The Mercado Family were a wealthy farmers who rented land from the Dominican religious order. Descendant of a Chinese immigrant named Domingo Lam-co, changed their name to Mercado (market) under the pressure of anti-Chinese feeling among-st the Spanish colonizers. Is considered one of the biggest family during their time. They're the first who own an big adobe house in the town centre. first house to own a piano, to have stable and carriages and to have a library.
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Dr. Jose RizalDr. Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was a Filipino nationalist, novelist, poet, ophthalmologist, journalist, and revolutionary. He is widely considered as one of the greatest heroes of the Philippines. he is the author of Noli Me Tangere, El Filibusterismoand number of poems and essyas. |