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118-579: Antipolo serves as the provincial capital since 2020, having been an administrative center since 2009 with the capitol located in the city. Previously, Pasig served as the capital, a designation it retained even after becoming part of the National Capital Region in 1975. The province is a part of Greater Manila Area . It is the 5th largest province in the Philippines in terms of population. Tagalog settlement arrived sometime in

236-736: A hacienda and an accompanying rice farm held by the Dominicans . Both their families had adopted the additional surnames of Rizal and Realonda in 1849 after Governor General Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa decreed the adoption of Spanish surnames among the Filipinos for census purposes (though they already had Spanish names). Like many families in the Philippines, the Rizals were of mestizo origin . José's patrilineal lineage could be traced to Fujian in China through his father's ancestor Lam-co,

354-466: A Hokkien Chinese merchant who immigrated to the Philippines in the late 17th century. Lam-co traveled to Manila from Xiamen , China, possibly to avoid the famine or plague in his home district, and more probably to escape the Manchu invasion during the transition from Ming to Qing . He decided to stay in the islands as a farmer. In 1697, to escape the bitter anti-Chinese prejudice that existed in

472-525: A Master Mason in 1884. José Rizal's life is one of the most documented of 19th-century Filipinos due to the vast and extensive records written by and about him. Almost everything in his short life is recorded somewhere. He was a regular diarist and prolific letter writer, and much of this material has survived. His biographers have faced challenges in translating his writings because of Rizal's habit of switching from one language to another. Biographers drew largely from his travel diaries with his comments by

590-601: A civil marriage , which she believed to be a lesser sacrament but less sinful to Rizal's conscience than making any sort of political retraction in order to gain permission from the Bishop. Rizal and Josephine lived as husband and wife in a common-law marriage in Talisay in Dapitan. The couple had a son, but he lived only a few hours. Rizal named him after his father Francisco. In 1890, Rizal, 29, left Paris for Brussels as he

708-509: A preparatory course in law and finished with a mark of excelente , or excellent. He finished the course of Philosophy as a pre-law. Upon learning that his mother was going blind, he decided to switch to medicine at the medical school of Santo Tomas, specializing later in ophthalmology . He received his four-year practical training in medicine at Ospital de San Juan de Dios in Intramuros. In his last year at medical school, he received

826-625: A 5-hectare (12-acre) lot near the Ynares Center , it was successfully inaugurated on March 4, 2009, bringing back the Capitol Building inside the provincial territory from which it was absent for 34 years (when Pasig was incorporated into Metro Manila ). On June 19, 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11475 into law, which officially transferred the capital of the Rizal province from Pasig to Antipolo . The law

944-516: A Xentro Mall. The city is also dotted with Wilcon Depot centers and an AllHome. Both the upland and downtown areas have their own wet and dry marketplaces. The upcoming Antipolo City Government Center in Cabading is also expected to spur growth near the city's geographical center. As a component city and the capital of the Province of Rizal, government officials in the provincial level are voted by

1062-430: A duel. Retana published a public apology and later became one of Rizal's biggest admirers. He wrote the most important biography of Rizal, Vida y Escritos del José Rizal . Upon his return to Manila in 1892, he formed a civic movement called La Liga Filipina . The league advocated these moderate social reforms through legal means, but was disbanded by the governor. At that time, he had already been declared an enemy of

1180-447: A foreign language (considered a prescient if unusual option then) was conceived by Rizal and antedated Gordonstoun with its aims of inculcating resourcefulness and self-sufficiency in young men. They would later enjoy successful lives as farmers and honest government officials. One, a Muslim, became a datu , and another, José Aseniero, who was with Rizal throughout the life of the school, became Governor of Zamboanga . In Dapitan,

1298-555: A friend of Rizal's and an early financier of Noli Me Tángere , was alluding to Dumas 's 1848 novel, La dame aux camelias , about a man who fell in love with a courtesan . While noting Rizal's affair, Viola provided no details about its duration or nature. Leonor Rivera is thought to have inspired the character of María Clara in Noli Me Tángere and El Filibusterismo . Rivera and Rizal first met in Manila when Rivera

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1416-416: A grandmother of his mother, Teodora, had mixed Spanish, Chinese, and Tagalog blood. His maternal grandfather was a half-Spanish engineer named Lorenzo Alberto Alonzo. José Rizal's maternal great-great-grandfather, Eugenio Ursua, was of Japanese ancestry. From an early age, José showed a precocious intellect. He learned the alphabet from his mother at 3, and could read and write at age 5. Upon enrolling at

1534-548: A historic meeting was held at the Pasig Catholic Church for the organization of a civil government in the Province of Manila and District of Morong, with 221 delegates in attendance. The first Philippine Commission, headed by William Howard Taft and composed of Commissioners Luke E. Wright , Henry C. Ide , Bernard Moses and Dean C. Worcester , discussed with the Assembly the issue of whether or not to write

1652-535: A large number of people from farther provinces have migrated to the province, resulting in minor but significant usage of the Bicolano , Cebuano , various Cordilleran languages , Cuyunon , Ilocano , Hiligaynon , Kapampangan , Karay-a , Pangasinan and Waray , as well as various Lumad (indigenous languages in Mindanao) languages, Iranun , Maranao , Maguindanaon and Tausug languages. Roman Catholicism

1770-472: A local delicacy made out of glutinous rice . The Hinulugang Taktak National Park , which was once a popular summer get-away is being restored to become again one of the city's primary attractions because it was devastated by a typhoon. The city was named after the breadfruit tree ( Artocarpus blancoi ) which in Tagalog is antipulo or tipulo , which was in abundance in the area. It is highly similar to

1888-529: A mark of sobresaliente in courses of Patologia Medica (Medical Pathology), Patología Quirúrgica (Surgical Pathology) and Obstretics. Although known as a bright student, Rizal had some difficulty in some science subjects in medical school such as Física (Physics) and Patología General (General Pathology). Without his parents' knowledge and consent, but secretly supported by his brother Paciano , he traveled alone to Madrid in May 1882 and studied medicine at

