RIZAL’S TRAVELS

AND LIFE ABROAD

FIRST TRAVEL

• The academic freedom that he enjoyed while at the

Ateneo was weakened by the racial prejudice and
discrimination at the UST.
• He decided to continue his studies in Spain:
Observe the life, culture, industries, government and
laws of the European nations.
To prepare himself in his obsession to liberate the
Filipino people from Spanish tyranny.
PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED JPR

• Paciano
• Saturnina
• Lucia
• Uncle Antonio Rivera (father of Leonor
Rivera)
TRAVEL FOR SPAIN

• May 3, 1882, he left on board the Spanish steamer

ship SALVADORA bound for Singapore.
• Captain Donato Lecha – captain of the ship
• He registered at Hotel dela Paz.
• Visited historic places, temples, botanical garden
and the statue of Sir Thomas Raflles – founder of
Singapore in 1819.
• Djemnah – French steamer bound for Europe.
• Point Galle – first stop over of Djemnah, a
seacoast town in southern Ceylon (now Sri
Lanka).
• Colombo, capital of Ceylon was the second
stop over of Djemnah
TRIP THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL

• Cape of Guardafui – barren coast of Africa for

which Rizal wan an inhospitable land but
famous.
• Aden – stop over in Africa where Rizal first
stepped in African soil and saw real camels.
• Rizal was fascinated to hear the multiracial
inhabitants speaking “A babel of toungues”.
• Napoli (now Naples, Italy) next stop over.
• The first European territory in Rizal’s sight.
• He wasted no time and visited the panoramic
view beauty like Mt Vesuvius, the Castle of
Saint Telmo etc.
• Marseilles – French harbor where he visited
the famous place where Dantes – the hero of
the novel “Count of Monte Cristo” was
imprisoned.
• June 16, 1882 – finally reached Barcelona,
the second largest City of Spain and the
greatest city of Cataluna.
• Plaza de Cataluna – he met and welcomed by
his classmates from Ateneo.
“LOVE OF COUNTRY”

• A nationalistic essay he wrote while in

Barcelona.
• The first article written in Spain’s soil under
the penname LAONG LAAN.
• Basilio Teodoro – publisher of Diariong
Tagalog – the first Manila Newspaper.
MARCELO H. DEL PILAS

• Translated the article Love of Country in Tagalog.

• Los Viajes (Travels). - second article for diariong
tagalog.
• Revista de Madrid (Review of Madrid) third
article but was returned because Diariong Tagalof
had stopped publication due to lack of funds.
RIZAL IN MADRID, SPAIN

• Central University of Madrid (Universidad

Central de Madrid) – he enrolled for Licentiate
in Medicine and Philosophy and Letters.
• Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando –
took up lessons in painting and sculpture to
further enhance his artistic talent, as well as
lessons in French, German and English.
CONSUELO ORTIGA Y PEREZ

• His first love in foreign land but because of

Eduardo de Lete, he did not pursue his
feelings.
• Miss Consuelo Ortiga y Rey (Miss C.O.Y.R)
the poem he wrote for Consuelo.
HISPANO-PHILIPPINE CIRCLE
CIRCULO HISPANO FILIPINO
• Society of Spaniard and Filipinos in Spain.
• “They ask me for verses” – poem he wrote for the
society and he personally declaimed during the
new year’s eve reception in Madrid.
• In this poem he poured out the cry of his
agonizing heart, his loneliness and sadness of
being alone in a foreign land.
FIRST SUMMER VACATION IN
MADRID
• Went to Paris and visited various sights such
as Champs Elysses, the arch of Triumph, the
Cathedral of Notre Dame, the Invalides –
containing the tomb of Napoleon the Great.
DIMASALANG

• His masonic name in Madrid.

• Two reason of joining masons:
1. Secure freemasonry’s aid in his fight
against the friars in the PH
2. Utilize freemasonry as his shield to combat
political problems in PH
SPOLARIUM

• Juan Luna’s painting that won gold medal ( first

prize)
• Christians Virgins Exposed to the Populace –
Resurrecion Hidalgo’s painting that won second
prize silver medal.
• Both artworks were made in the National
Exposition of Fine Arts in Madrid.
RIZAL’S SPEECH

• He saluted Luna and Hidalgo as the two glories of Spain and

the PH.
• He concluded with refined sarcasm the abuses and blindness
of some Spaniards who could not comprehend a university
genius.
• The magnificent speech was greeted with wild ovations.
• First time they heard such speech from the lips of a brown
Filipino which was almost peerless in nobility of thoughts in
Spanish rhetoric eloquence and sincerity of feelings.
RIZAL’S EDUCATION IN SPAIN

• June 21, 1884 completed his medical course

and was conferred the degree of Licentiate in
Medicine by the Universidad Central de
madrid.
• Was not awarded his doctor’s diploma because
of not submitting thesis and payment of
corresponding fees.
RIZAL IN PARIS AND BERLIN

• Went to Paris, France and Berlin, Germany to

Specialize in Ophthalmology because he wanted
to cure his mother’s eye ailment.
• Maximo Viola – his friend who is a medical
student and belonged to a rich family in Bulacan.
• Don Miguel Morayta – Rizal’s friend who owns
the La Publicidad
DR. LOUIS DE WECKERT

• French leading ophthalmologist where he stayed

for four months to learn medical techniques of an
eye operation.
• “The Death of Cleopatra” – he posed as a model
as the Egyptian priest
• “The Blood Compact” – he posed as Sikatuna
with Trinidad Pardo de Tavera as role of Legazpi.
HEIDELBERG, GERMANY

• Cost of living is cheaper here due to limited

allowance.
• University Eye Hospital – he worked under the
supervision of Dr. Otto Becker – renowned German
Ophthalmologist and Prof. Wilhelm Kuehne.
• Dr. Karl Ullmen – protestant pastor whom he
stayed and became his good friend.
26TH BIRTHDAY

• June 19, 1887 he celebrated his bday in

Geneva, Switzerland.
• Toured Italy after two weeks.
• He described Rome as “Eternal City” and the
“City of Caesars”.
• Vatican was regarded as City of Popes