Rizal Monument

Rizal Monument at Poblacion, Opol, Misamis Oriental (in front of Opol Community College; to the right of Catholic Church; and to the left of Iglesia Filipina Independiente).

The Municipality of Opol believed that this is the oldest monument of our National Hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal in Northern Mindanao for it was built on 1913 by the Patriotic Citizens. It was first built before the Rizal Monuments in Mambajao, Camiguin (1914) and Cagayan de Misamis in (1918) or presently known as Cagayan de Oro City. It was first located beside the Municipal Kiosk and was transferred to Opol Public Plaza (Poblacion Park) during the incumbency of then Mayor Dexter B. Yasay in the year 2013 and unveiled during the term of Mayor Maximino B. Seno on November 8, 2013, the one-hundredth year of this monument.

One way to trace back our history as being an Opolanon!

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