2006-465: A national hero. He wrote the novels Noli Me Tángere (1887) and El filibusterismo (1891), which together are taken as a national epic, in addition to numerous poems and essays. José Rizal was born on June 19, 1861, to Francisco Rizal Mercado and Teodora Alonso Realonda y Quintos in the town of Calamba in Laguna province. He had nine sisters and one brother. His parents were leaseholders of

2124-491: A new political subdivision named Distrito Politico-Militar de los Montes de San Mateo ( transl.  Political-Military District of the San Mateo Mountains ) was formed. This consisted of the towns of Antipolo , Bosoboso, Cainta and Taytay from the Province of Tondo, and the towns of Morong , Baras , Tanay , Pililla , Angono , Binangonan and Jala-jala from the Province of La Laguna, with Morong as

2242-399: A noble Japanese family; his earlier friendship with Segunda Katigbak; Leonor Valenzuela, and an eight-year romantic relationship with Leonor Rivera , a distant cousin (she is thought to have inspired his character of María Clara in Noli Me Tángere ). In one account detailing Rizal's 1887 visit to Prague , Maximo Viola wrote that Rizal had succumbed to a ' lady of the camellias '. Viola,

2360-458: A petition on behalf of the tenants of Calamba, and later that year led them to speak out against the friars' attempts to raise rent. They initiated litigation that resulted in the Dominicans' evicting them and the Rizal family from their homes. General Valeriano Weyler had the tenant buildings on the farm torn down. Upon reading the article, Rizal sent a representative to challenge Retana to

2478-565: A railway service to Antipolo on December 24, 1908. Long before the LRT Line 2 finally opened its services in Santolan in the Pasig - Marikina border in 2004, steam train services had once served those places in the past, even before World War II. In Marikina, there is a street named "Daangbakal", also called by the names of "Shoe Avenue Extension", "Munding Avenue" and "Bagong Silang". There

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2596-769: A rivalry developed between Rizal and Marcelo H. del Pilar for the leadership of La Solidaridad and the reform movement in Europe. The majority of the expatriates supported the leadership of del Pilar. Wenceslao Retana , a political commentator in Spain, had slighted Rizal by writing an insulting article in La Epoca , a newspaper in Madrid. He implied that Rizal's family and friends had been evicted from their lands in Calamba for not having paid their due rents. The incident (when Rizal

2714-498: A romance with the 17-year-old niece, Suzanna Thil, as his other liaisons were all with young women. He found records clarifying their names and ages. Rizal's Brussels stay was short-lived; he moved to Madrid, giving the young Suzanna a box of chocolates. She wrote to him in French: "After your departure, I did not take the chocolate. The box is still intact as on the day of your parting. Don't delay too long writing us because I wear out

2832-498: A slightly cooler weather compared to nearby Metro Manila due to its altitude of 156m above sea level. However, it can be as hot during the El Niño. Antipolo is politically subdivided into 16 barangays . Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . The area where the boundaries of Barangays Dela Paz, San Isidro, San Jose and San Roque meet is the city proper referred to in Tagalog as bayan . Antipolo's population in

2950-523: A stream of letters which arrived in Dutch, French, German and English and which baffled the censors, delaying their transmittal. Those four years of his exile coincided with the development of the Philippine Revolution from inception and to its final breakout, which, from the viewpoint of the court which was to try him, suggested his complicity in it. He condemned the uprising, although all

3068-618: A thousand Catholic devotees coming from "Maynilad" ( Manila ), "Hacienda Pineda" ( Pasay ), " San Juan del Monte", " Hacienda de Mandaloyon" ( Mandaluyong ), "Hacienda Mariquina" ( Marikina ), " Barrio Pateros ", " Pueblo de Tagig" ( Taguig ), and "San Pedro de Macati" ( Makati ), followed the trail of the Parian Creek to the Pilgrimage Cathedral on the mountainous pueblo of Antipolo, Morong (the present-day Rizal Province ). The Antipoleños and several locals from

3186-752: A young Asian encountering the West for the first time (other than in Spanish manifestations in the Philippines). These diaries included Rizal's later trips, home and back again to Europe through Japan and the United States, and, finally, through his self-imposed exile in Hong Kong. Shortly after he graduated from the Ateneo Municipal de Manila (now Ateneo de Manila University ), Rizal (who

3304-557: Is also a similar "Daangbakal" in the San Mateo -Montalban ( Rodriguez ) area, and on the maps one can notice that the two roads should have been connected with each other. In fact, as the name suggests in Tagalog, these streets were once a single railway line. The two sides of the "Daangbakal" roads were once connected by a bridge in the San Mateo-Marikina border. However, as the railroad tracks have been largely ignored after

3422-544: Is also the town where the country's largest mall operator runs a store near the town center. Meanwhile, Cainta serves as the center of business-process outsourcing (BPO) businesses in the province, aside from being known for the presence of several shopping centers and delicacies such as bibingka or rice cakes. The provincial legislature or the Sangguniang Panlalawigan is composed of ten elected members. Effective 2022, four members are elected from each of

3540-620: Is classified as a First Class City as of last local government income classification of the Department of Finance in 2008. In 2007, the city registered a total revenue of ₱ 993.1 million, an increase of 5.6 percent from the previous fiscal year ; in 2010 this amount has grown to ₱1.56 billion. Its proximity to Metro Manila has continuously spurred the growth of the real estate industry and by 2007, revenue from real property taxes has ballooned by 32.1 percent from 2006 to ₱146.2 million as there are also about 456 residential subdivisions in

3658-458: Is the being from whom it proceeds, in that revelation which speaks to us and penetrates us from the moment we are born until we die. What books can better reveal to us the goodness of God, His love, His providence, His eternity, His glory, His wisdom? 'The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handiwork. His best friend, professor Ferdinand Blumentritt , kept him in touch with European friends and fellow-scientists who wrote

