talisay until 1896. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines affected Republic Act No. 4363 which was approved on June 19, 1965. The Rizal Shrine was then declared as one of the National Shrines through Presidential Decree No. 105 issued by then president Ferdinand E. Marcos on January 24, 1973.