Rizal in Madrid Flashcards
Right after graduating in UST, Rizal had already planned to go to _____ to complete his medical studies.
Spain
Rizal was determined to seek the _____________, not in Calamba or Manila, but beyond the shores of his native archipelago.
best education possible
Who knew about Rizal’s secret mission?
Paciano, Tiyo Antonio, Doña Neneng & Lucia, and some intimate friends know
Who had no idea about Rizal’s secret mission?
Family including Don Francisco & Doña Teodora, and lover Leonor Rivera absolutely had no idea
Where did Rizal go?
Departure to Spain (Barcelona-Madrid)
What is the reason of Rizal’s secret mission?
To broaden Rizal’s political outlook through exposure to other nations and governments.
When did Rizal do his secret mission?
ASAP.
May 1,1882, soon after the end of the school year of 1881-1882
One and a half months before his 21st birthday
After having changed________ twice, they arrived in Manila.
carromatas
On that day ______ woke him up at dawn to go to _____ and thence to Manila.
Paciano
dawn
Biñan
Rizal had ____ pesos on-hand
365
They hired a _____________
carromatas
The many visits that Jose made that day are proofs that there was _____ about his trip; the journey was a secret only to ______. What was kept secret was the ____ of the journey
nothing secret
his parents
motive/s
More goodbye visits to the Rivera’s with whose daughter ____, Rizal had maintained close friendship.
Leonor
On the third day, Rizal heard mass at the _______________
Santo Domingo Church
On the third day, Rizal boarded the steamer _____________
SS Salvadora
He got seasick on board the boat
4 May 1882 in Singapore
He conversed with the passengers of the ship; he was still feeling sea-sick
5 May 1882 in Singapore
16 passengers and he was the only Filipino
5 May 1882 in Singapore
ship captain
Donato Lecha (Asturias, Spain)
He played chess with the passengers on board
6 May 1882 in Singapore
He saw mountains and Islands.
8 May 1882 in Singapore
“Talim Island with the Susong Dalaga”
8 May 1882 in Singapore
Rizal arrived at Singapore
9 May 1882 in Singapore
He went around the town of Singapore and made some observations
10 May 1882 in Singapore
Hotel de Paz
10 May 1882 in Singapore
Botanical Garden, Buddhist temples, statue of Sir Thomas Stanford Raffles
10 May 1882 in Singapore
Rizal continued his trip to Spain.
11 May 1882
FROM SINGAPORE TO COLOMBO
Djemnah of the Messageries Maritimes
11 May 1882
FROM SINGAPORE TO COLOMBO
Larger, cleaner vessel which carried more passengers
Djemnah
French steamer
Djemnah
He had a conversation with the passengers of the boat
12 May 1882
FROM SINGAPORE TO COLOMBO
Filipino passengers on the way to Colombo
Mr. & Mrs. Salazar, Mr. Vicente Pardo, Jose Rizal
Rizal attempted to converse in French
12 May 1882
FROM SINGAPORE TO COLOMBO
Rizal was seasick again.
13 May 1882
FROM SINGAPORE TO COLOMBO
Rizal had a terrible dream. He dreamed he was traveling with Neneng (Saturnina) and their path was blocked by snakes.
On his way to Marseilles
14 May 1882
FROM SINGAPORE TO COLOMBO
Rizal had another disheartening dream. He dreamed he returned to Calamba and after meeting his parents who did not talk to him because of not having consulted them about his first trip abroad, he returned traveling abroad with one hundred pesos he again borrowed. He was so sad and broken hearted. Soon he woke up and found himself inside his cabin.
May 15 1882
FROM SINGAPORE TO COLOMBO
Rizal arrived at Punta de Gales
17 May 1882
FROM SINGAPORE TO COLOMBO
He was unimpressed with this
Punta de Gales
a seacoast town in southern Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
Punta de Gales (Point Galle),
At 7:30 a.m., he left Punta de Gales for Colombo. In the afternoon, Rizal arrived at Colombo and in the evening the trip was resumed.
18 May 1882
FROM SINGAPORE TO COLOMBO
capital of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Colombo
Scenic beauty and elegant buildings
Colombo
“more beautiful, smart and elegant than Singapore, Point Galle, and Manila.”
Colombo
Rizal was nearing the African coast.
FIRST TRIP THROUGH SUEZ CANAL
“inhospitable land but famous.”
Cape of Guardafui
He landed at ____ at about 8:30 a.m. He made observations at the time. (FIRST TRIP THROUGH SUEZ CANAL)
Aden
He landed at Aden at about 8:30 a.m. He made observations at the time.