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3776-651: Is the predominant religion with about 80 percent adherence. Various Christian groups exist such as Members Church of God International (MCGI) , Oneness Apostolic or Pentecostal like UPC, ALJC and ACJC, Iglesia Filipina Independiente , Born-again Christians , Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide , Iglesia ni Cristo comprise 4%, Jehovah's Witnesses , Baptist , Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints , El Shaddai (movement) Methodists , Presbyterians , Seventh-day Adventist and other Evangelical Christians . Muslims , Anitists , animists, and atheists are also present in

3894-994: The Ateneo Municipal de Manila , he dropped the last three names that made up his full name, on the advice of his brother, Paciano and the Mercado family, thus rendering his name as "José Protasio Rizal". Of this, he later wrote: "My family never paid much attention [to our second surname Rizal], but now I had to use it, thus giving me the appearance of an illegitimate child!" This was to enable him to travel freely and disassociate him from his brother, who had gained notoriety with earlier links to Filipino priests Mariano Gomez , Jose Burgos , and Jacinto Zamora (popularly known as Gomburza ), who had been accused and executed for treason. José, as "Rizal", soon distinguished himself in poetry writing contests, impressing his professors with his facility with Castilian and other foreign languages, and later, in writing essays that were critical of

4012-854: The Cathedral of Antipolo . On June 15, 1952, Hinulugang Taktak was proclaimed a National Park by President Elpidio Quirino , and on January 14, 1954, the Bishops of the Philippines proclaimed the Antipolo Church as the national shrine of the Virgin of Antipolo. In the 1960s the town proper, or poblacion , was widened and the Sumulong Highway was constructed. In the 1970s, the Marikina–Infanta Road , better known as

4130-591: The City of Greater Manila , by virtue of Executive Order No. 400 signed by President Manuel L. Quezon as an emergency measure. The city was dissolved by President Sergio Osmeña in 1945, thus restoring the pre-war status of the merged cities and towns. Through Presidential Decree No. 824, Rizal was partitioned on November 7, 1975 to form Metropolitan Manila . The municipalities of Las Piñas , Parañaque , Muntinlupa , Taguig , Pateros , Makati , Mandaluyong , San Juan , Malabon , Navotas , Pasig and Marikina , and

4248-509: The Philippines , he converted to Catholicism , changed his name to Domingo Mercado and married the daughter of Chinese friend Augustin Chin-co. On his mother's side, Rizal's ancestry included Chinese and Tagalog . His mother's lineage can be traced to the affluent Florentina family of Chinese mestizo families originating in Baliuag, Bulacan . He also had Spanish ancestry . Regina Ochoa,

4366-691: The Roman Catholic parish into their military headquarters, with the church's fortress-like "campanilla" ( belfry ) serving as a watchtower against Spanish defenders sailing from the walled city of Manila via the Pasig River . The Sepoys turned against their British lieutenants and sided with the combined forces of the Spanish overseas officials (assigned by the Governor-General Simon de Anda y Salazar ), Filipino rice farmers, fisherfolk, and Chinese traders. Antipolo enjoys

4484-496: The Spanish colonial period of the country formed the nucleus of literature that inspired peaceful reformists and armed revolutionaries alike. Rizal was also a polyglot , conversant in twenty-two languages. Rizal's numerous skills and abilities was described by his German friend, Adolf Bernhard Meyer , as "stupendous." Documented studies show Rizal to be a polymath with the ability to master various skills and subjects. He

4602-889: The Universidad Central de Madrid . There he earned the degree, Licentiate in Medicine . He also attended medical lectures at the University of Paris and the University of Heidelberg . In Berlin , he was inducted as a member of the Berlin Ethnological Society and the Berlin Anthropological Society under the patronage of pathologist Rudolf Virchow . Following custom, he delivered an address in German in April 1887 before

4720-602: The kamansi plant or Artocarpus camansi . Franciscan missionaries arrived in Antipolo in 1578, and built a small church on what is now Boso-Boso Church . They were soon replaced in 1591 by the Jesuits , who organized the village into a parish. By 1601, The Christian population of Antipolo had grown to about 3,000 as the indigenous Dumagat population dwindled and moved deeper into the interiors. An uprising of Manila's Chinese residents reached Antipolo in 1602. It led to

4838-607: The " Hinulugang Taktak " Falls. Its operation ceased in 1917. There is a street named "Daangbakal" in Antipolo; there, as with the "Daangbakal" roads on Marikina and San Mateo , a railway line once existed. The railroad tracks also passed through what is now the Ortigas Avenue Extension. During the start of the Second World War in the Philippines, Antipolo became a refugee destination for many citizens from Manila and its suburbs who sought to avoid

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4956-426: The 2015 census was enumerated at 776,386 inhabitants. It grew at an annual rate of 4.19 percent from the 2000 figure. The annual population growth rate has slowed somewhat in recent years, but it remains above the annual national average of 2.04 percent. The 2007 figure was three times the population of the city in 1990. Antipolo is the most populated city in the Philippines under a component city status. Residents of

5074-619: The 2020 census was 3,330,143 people, with a density of 2,800 inhabitants per square kilometer or 7,300 inhabitants per square mile. Due to its location being in the heart of the Katagalugan, almost all of the residents of Rizal mainly speak Tagalog . English and Filipino are used as second languages respectively; Filipino is a version of Tagalog which is spoken by residents of Rizal in code switching & when speaking to Tagalog speakers of other dialects. Being bordered by Metro Manila (whose majority of its cities were once part of Rizal),

5192-591: The 2020 census, it has a population of 887,399 people. It is the most populous city in Rizal Province and in Calabarzon region, and the seventh most-populous city in the Philippines. It is also the most populated city under the component city status. Its higher elevation than that of Metro Manila affords it a scenic view of the metropolitan area, especially at night. Its locally grown mangoes and cashews are popular among tourists, as well as suman –

5310-702: The Americans established a civil government in 1901, Valentin Sumulong became the first municipal president. On June 11, 1901, Antipolo was incorporated into the newly established Province of Rizal, which included towns of Morong District and Manila Province . In 1903, the nearby towns of Bosoboso and Teresa were merged with Antipolo. The town's territory was expanded again in 1913 to add the sitios of Mayamot and Bulao; just to lose Teresa six years later to become an independent municipality. The Manila Railroad Company (currently Philippine National Railways ) inaugurated

