Historical relationship of the Philippines and Catalonia’s Barcelona

# ...an apartment by Plaça del Bonsuccés near Calle La Rambla has a marker text in Catalan and Tagalog commemorating “La Solidaridad” where it was edited and printed. The plaque says (Tagalog):
“Luklukan ng pahayagang repormistang Pilipino (1889-1895) kung saan ang pambansang bayani ng Pilipinas na si Jose Rizal at iba pang mga nakibahagi ay nag-ambag ng malaki tungo sa kasarinlan ng kanilang bansa.”

# ...La Boqueria, is a large public market in the Ciudad Vieja district of Barcelona, dates back in 1217, when tables were installed to sell meat, coffee and food on calle La Rambla very close to where “La Solidaridad” apartment. Whenever Rizal took a visit to coordinate with M.H. del Pilar and Graciano López Jaena they had their meeting and snacks in this market. 

# ...Montjuïc Mountain, a site where important Catalan dissidents or free thinkers were detained and executed. Jose Rizal on his way to Cuba to help Spanish wounded soldiers, was instead stopped and was incarcerated at Celda #17 at Montjuïc. Has a historical marker about the hero. 

# ...Graciano López Jaena died of tuberculosis on January 20, 1896 in Barcelona, eleven months short of his 40th birthday. The following day, he was buried in a pauper’s mass grave at the Montjuïc Cemetery of Barcelona.
- photo journal ka Tony

3rd - June, '18