27 May 1882
FIRST TRIP THROUGH SUEZ CANAL
City hotter than Manila
Aden
Amused to see the camels for the first time
Aden
FIRST TRIP THROUGH SUEZ CANAL
He arrived at the Suez Canal en route to Marseilles.
2 June 1882
FIRST TRIP THROUGH SUEZ CANAL
an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
Suez Canal
He was quarantined on board the Djemnah
3 June 1882
Suez Canal
It was the fourth day at Suez Canal and was still quarantined on board of the boat.
6 June 1882
Suez Canal
It took the Djemnah __________ to transverse the Suez Canal.
five days
Rizal arrived at _______. In a letter to his parents, he described his trip en route to Aden along the Suez Canal.
Port Said
Rizal arrived at Port Said. In a letter to his parents, he described his trip en route to Aden along the Suez Canal.
7 June 1882
FIRST TRIP THROUGH SUEZ CANAL
Rizal was fascinated to hear the multi-racial inhabitants
7 June 1882
FIRST TRIP THROUGH SUEZ CANAL
Rizal disembarked and, accompanied by a guide, went around the ____________ for one hour. This was the first ______ ground he set foot on.
City of Naples
European
At ten o’clock in the evening, the boat anchored at ______. He slept on board.
Marseilles
At ten o’clock in the evening, the boat anchored at Marseilles. He slept on board.
12 June 1882
NAPLES AND MARSEILLES
Early on the morning he landed at Marseilles and boarded at the _______________. Later he went around for observation.
Noalles Hotel
Rizal toured around Marseilles for __________ days.
two and a half
Early on the morning he landed at Marseilles and boarded at the Noalles Hotel. Later he went around for observation.
NAPLES AND MARSEILLES
Chateau d’lf
NAPLES AND MARSEILLES
He left Marseilles for Barcelona in an express train.
15 June 1882
BARCELONA
At 12:00 noon, Rizal arrived at Barcelona and boarded in the ___________.
Fonda De España
At 12:00 noon, Rizal arrived at Barcelona and boarded in the Fonda De España.
16 June 1882
BARCELONA
When Rizal reached Barcelona, he had several _____________ about the city – from saying that the city was an _____ place to believing that the residents were ______.
negative impressions
ugly
inhospitable
But everything changed when he decided to open his heart to the city. He later found Barcelona as an atmosphere of __________and __________, a place with __________, __________, and __________residents.
liberalism freedom open-hearted hospitable courageous
___________ in Barcelona threw him a little party at a cafe as they welcome him. They would tell him about the beauties of the place and the culture of the Spanish people and in return, he gave them updated them with the current state of the Philippines.
His fellow Filipinos
In a letter, Rizal related to his parents his experiences during his trip from ______________. In the same Letter, he requested them to send him a ___________ and statement showing that he had _______________.
Port Said to Barcelona
birth certificate
parents in the Philippines
In a letter, Rizal related to his parents his experiences during his trip from Port Said to Barcelona. In the same Letter, he requested them to send him a birth certificate and statement showing that he had parents in the Philippines.
23 June 1882
BARCELONA
P. Leoncio Lopez of Calamba issued a certified copy of Rizal’s birth certificate.
18 August 1882
BARCELONA
_______________ of Calamba issued a certified copy of Rizal’s birth certificate.
P. Leoncio Lopez
During his stay in Barcelona, Rizal, under the pen-name _____, wrote his first essay in Spain, an essay entitled “________”
Laong-Laan Amor Patrio (Love of Country
He sent Amor Patrio to a friend in Manila, ____________, who published it in __________________.
Basilio Teodoro Moran
Diariong Tagalog
Other articles he sent to Moran were “___________” and “__________”
Los Viajes
Revista de Madrid
News from the Philippines: (3)
Cholera
Leonor Rivera
Paciano
Rizal matriculated at the ______________.
Universidad Central de Madrid
He took the following courses in the Universidad Central de Madrid:
Medicine and Philosophy and Letters
Place of his residence from September 12, 1882 to May 1883
Calle Amor de Dios 13-15
Spartan life
Calle Amor de Dios 13-15
limited allowance of 50 pesos a month
Calle Amor de Dios 13-15
Further reduced to 35 pesos when the Rizal farm was affected by bad harvests
Calle Amor de Dios 13-15
Vicente Gonzalez “Marques de Pagong”
Calle Amor de Dios 13-15
Near the university
Calle Amor de Dios 13-15
Piano
Calle Amor de Dios 13-15
Four big mirrors
Calle Amor de Dios 13-15
Place of his residence from May 1883 to June 17, 1883 before Rizal left for Paris for a vacation.