5428-554: The Anthropological Society on the orthography and structure of the Tagalog language . He wrote a poem to the city, "A las flores del Heidelberg", which was both an evocation and a prayer for the welfare of his native land and the unification of common values between East and West. At Heidelberg , the 25-year-old Rizal completed his eye specialization in 1887 under the renowned professor, Otto Becker . There he used

5546-637: The Blumentritts in Germany saved even napkins that Rizal had made sketches and notes on. They were ultimately bequeathed to the Rizal family to form a treasure trove of memorabilia. In February 1895, Rizal, 33, met Josephine Bracken , an Irish woman from Hong Kong . She had accompanied her blind adoptive father, George Taufer, to have his eyes checked by Rizal. After frequent visits, Rizal and Bracken fell in love. They applied to marry but, because of Rizal's reputation from his writings and political stance,

5664-633: The District of San Mateo de los Montes, which later became the District of Morong . Later in the 1700s, discharged soldiers and deserters (from Mexico, Spain and Peru) were providing Indios military training for the weapons that had been disseminated all over the territory during the British Occupation of Manila as they disperesed across the provinces surrounding Manila, uncluding Antipolo, Rizal. The Recollects took over Antipolo in 1864. It

5782-488: The Filipino people. He shared the same sentiments with members of the movement: Rizal wrote that the people of the Philippines were battling "a double-faced Goliath"—corrupt friars and bad government. His commentaries reiterate the following agenda: The colonial authorities in the Philippines did not favor these reforms. Such Spanish intellectuals as Morayta, Unamuno , Pi y Margall , and others did endorse them. In 1890,

5900-702: The Japanese invaders vying to occupy the Philippine capital. Also, two guerrilla units operated in the town against the Japanese. They were the Hunters ROTC under Miguel Ver and Terry Adevoso and the Marking Filipino and American Troops, which were established and led by Marcos Villa Agustin, more popularly known under the name Brig. Gen. Agustin Marking. Many inhabitants were tortured and killed by

6018-626: The Japanese occupation and was transformed into separate highways, the railway connection was abandoned. The old railroad tracks, called the Marikina Line, were connected from Tutuban station in Manila , passing through Tramo (Barangay Rosario, Pasig) coming all the way to the town of Marikina up to Montalban. On the northern end of the "Daangbakal" road in Montalban is a basketball court. That basketball court which stands today, surrounded by

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6136-473: The Japanese, including Mayor Pascual Oliveros and his son Reynaldo, Padre Eusebio Carreon, Padre Ariston Ocampo, Sis. Ma. Elizabeth Cagulanas, RVM, Sis. Ma. Consuelo Recio, RVM; Ambrosio Masangkay, Alfonso Oliveros and Atty. Francisco C. Gedang Sr. The liberation of Antipolo from the Japanese forces was bloody and devastating. On February 17, 1945, Mambugan, Antipolo was heavily bombarded by American planes. Antipolo residents evacuated to Sitio Colaique and up to

6254-443: The Jesuits mounted a great effort to secure his return to the fold led by Fray Francisco de Paula Sánchez, his former professor, who failed in his mission. The task was resumed by Fray Pastells , a prominent member of the Order. In a letter to Pastells, Rizal sails close to the deism familiar to us today. We are entirely in accord in admitting the existence of God. How can I doubt His when I am convinced of mine. Who so recognizes

6372-437: The Marcos Highway, was constructed, traversing the mountains of Antipolo. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Antipolo was created on June 25, 1983, with Rev. Protacio G. Gungon, D.D. as the first bishop of the diocese. On March 4, 2009, a new capitol building was inaugurated in the city to replace the old capitol in Pasig . On June 19, 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11475, designating Antipolo City as

6490-449: The Montalban Catholic Church and Cemetery, was once the railway station terminus of that particular line. The present-day Santo Niño Elementary School in Marikina was said to be a train depot. And also it was said that a railroad station once stood in the Marikina City Sports Park. The Marikina Line was completed in 1906, and continued its operation until 1936. It was said that the Japanese Imperial Army made use of this railway line during

6608-413: The Palanas Creek (leaving Antipolo through Barangay Muntindilao), the Bulaw Creek (on Barangay Mambungan, besides the Valley Golf and Country Club), and the " Hinulugang Taktak " Falls of Barangay Dela Paz (fed by the Taktak Creek passing close to the Antipolo town square), thus being the detached and long-abandoned Antipolo River. From the early 17th century up to the period of Japanese imperialism , over

6726-405: The Parian Creek—had once linked the Marikina River with the Antipolo River before the Manggahan Floodway was built in 1986. The Parian Creek was actually connected to the Sapang Bato-Buli Creek (which serves as the boundary between Pasig's barangays Dela Paz-Manggahan-Rosario-Santa Lucia and the Municipality of Cainta ), the Kasibulan Creek (situated at Vista Verde, Barangay San Isidro, Cainta),

6844-517: The Philippines on August 5, 1887, Rivera and her family had moved back to Dagupan, Pangasinan . Rizal's father forbade the young man to see Rivera in order to avoid putting her family in danger. Rizal was already labeled by the criollo elite as a filibustero or subversive because of his novel Noli Me Tángere . Rizal wanted to marry Rivera while he was still in the Philippines because she had been so faithful to him. Rizal asked permission from his father one more time before his second departure from

6962-444: The Philippines' least poor province with a poverty incidence rate of 3.4%, even lower than that of the National Capital Region or Metro Manila. . On April 23, 2013, the National Statistics Coordination Board (NCSB) reported that Rizal, from being the least poor province in poverty incidence moved down to the 3rd Place, with Cavite taking over as the least province by 4.1% (compared to Rizal's 7.6%) and Laguna for 2nd with 6.3%. Antipolo,

