Rizal Shrine

A visit to Fort Santiago to see the paintings of several scenes in Rizal’s novel, Noli Me Tangere proved to b a worthwhile visit, not just for the paintings and the photos I took, but for the many things the place/experience yielded that day.

It was just a bit annoying at first since I went there on my own, and I got several comments from the men along the sidewalk, and even from the security guard at the front gate, whom I asked for directions! He was in complete uniform, garbed in the typical guardia sibil attire, and after giving me the right directions to the Rizal Shrine, sent three words on my way, as my back was turned on him. Really annoying! How do you expect on to take research and field work here in the Philippines seriously?

I can’t give pictures on the paintings as that wasn’t allowed, but I have several shots just outside the hall wherethe paintings are.

A translation of his famous last poem, Mi Ultimo Adios in Korean:

In Chinese:

And the original:

And did you know this about the monument?