Location: Sunset Boulevard, Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1989
Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)
Marker text:
DITO LUMUNSAD SI RIZAL
SA DALAMPASIGANG ITO NG STA. CRUZ, LUMUNSAD SI JOSE RIZAL NOONG IKA-7 NG GABI, IKA-17 NG HULYO, 1892 UPANG SIMULAN ANG BUHAY-TAPON SA DAPITAN. KASAMA NI KAPITAN DELGRAS ANG TATLONG KAWAL NG ARTILYERYA AY NAGLAKAD SINA RIZAL SA DAANG PATUNGO SA CASA REAL. DITO SIYA IPINAKILALA KAY DON RICARDO CARNICERO, ANG KASTILANG GOBERNADOR MILITAR NG PUROK.
SITE WHERE RIZAL LANDED
ON THIS BEACH OF STA. CRUZ, JOSE RIZAL LANDED AT 7:00 O’CLOCK PM ON JULY 17, 1892 TO BEGIN THE LIFE AN EXILE IN DAPITAN. WITH CAPTAIN DELGRAS AND THREE ARTILLERY MEN, THEY WALKED THROUGH STA. CRUZ STREET WITH A “FAROL DE COMBATE” TO THE CASA REAL WHERE HE WAS PRESENTED TO DON RICARDO CARNICERO, SPANISH MILITARY GOVERNOR OF THE DISTRICT.
