Rizal’s Execution Site historical marker

Key Facts

• Creator: National Historical Commission of the Philippines^[1]
• Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ermita^[2]
• Country: Philippines^[3]
• Location: Rizal Park^[4]
• Commons category: Rizal's Execution Site historical marker^[5]
• Commemorates: José Rizal^[6], José Rizal's execution^[7]
• Inception: 1996^[8]
• Coordinate location: 14.58234, 120.97708^[9]
• Located on street: Roxas Boulevard^[10], Padre Burgos Avenue^[11]
• Quantity: 2 commemorative plaque^[12]
• Title: Pook na Pinagbarilan kay Rizal^[13], Rizal’s Execution Site^[14]
• Inscription: 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.^[15], 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 70th 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 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.^[16]
• Has part(s) of the class: commemorative plaque^[17]
• Directions: The historical marker is located on a granite mounting at the entrance to the execution site.^[18]
• Street address: Roxas Boulevard cor. Padre Burgos Avenue^[19]