7080-496: The Philippines, but he never met her again. In 1888, Rizal stopped receiving letters from Rivera for a year, although he continued to write to her. Rivera's mother favored an Englishman named Henry Kipping, a railway engineer who fell in love with Rivera. The news of Leonor Rivera's marriage to Kipping devastated Rizal. His European friends kept almost everything he gave them, including doodlings on pieces of paper. He had visited Spanish liberal, Pedro Ortiga y Pérez, and impressed

7198-411: The Philippines. Blumentritt was the grandson of the Imperial Treasurer at Vienna in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire and a staunch defender of the Catholic faith. This did not dissuade him from writing the preface of El filibusterismo , after he had translated Noli Me Tángere into German. As Blumentritt had warned, these books resulted in Rizal's being prosecuted as the inciter of revolution. He

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7316-448: The Politico-Military District of Morong (i.e. Angono , Antipolo , Baras , Binangonan , Bosoboso, Cardona , Jalajala , Morong , Pililla , Quisao, Tanay , Taytay and Teresa ). The City of Manila from the old Province of Manila was treated as a separate entity. The seat of the provincial government was Pasig; however, for seven months in 1904, San Felipe Neri served as the provincial seat. The number of municipalities changed with

7434-418: The Province of Manila with the District of Morong, was not self-sufficient to operate as a separate province. Although the delegates from Morong, Hilarion Raymundo, and José Tupas, objected to the proposal, Juan Sumulong of Antipolo strongly advocated the move. After much acrimonious debate and upon the suggestion of Trinidad H. Pardo de Tavera the body agreed on the creation of a new province independent of

7552-768: The Province of Manila. The new province was aptly named after José Rizal , the country's national hero. On June 11, 1901, the province of Rizal was officially and legally created by virtue of Act No. 137 by the First Philippine Commission which during the time was acting as the unicameral legislative body in the island of Luzon. The new province was composed of 32 municipalities, 19 from the old Province of Manila (i.e. Cainta , Caloocan , Las Piñas , Malibay, Mariquina (Marikina) , Montalban (Rodriguez) , Muntinlupa , Navotas , Novaliches , Parañaque , Pasig , Pateros , Pineda (Pasay) , San Felipe Neri (Mandaluyong) , San Juan del Monte (San Juan) , San Mateo , San Pedro Macati (Makati) , Taguig , Tambobong (Malabon) ); and 13 from

7670-423: The Province of Tondo. It was recorded that in 1591, the Encomiendas of Moron and Taitay were under the jurisdiction of the Franciscan Order in the Province of La Laguna; and the Encomiendas of Nabotas (Navotas), Tambobo (Malabon), Tondo, Parañaque (then La Huerta, Parañaque ), Longalo ( Don Galo , Parañaque), Tagui and Pasig were under the jurisdiction of the Augustinians in the Province of Tondo. In 1853,

7788-448: The Second World War. These railways were dismantled during the 1960s and were converted into ordinary roads. Today, the citizens are dependent on tricycles , jeepneys , taxis, UV Express services, buses and AUVs, which contribute to the everyday unbearable traffic of Metropolitan Manila. Even now there is uncertainty concerning the Northrail project, which is to link Manila to the northern provinces of Luzon , owing to corruption within

7906-610: The Spanish colonial government for the crime of rebellion after the Philippine Revolution broke out; the revolution was inspired by his writings. Though he was not actively involved in its planning or conduct, he ultimately approved of its goals which eventually resulted in Philippine independence . Rizal is widely considered one of the greatest heroes of the Philippines and has been recommended to be so honored by an officially empaneled National Heroes Committee. However, no law, executive order or proclamation has been enacted or issued officially proclaiming any Filipino historical figure as

8024-476: The Spanish historical accounts of the pre-colonial Philippine societies. By 1891, the year he finished his second novel El filibusterismo , his second surname had become so well known that, as he writes to another friend, "All my family now carry the name Rizal instead of Mercado because the name Rizal means persecution! Good! I too want to join them and be worthy of this family name..." Rizal first studied under Justiniano Aquino Cruz in Biñan, Laguna , before he

8142-984: The air of a sylph; her entire self diffused a mysterious charm." His grandmother's guests were mostly college students and they knew that Rizal had skills in painting. They suggested that Rizal should make a portrait of Segunda. He complied reluctantly and made a pencil sketch of her. Rizal referred to her as his first love in his memoir Memorias de un Estudiante de Manila , but Katigbak was already engaged to Manuel Luz. From December 1891 to June 1892, Rizal lived with his family in Number 2 of Rednaxela Terrace , Mid-levels, Hong Kong Island. Rizal used 5 D'Aguilar Street, Central district, Hong Kong Island , as his ophthalmology clinic from 2 pm to 6 pm. In this period of his life, he wrote about nine women who have been identified: Gertrude Beckett of Chalcot Crescent, Primrose Hill , Camden , London ; wealthy and high-minded Nelly Boustead of an English- Iberian merchant family; Seiko Usui (affectionately called O-Sei-san), last descendant of

8260-420: The capital. This district was changed to Distrito Politico-Militar de Morong four years later. By virtue of Circular No. 83, dated September 2, 1859, the Province of Tondo became the Province of Manila . All its towns were placed under the administration, fiscal supervision and control of the Governor of the new province. The town of Mariquina ( Marikina ) became the capital of the Province of Manila during

8378-418: The city as a highly-urbanized city by virtue of Proclamation No. 124, series of 2011. However, the proclamation has yet to be ratified in a plebiscite. Antipolo is in the northern half of Rizal Province, close to its meridional center. It is located on the slopes of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range . Much of the city sits on a plateau averaging 200 meters (660 ft). It has the second-largest city area in

8496-611: The city mainly speak Tagalog. Very minor communities of the indigenous Dumagat people can be found in Barangay Calawis and the sitios Old Boso-Boso, San Isidro, San Jose and Kaysakat in Barangay San Jose. The city is popular for being a pilgrimage site. It prides itself as the "Pilgrimage Capital of the Philippines". The Marian image of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage or the Virgin of Antipolo, which