Calle Fernandez y Gonzalez 8, 3º-4 (formerly C/.de la Visitación)
Situated in the old part of Madrid close to the Plaza Sta. Ana, right behind the Teatro Español,
Calle Fernandez y Gonzalez 8, 3º-4 (formerly C/.de la Visitación)
Stood near the corner of c/ Echegaray(formerly c/ del Lobo), where he criticized his fellow residents for engaging in idle discussions day after day.
Calle Fernandez y Gonzalez 8, 3º-4 (formerly C/.de la Visitación)
Eduardo de Lete and Ceferino de Leon.
Calle Fernandez y Gonzalez 8, 3º-4 (formerly C/.de la Visitación)
By their agreement, they did not allow gambling (juego de azar) in their quarters.
Calle Fernandez y Gonzalez 8, 3º-4 (formerly C/.de la Visitación)
Residence of D. Pablo Ortiga y Rey, vice president of the Consejo de Filipinas
Calle Ventura de la Vega (formerly C/. Baño 15, piso principal or 1º)
Headquarters of Circulo Hispano Filipino.
Calle Ventura de la Vega (formerly C/. Baño 15, piso principal or 1º)
In a letter to this family dated October 10, 1882, Rizal mentioned having boarded here from 1883 (autumn) to August 1884, apparently on a temporary basis since the following entries would indicate that he had other places of residence in Madrid.
Calle Ventura de la Vega (formerly C/. Baño 15, piso principal or 1º)
Rizal stayed in this place, a pension, as indicated in a letter to his parents dated September 11, 1883.
Calle Gran Via(formerlyC/. San Miguel 7, 1º)
Starting September 6 of that year, he was paying a daily rent of four pesetas a day.
Calle Gran Via(formerlyC/. San Miguel 7, 1º)
He said that this amount excluded the cost of kerosene which he had to buy himself so he could read and study at night.
Calle Gran Via(formerlyC/. San Miguel 7, 1º)
But perhaps the conditions were not that ideal for him as later, he had to board in another place with a Filipino student.
Calle Gran Via(formerlyC/. San Miguel 7, 1º)
The Gran Vía residence was indeed only temporary since in the same letter to his parents, he asked that all future letters be forwarded to this address. He joined Esteban Villanueva who came to Madrid to study law but later became an established painter. It seems that painting and the arts as disciplines, had such an attraction to Filipinos since a number of them pursued these as careers – Luna, Hidalgo, Melecio Figueroa, an engraver and Villanueva.
Calle del Barquillo34, 4º
Rizal at that point was in dire financial difficulties.
Calle del Barquillo34, 4º
High grades in medicine
Calle del Barquillo34, 4º
Victory in Greek contests and exams in Historia Universal
Calle del Barquillo34, 4º
He had to pawn Saturnina’s ring given to him, to pay for his exams.
Calle del Barquillo34, 4º
At one time, Rizal did not have any meal at all for one whole day.
Calle del Barquillo34, 4º
By chance, he had been asked by the Paternos to deliver one of the main speeches at a banquet, a toast to Juan Luna and Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo who had just won first and second prizes (for theSpoliariumandVirgenes Cristianas Expuesta al Populacho), respectively, at the art competition sponsored by the Exposicion de Bellas Artes in Madrid.
Calle del Barquillo34, 4º
In a letter to his family, on August 29, 1884, Rizal informed them of living here with classmates Ceferino de Leon and Julio Llorente.
Calle Pizarro 15 (formerly C/. pizarro 13 , 2º Dcha.)
It was very close to the Facultad de Filosofia y Letras at c/ Bernardo where he was to finish in a year his philosophy and letters degree.
Calle Pizarro 15 (formerly C/. pizarro 13 , 2º Dcha.)
It was here where he wrote to his family why sugar prices had fallen – Cuba and Puerto Rico, as well as the colonies of Great Britain, had replaced the Philippines as the new sources of U.S. imports, the biggest at that time.
Calle Pizarro 15 (formerly C/. pizarro 13 , 2º Dcha.)
It was also here where Rizal quietly started his novelNoli Me Tangere.
Calle Pizarro 15 (formerly C/. pizarro 13 , 2º Dcha.)
He told his parents that he would be moving to Paris and Berlin to study ophthalmology under the best professors at that time.
Calle Cedaceros 11, piso principal
The eyesight of Teodora Alonso had gone worse and it was Rizal’s desire to treat her upon his return to the Philippines.
Calle Cedaceros 11, piso principal
This was perhaps his last residence in Madrid as he himself mentioned in an undated letter to his family.
