Visit of two Rizal descendants in Europe
Belgium-December 2009
The great Malayan, Jose Rizal, is still very alive in the Rizal family.
Last October I gave a two hour's lecture "Rizal in Europe at the National Historical Institute. The same lecture was given to the Rizal family.
Mrs. Malou Villaroman, at a Rizal marker in Paris, France on 31 December 2009. (Photo Sir Leo Mojica, Paris)
Mrs Malou Villaroman at the Rizal marker in Ghent, Belgium
A descendant of Rizal's eldest sister Saturnina, Mrs. Malou Villaroman, asked for more information about the hotel Noailles in Marseilles where Rizal stayed in 1882. As soon as she found out that there was no Rizal marker at this location she informed me about a visit to Europe.
At the end of 2009, Mrs. Villaroman and her daughter Beatriz came to Europe and visited France and Belgium. With the help of the Knights of Rizal in Paris she started the procedure for the installation of a marker in Marseilles.
Mrs. Malou Villaroman at the Rizal marker in Brussels, Belgium
Mrs. Malou Villaroman and daughter Beatriz at my residence
From Paris Mrs. Villaroman came to Belgium. El Filibusterismo Chapter had the honour to welcome her at my house.
Before lunch Mrs Villaroman leafed through my Rizalian library consisting of more than 300 titles and we talked about Jose Rizal. After lunch we visited the Rizal markers in Ghent and Brussels.
Mrs. Villaroman left very satisfied Europe and knows that Rizal is also still alive in Europe.
Philler
Germany
Wed 11th January 2012
I am planning to visit Brussels and Ghent this weekend. Can I get the address of the two markers in the two cities mentioned above? Also, if you know of any other Rizal memorials or markers, please lett me know. I have been to the one in Heidelberg, Germany and Rome. I was in Prague and Marseilles also but didn't know where to look. Thanks in advance.
Germany
Wed 11th January 2012
I am planning to visit Brussels and Ghent this weekend. Can I get the address of the two markers in the two cities mentioned above? Also, if you know of any other Rizal memorials or markers, please lett me know. I have been to the one in Heidelberg, Germany and Rome. I was in Prague and Marseilles also but didn't know where to look. Thanks in advance.
christian
philippines
Fri 26th November 2010
hey.. rizal is not malayan..
he is the philippines' national hero, how did he became a malayan after all?
it's like he's popular yet people aren't sure of his race.. :(
philippines
Fri 26th November 2010
hey.. rizal is not malayan..
he is the philippines' national hero, how did he became a malayan after all?
it's like he's popular yet people aren't sure of his race.. :(
Irineo Perez Goce (aka) Ka Pule2
City of Lipa, Philippines
Tue 26th January 2010
It is indeed a good fortune that I chanced into this thread. I am not surprised to find that Rizal is more honored in foreign lands than in his country. His teachings are ignored in the matter of language, well expounded in the 7th Chapter of El Filibusterismo. Another thing is the retraction hoax which Ka Pule2 expounded in depth during a talk delivered last June 21, 2009 at the Rizal Shrine in Calamba City; as well as his call for the Jesuits in this country to apologize for their fabricated retraction letter, in the manner that the Vatican admitted her error in having condemned Galileo's theory that the earth is round. How could this writer keep in constant touch with Munting Nayon News Magazine. Many thanks.
City of Lipa, Philippines
Tue 26th January 2010
It is indeed a good fortune that I chanced into this thread. I am not surprised to find that Rizal is more honored in foreign lands than in his country. His teachings are ignored in the matter of language, well expounded in the 7th Chapter of El Filibusterismo. Another thing is the retraction hoax which Ka Pule2 expounded in depth during a talk delivered last June 21, 2009 at the Rizal Shrine in Calamba City; as well as his call for the Jesuits in this country to apologize for their fabricated retraction letter, in the manner that the Vatican admitted her error in having condemned Galileo's theory that the earth is round. How could this writer keep in constant touch with Munting Nayon News Magazine. Many thanks.