CHAPTER 6

1882-1885

In Sunny Spain

Mission: Observe Keenly the life and culture, languages and customs, industries and commerce and governments and laws of European Nations

Name: Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal Alonso y Realonda

Age: 25 yrs old

Last seen: Spain

RIZAL’S SECRET MISSIONTo observe keenly the life, culture,, languages and customs and laws of the European nations in order to prepare himself in the mighty task of liberating his people.Djemnah with 50 passengers on board

Jose Mercado

Secret Departure to Spain

Leonor Rivera

May 3, 1882 departure

Spanish Steamer SALVADORA bound

for Singapore

16 passengers- the only Filipino on board

with Spaniards, British, and Indian Negroes as

fellow passengers

DONATO LECHASHIP CAPTAIN

SINGAPORE

Donato Lecha(Asturias, Spain)

May 8, 1882

Talim Island with Susong Dalaga

May 9, 1882 arrived at Singapore

Registered at HOTEL de la Paz

Spent two days sightseeing: Botanical gardens, Buddhist

temples, shopping district and statue of Sir Thomas Raffles

(founder of Singapore)

Botanical Garden

Buddhist Temples

Busy Shopping District

Statue of Sir Thomas Stanford Ruffles

Departure: May 11, 1882

Departure: May 11, 1882From Singapore to Colombo

Djemnah – French steamer which left Singapore for Europe on May 11

British, French, Dutch, Spaniards, Malays, Siamese and Filipinos (Mr.&Mrs. Salazar, Vicente Pardo and Jose Rizal)

French was mostly spoken but Jose to his surprise and embarassment found that his book of French is inadequate.

May 17, Djemnah reached point Galle (seacost of Ceylon) “ Picturuesque but lonely and quiet and at the same time sad”

French Steamer

Djemnah

May 17, 1882

Point Galle

Colombo

First Trip to Suez Canal

Coasting To Indian Ocean to the Cape of

Guardafui, Africa

Ferdinand de Lesseps

The Next Stop Over Aden

Camels

City of Suez

Arrived at Port Said

From Port said, the Djemnah proceeded

its way to Europe

Arrived: June 11, 1882

Naples, Italy

Marseilles

The Count of Monte Cristo

Port Bou

Mt. Vesuvius

Departure: June 15, 1882

Chateau d’ if

Pyrenees

Arrived: June 16, 1882

Barcelona

The most Famous Street in Barcelona

Las Ramblas

Plaza de Cataluña

AMOR PATRIO 1st Article

Los viajes2nd Article

Revista DE MADRID

3RD Article

1. Cholera epidemic ravaging Manila and the provinces.

(Paciano’s letter dated september 15,1882)

Manila Moves to Madrid

2. Unhappiness of Leonor Rivera, who was getting thinner because of the

absence of a loved ones. (Chengoy’s letter)

3. Paciano adviced his younger brother (dated

May 26. 1882) to finish the medical course in Madrid.

-Nov. 3 enrolled in the Universidad Central de Madrid in two courses

– Medicine and Philosophy and Letters

Life in Madrid

-Studied painting and sculpture in Academy

of Fine Arts of San Fernando

-Took lessons in French, German

and English under private instructors

-- Practiced fencing and shooting in the

Hall of Arms y Carbonell

-- Visited art galleries and

museums and read all subjects under

the sun

-- Led a Spartan life in Madrid – lived frugally, spending

his money on food, clothing, lodging

and books

-His only extravagance was

investing a few pesetas for a

lottery

-He spent his leisure time reading and writing in his boarding house, attending reunions at the house of the Paterno brothers and

practicing fencing and shooting at the gymnasium

-Summer twilights fraternized with the

students

- Saturday evenings he visited the home of Don

Pablo Ortega

Lottery Tickets

Madrid Lottery

Paterno brothers

Café levente

First Visit to Paris (1883)”Costliest capital of Europe”- Purpose: To improve his

minds by observing closely the French way of life and spending many hours in the museums, botanical gardens, libraries and art galleries, and the hospitals, including Laennec Hospital, Dr. Nicaise, and the Larisboisiere Hospital, where he observed the examination of different diseases of women

Rizal’s 1st Visit to Paris

Arch of TriumphPlace de la Concorde

Cathedral of Notre Dame Madelaine Church

Rizal as a Mason

- Rizal was impressed by way the Spanish Masons openly and freely criticized the the government policies and lambasted the friars

- Acacia –March 1883Reason: To secure freemasonry’s aid

in his fight against the friars in the Philippines, he intended to utilize Freemasonry as his shield to combat them

-Lodge Solidaridad- became a Master Mason – he was awarded as a Master Mason by Le Grant Orient de France in Paris

- “Science, Virtue and Labor” only masonic writing delivered in 1889

- Graciano Lopez Jaena, Mariano Ponce and MH del Pilar

Juan LunaSpolaruim

Felix R. Hidalgo

Rizal Involved in the Student Demonstration“ Freedom of Science and Teacher”

Don Miguel Morayta – Professor of History – such liberal view was condemned by the Catholic Bishops and promptly excommunicated Dr. Morayta and those who applauded the speech.

Recounting the tumultuous rioting to his family in an open letter dated November 26, 1884

Studies Completed in Spain- Was conferred the degree of Licentiate in Medicine by the

University on June 21, 1884- The next academic year studied and passed all the subjects

leading to the degree of the Doctor of Medicine – however:

1. That he did not present the thesis required for graduation

2. Paid the corresponding fees- he was not awarded the Doctor’s Diploma

- Also finished his studies in Philosophy and Letters with the rating of “Excellent”

- HE did not bother to secure post graduate degree – “I doubt if the Dominican fathers will appoint me in UST

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