8614-504: The city. During the mid-2010s, Antipolo has experienced rapid growth mainly attributed to the local government's streamlining of business applications, improved public services, and transparency. In the latest 2022 COA Annual Financial Report released in late-2023, Antipolo ranked as 14th richest city in the Philippines in terms of assets, surpassing Metro Manila cities Pasay, Valenzuela, and Las Piñas; and regional cities Puerto Princesa and Baguio. Removing Highly Urbanized Cities (HUCs) in

8732-480: The conviction of seeing myself confronting the supreme Problem, which confused voices seek to explain to me, I cannot but reply: 'It could be'; but the God that I foreknow is far more grand, far more good: Plus Supra! ...I believe in (revelation); but not in revelation or revelations which each religion or religions claim to possess. Examining them impartially, comparing them and scrutinizing them, one cannot avoid discerning

8850-574: The economic centers of the province, while Angono , Rodriguez , Morong , San Mateo , Tanay , Binangonan and Teresa are taking successful steps to urbanize areas within their jurisdiction. Other areas of the province are having difficulty to start the urbanization process, mainly because of the lack of main roads to connect these to economic centers. In a study recently conducted by the National Statistics Coordination Board (NSCB), Rizal province came out to be

8968-508: The effect recognizes the cause. To doubt God is to doubt one's own conscience, and in consequence, it would be to doubt everything; and then what is life for? Now then, my faith in God, if the result of a ratiocination may be called faith, is blind, blind in the sense of knowing nothing. I neither believe nor disbelieve the qualities which many attribute to Him; before theologians' and philosophers' definitions and lucubrations of this ineffable and inscrutable being I find myself smiling. Faced with

9086-713: The electorates of the city. The provincial government have political jurisdiction over local transactions of the city government. Similar to other cities in the Philippines, the government structure of Antipolo is prescribed in the Local Government Code of 1991, and further codified in its city charter. It is headed by a city mayor, who serves as its chief executive and exercises overall supervision of its administrative agencies. Jos%C3%A9 Rizal José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda ( Spanish: [xoˈse riˈsal, -ˈθal] , Tagalog: [hoˈse ɾiˈsal] ; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896)

9204-421: The far-reached barrios of " Poblacion de San Mateo", "Montalban" ( Rodriguez ), "Monte de Tan-ay" ( Tanay ), "Santa Rosa-Oroquieta" ( Teresa ), and "Punta Ibayo" ( Baras ), had also navigated this freshwater creek once to go down to the vast "Kapatagan" (Rice plains) of lowland Pasig. Even the marian processions of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage passed this route back and forth eleven times. The creek

9322-598: The human 'fingernail' and the stamp of the time in which they were written... No, let us not make God in our image, poor inhabitants that we are of a distant planet lost in infinite space. However, brilliant and sublime our intelligence may be, it is scarcely more than a small spark which shines and in an instant is extinguished, and it alone can give us no idea of that blaze, that conflagration, that ocean of light. I believe in revelation, but in that living revelation which surrounds us on every side, in that voice, mighty, eternal, unceasing, incorruptible, clear, distinct, universal as

9440-420: The last few chapters of Noli Me Tángere , his first novel, published in Spanish later that year. Rizal was a polymath , skilled in both science and the arts. He painted, sketched, and made sculptures and woodcarving. He was a prolific poet, essayist, and novelist whose most famous works were his two novels, Noli Me Tángere (1887) and its sequel, El filibusterismo (1891). These social commentaries during

9558-543: The latter, he used funds borrowed from his friends. These writings angered both the Spanish colonial elite and many educated Filipinos due to their symbolism. They are critical of Spanish friars and the power of the Church. Rizal's friend Ferdinand Blumentritt , a professor and historian born in Austria-Hungary, wrote that the novel's characters were drawn from life and that every episode could be repeated on any day in

9676-489: The list, Antipolo stands as the 2nd richest component city in the country, trailing Laoag City by only ₱ 2 billion pesos in difference. Antipolo is an economically decentralized city with major economic centers located in key areas. The city's upland poblacion area also include Robinsons Antipolo, Walter Mart , a Shopwise , iMall, Victory Park and Shop, and a Vista Mall . Meanwhile, the downtown has SM Masinag, SM Center Antipolo Downtown ( formerly SM Cherry Antipolo ) and

9794-449: The local priest Father Obach would hold the ceremony only if Rizal could get permission from the Bishop of Cebu . As Rizal refused to return to practicing Catholicism, the bishop refused permission for an ecclesiastical marriage. After accompanying her father to Manila on her return to Hong Kong, and before heading back to Dapitan to live with Rizal, Josephine introduced herself to members of Rizal's family in Manila. His mother suggested

9912-491: The local recognized guerrillas of the Hunters ROTC and Marking's Filipino-American Troops (MFAT) liberated the town on March 12, 1945. The general headquarters of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary was stationed in Antipolo from March 1945 to June 1946 was built today and operates during and after the war was fought the Japanese and they helping guerrillas and Allies. After

10030-465: The man's daughter, Consuelo, who wrote about Rizal. In her diary, she said Rizal had regaled them with his wit, social graces, and sleight-of-hand tricks. In London, during his research on Antonio de Morga 's writings, he became a regular guest in the home of Reinhold Rost of the British Museum , who referred to him as "a gem of a man." The family of Karl Ullmer, pastor of Wilhelmsfeld , and

10148-402: The municipal boundaries through time, mostly occurring within the provincial boundary. On October 12, 1903, the former municipalities of Bosoboso, Malibay, Novaliches and Quisao were absorbed by Antipolo, Pasay, Caloocan and Pililla, respectively, by virtue of Act No. 942. On November 25, 1903, Muntinlupa was ceded to the Province of La Laguna and became part of the municipality of Biñan , but

10266-563: The newly invented ophthalmoscope (invented by Hermann von Helmholtz ) to later operate on his mother's eye. From Heidelberg, Rizal wrote his parents: "I spend half of the day in the study of German and the other half, in the diseases of the eye. Twice a week, I go to the bierbraueriei, or beerhall, to speak German with my student friends." He lived in a Karlstraße boarding house then moved to Ludwigsplatz. There, he met Reverend Karl Ullmer and stayed with them in Wilhelmsfeld . There he wrote