Calle Cedaceros 11, piso principal
He spent 15 days here – from October 1 to 15, 1885 – sharing the place with Ceferino de Leon and Eduardo de Lete.
Calle Cedaceros 11, piso principal
On the matter of his return to the Philippines, his brother Paciano advised him to stay in Hong Kong instead since this would not be very far from home.
Calle Cedaceros 11, piso principal
The reputation of Rizal as an anti-friar intellectual had become public because of his speech at the Hotel Ingles at the banquet to honor Juan Luna and Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo.
Calle Cedaceros 11, piso principal
According to Paciano, returning to the Philippines would be fatal since a lot of Spaniards were raring to punish him for claiming that the Indios could be even better than the colonial masters if given the chance to develop themselves.
Calle Cedaceros 11, piso principal
The corridor of the Colegio de Medicina (Hospital de San Carlos) has a marker indicating that it was here where Rizal studied medicine.
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Madrid, C/. Atocha
But as time went on, Rizal’s heart was not in medicine as shown by his enrolment in other courses. His medical interest was animated more by a desire to remove cataracts on his mother’s eyes; she was then close to being blind. Already losing her eyesight, Rizal’s mother could write to him only with the assistance of one of her daughters. Rizal would have to go to Paris to specialize in ophthalmology.
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Madrid, C/. Atocha
At the same time that Rizal was taking courses in medicine, he went to the nearby ______________- and took five hours of painting lessons under Carlos de Haes.
Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
He likewise enrolled at the ________________ but his brother dissuaded him from continuing the course.
Facultad de Derechos, (UCM)
Rizal’s interest in ___was in line with the desire for political autonomy in the Philippines.
law
Rizal’s interest in law was in line with the desire for political autonomy in the Philippines.
Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, C/. Alcalá
But his interest in the ________ overtook all other interests.
humanities
He transferred to the _______________,and worked towards a humanities course which he finished in June 1885.
Facultad de Filosofia y Letras
Although not an educational institution but an exclusive club for men of letters and science, the ______contributed to the professional development of Rizal.
Ateneo de Madrid, C/. Prado, 21
It was here where he regularly attended theatrical presentations, music and poetry recitals and book launchings.
Ateneo de Madrid, C/. Prado, 21
Rizal’s letter to Consuelo
A La Senorita C. O y P (To Miss C. O y P)
How did Consuelo describe Rizal?
Shy small man
Aura of charisma- many-splendored talents and noble character
Why did Rizal back out in courting Consuelo?
He was still engaged to Leonor Rivera
His friend and co-worker in the Propaganda Movement, Eduardo Lete, was madly inlove with Consuelo
Society of Spaniards and Filipinos
Circulo Hispano-Filipino
Declaimed during the New Year’s Eve reception of the Madrid Filipinos
Mi Piden Versos/They Ask Me For Verses
Rizal bought books from _________
Señor Roses
the novel was intensely and deliberately “anti-Catholic”
The Wandering Jew – by Eugene Sue
Black Slavery
Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly – by Beecher Stowe
How much was Wandering Jew?
Pesetas 10.00
How much was Works of Horace, Dumas?
Pesetas 2.50
How much was Supper with a friend?
Pesetas 32.00
where he went on his summer vacation in Madrid
Paris
costliest capital in Europe
Paris
on 37 Rue de Maubange
Hotel de Paris
Hotel on 124 Rue de Rennes
RIZAL IN PARIS
Rizal came in close contact with several prominent Spanish liberals and republican Spaniards who were mostly _________.
Masons
He was impressed by the way they freely criticized the government policies and the friars.
RIZAL AS A MASON
As a result, he joined a Masonic lodge in Madrid called ______.
Acacia
It was to secure the Freemasonry’s aid in his fight against the friars.
Rizal’s joining in Acacia
Later, he transferred to another Masonic Lodge called ______________ where he became a _______.
Lodge Solidaridad
Master Mason
He had one Masonic writing entitled “______________”
Science, Virtue, & Labor
While he was in Spain, Calamba’s situation was _______
worsening
The rental of their family’s lands was increased by the hacienda manager as to compensate ______________________
Don Francisco’s failure to give him a turkey for free
Jose’s allowances would either arrive late or never arrive at all. Paciano had no choice but to ____________ just to have money to send him
sell Jose’s pony
Conferred the degree of ________ by the Universidad Central de Madrid
Licentiate in Medicine
Conferred the degree of Licentiate in Medicine by the ____________
Universidad Central de Madrid
Degree of Doctor of Medicine
STUDIES COMPLETED IN SPAIN
Not awarded his Doctor’s diploma because ____________________________________________
he did not present the thesis required for graduation nor paid the corresponding fees
