The quiet street of San Jose in Molo is home to many ancestral houses and standing out among them is the ancestral house of former governor Don Raymundo Melliza . Now known as the Arcenas-Lazaro ancestral House , this 19th century lavish residence is now being developed into a museum of sorts highlighting its connection with our national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal. As the late eminent historian Dr. Henry Funtecha writes, “ After shopping at the Escolta or Calle Real, Dr. Jose Rizal took a calesa for Parian or Molo to visit Don Raymundo Melliza, a close friend and classmate in Manila and Madrid. Rizal took his lunch at the house of Don Raymundo and they talked about Cuba. Don Raymundo just arrived from Cuba where he served as magistrate in the Supreme Court of that country and knew well the situation in Cuba .” The road which Jose Rizal took from the vicinity of Calle Real to Molo is now named after him and it traverses the Tanza and Baluarte sections of Molo. The proximity of th...
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