10384-435: The official capital of Rizal province, replacing Pasig that held the title since the province's creation in 1901 even after its incorporation to Metro Manila in 1975. It took effect on July 7, 2020. On February 13, 1998, Republic Act No. 8508 was enacted, Antipolo was converted from a municipality into a component city of Rizal Province on April 4, 1998. On March 14, 2011, then- President Benigno Aquino III declared

10502-636: The pre-Spanish period. The provincial territory began with the organization of the Tondo and Laguna provinces during the Spanish administration. Some of the towns like Pasig , Parañaque , Taytay and Cainta were already thriving. From the reports of the Encomiendas in 1582–1583, the Encomiendas of Moron ( Morong ) was under the jurisdiction of La Laguna and, the Encomiendas of Passi (Pasig), Taitay (Taytay) and Tagui (Taguig) belonged to

10620-542: The project's construction. Aside from the Marikina Line, two other lines have existed before but are now removed permanently. These are the Cavite Line, which passed through Paco , Parañaque , Bacoor and up to Naic , Cavite. Completed in 1908, its operation continued until 1936. The other is the Antipolo Line, which passed through Santa Mesa , Mandaluyong , Pasig , Cainta , Taytay , up to Antipolo near

10738-414: The province's capital city, is the center of trade and exchange, tourism, government, and economy. It is also a center of education and sports because of the availability of various educational and physical training facilities. Acclaimed of its scenic attractions, the city also produces agricultural products such as cashew nuts and rice cakes. Taytay, the province's center of garment and textile manufacturing,

10856-435: The province's first legislative district , two from the second district, and one each from the third and fourth legislative districts and Antipolo 's first and second legislative districts . Download coordinates as: Antipolo Antipolo , officially the City of Antipolo ( Filipino : Lungsod ng Antipolo ), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Rizal , Philippines . According to

10974-556: The province, with an area of 156.68 km (60.49 sq mi). The northern and southern sections of the city are in the dense forest areas of the Sierra Madre. Antipolo is landlocked; it is bounded to the north by San Mateo and Rodriguez , to the east by Tanay , to the south by Angono , Taytay and Teresa , and to the west by Cainta and Marikina in Metro Manila . The Bitukang Manok of Pasig —also known as

11092-441: The province. Poverty incidence of Rizal Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Before the 1990s, the primary source of economy in Rizal province were the huge piggery estates owned by Manila-based families. In recent years, the province became one of the most progressive provinces in the country, owing to its proximity to Metro Manila , the economic center of the Philippines . Antipolo , Taytay and Cainta serve as

11210-525: The provincial seat which is in Antipolo . Generally hilly and mountainous in terrain, most of the province's southern towns lie in the shores of Laguna de Bay , the country's largest inland body of water. Talim Island , the largest island situated within Laguna de Bay , is under the jurisdiction of the province and shared by the municipalities of Binangonan and Cardona. Rizal comprises 13 municipalities and 1 city . The population of Rizal in

11328-514: The razing of the church. On March 25, 1626, the image now known as the Virgin of Antipolo was brought from Acapulco , New Spain (now Mexico) by Governor-General Juan Niño de Tabora , who relinquished the image to the Jesuits for Antipolo's church. In 1650, the village was organized into a town and became part of Tondo Province. When the province was divided in 1853, Antipolo became a part of

11446-513: The significance of Palm Sunday in socio-political terms: "This entry [of Jesus into Jerusalem] decided the fate of the jealous priests, the Pharisees , of all those who believed themselves the only ones who had the right to speak in the name of God, of those who would not admit the truths said by others because they have not been said by them. That triumph, those hosannas, all those flowers, those olive branches, were not for Jesus alone; they were

11564-556: The soles of my shoes for running to the mailbox to see if there is a letter from you. There will never be any home in which you are so loved as in that in Brussels, so, you little bad boy, hurry up and come back…" In 2007, Slachmuylders' group arranged for an historical marker honoring Rizal to be placed at the house. He published Dimanche des Rameaux ( Palm Sunday ), a socio-political essay, in Berlin on November 30, 1886. He discussed

11682-547: The songs of the victory of the new law, they were the canticles celebrating the dignification of man, the liberty of man, the first mortal blow directed against despotism and slavery". Shortly after its publication, Rizal was summoned by the German police, who suspected him of being a French spy. The content of Rizal's writings changed considerably in his two most famous novels, Noli Me Tángere , published in Berlin in 1887, and El Filibusterismo , published in Ghent in 1891. For

11800-483: The state by the Spanish authorities because of the publication of his novel. Rizal was implicated in the activities of the nascent rebellion and in July 1892, was deported to Dapitan in the province of Zamboanga , a peninsula of Mindanao . There he built a school, a hospital and a water supply system, and taught and engaged in farming and horticulture. The boys' school, which taught in Spanish, and included English as

11918-591: The tenure of the revolutionary government of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo . The Politico-Military District of Morong had for its capital the town of Antipolo from 1898 to 1899 and the town of Tanay from 1899 to 1900. On February 6, the First Philippine Commission sought to establish civil government in the country through a provincial organization act after the Filipino-Spanish and Filipino-American conflicts. Therefore, on June 5, 1901,

12036-407: The three cities of Caloocan , Pasay and Quezon City were excised to form the new region, while the other 14 towns remained in Rizal. On June 17, 2008, Governor Casimiro Ynares III announced the transfer of the provincial capitol from Pasig to Antipolo . The new ₱ 270-million capitol building, constructed by Ortigas & Co., owner thereof, was completed by December of that year. Built on

12154-508: The towns of Angono , Santolan and Marikina . To protect the image from being destroyed, Procopio Angeles, then the sacristan mayor, and members of the community brought with them the Virgin of Antipolo. The bombings on March 6–7, 1945, destroyed the church, and after twelve days of battle, the combined American and Filipino soldiers under the United States Army , Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary and aided

12272-636: The trek from the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene (Quiapo Church), in Quiapo, Manila following the procession of the image. There is also an existing custom to have new cars blessed at the church in the belief that this will ensure the safety of the car and its passengers, and also preferred by outgoing OFWs to ensure their success in abroad. Poverty incidence of Antipolo Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Antipolo

12390-464: The war, a temporary church was built and the Virgin of Antipolo was returned from the Quiapo Church on October 15, 1945. Religious devotees began to flock to the town, and on May 6, 1947, the first procession of the Virgin of Antipolo was held, starting at the hills of Pinagmisahan. In the following year, a national committee was formed to undertake a nationwide fund-raising campaign to rebuild

12508-572: Was 14 years old and Rizal was 16. When Rizal left for Europe on May 3, 1882, Rivera was 16 years old. Their correspondence began after Rizal left a poem for her. Their correspondence helped Rizal stay focused on his studies in Europe. They employed codes in their letters because Rivera's mother did not favor Rizal. In a letter from Mariano Katigbak dated June 27, 1884, she referred to Rivera as Rizal's "betrothed". Katigbak described Rivera as having been greatly affected by Rizal's departure, and frequently sick because of insomnia . Before Rizal returned to

12626-487: Was a Filipino nationalist , writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines . He is considered a national hero ( pambansang bayani ) of the Philippines . An ophthalmologist by profession, Rizal became a writer and a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement , which advocated political reforms for the colony under Spain . He was executed by

12744-580: Was also used during the British occupation of Manila from 1762 to 1764 by the British Army , under the leadership of General William Draper and Vice Admiral Sir Samuel Cornish, 1st Baronet , to transport their troops upstream to take over the nearby forest-surrounded villages of Cainta and Taytay . They even did an ambush at the "Plaza Central" in front of the Pasig Cathedral , and turned

12862-437: Was an ophthalmologist, sculptor, painter, educator, farmer, historian, playwright and journalist. Besides poetry and creative writing, he dabbled, with varying degrees of expertise, in architecture, cartography , economics, ethnology , anthropology, sociology, dramatics , martial arts, fencing and pistol shooting . Skilled in social settings, he became a Freemason , joining Acacia Lodge No. 9 during his time in Spain; he became

12980-472: Was brought in from Mexico in 1626, and enshrined in the Antipolo Cathedral has a continuous following among Filipino Catholics since the Spanish colonial era . A popular custom of pilgrimages to the Virgin of Antipolo is the trek going to its shrine on the eves of Good Friday and May 1, from various locations in Rizal Province and Metro Manila. The most notable of these pilgrimages would begin

13098-638: Was during these years that the Virgin of Antipolo gained a following of devotees. Devotees from Manila and nearby towns and provinces flocked to Antipolo on foot or on hammocks , trekking along mountain trails and springs. During the First Republic , the town served as the capital of Morong, until it was occupied by the Americans on June 4, 1899; the Revolutionary Government then transferred Morong's capital to Tanay . Soon after,

13216-641: Was eventually tried by the military, convicted, and executed. His books were thought to contribute to the Philippine Revolution of 1896, but other forces had also been building for it. As leader of the reform movement of Filipino students in Spain, Rizal contributed essays, allegories , poems, and editorials to the Spanish newspaper La Solidaridad in Barcelona (in this case Rizal used pen names, "Dimasalang", "Laong Laan" and "May Pagasa"). The core of his writings centers on liberal and progressive ideas of individual rights and freedom; specifically, rights for

13334-550: Was later returned to Rizal on March 22, 1905, and became part of Taguig until December 17, 1917. On October 12, 1939, Quezon City was established, which included parts of Caloocan, and later on, Novaliches and parts of Marikina, Pasig and San Juan. Marking's and the Hunter's ROTC Guerrillas operated in Rizal Province throughout the war. In 1942, Quezon City and the towns of Caloocan , Makati , Mandaluyong , Parañaque , Pasay , and San Juan were merged with Manila to form

13452-422: Was preparing for the publication of his annotations of Antonio de Morga 's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (1609). He lived in the boarding house of the sisters, Catherina and Suzanna Jacoby, who had a niece Suzanna ("Thil"), age 16. Historian Gregorio F. Zaide says that Rizal had "his romance with Suzanne Jacoby, 45, the petite niece of his landladies." Belgian Pros Slachmuylders, however, believed that Rizal had

13570-595: Was published on June 22, 2020, and took effect on July 7, 2020. The publication of the law coincided with the 159th birth anniversary of Rizal. Rizal covers a total area of 1,182.65 square kilometers (456.62 sq mi) occupying the northern-central section of the Calabarzon in Luzon . The province is bordered on the north by Bulacan , east by Quezon , southeast by Laguna , south by Laguna de Bay , and west by Metro Manila . Located 20 kilometers (12 mi) east of Manila, commuters take approximately an hour to reach

13688-447: Was sent to Manila . He took the entrance examination to Colegio de San Juan de Letran , as his father requested, but he enrolled at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila . He graduated as one of the nine students in his class declared sobresaliente or outstanding. He continued his education at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila to obtain a land surveyor and assessor's degree and simultaneously at the University of Santo Tomas , where he studied

13806-479: Was ten) stemmed from an accusation that Rizal's mother, Teodora , tried to poison the wife of a cousin, but she said she was trying to help. With the approval of the Church prelates, and without a hearing, she was ordered to prison in Santa Cruz in 1871. She was forced to walk the ten miles (16 km) from Calamba. She was released after two-and-a-half years of appeals to the highest court. In 1887, Rizal wrote

13924-460: Was then 16 years old) and a friend, Mariano Katigbak, visited Rizal's maternal grandmother in Tondo, Manila . Mariano brought along his sister, Segunda Katigbak, a 14-year-old Batangueña from Lipa, Batangas . It was the first time Rizal had met her, whom he described as "rather short, with eyes that were eloquent and ardent at times and languid at others, rosy-cheeked, with an enchanting and provocative smile that revealed very beautiful teeth, and

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