Chapter 9

‚RIZAL'S GRAND TOUR OF EUROPE WITH

MAXIMO VIOLA (1887)
THE TOUR BEGINS
May 11, 1887, they left Berlin by train
They are going to Dresden
Dr. Maximo Viola and Rizal’s travelling
companion
Received Paciano's remittance of P1000
THE TOUR BEGINS«
May 11, 1887- Rizal and Viola left Berlin
Dresden and one of the best cities in Germany
.
DRESDEN

 Went to floral exhibit

 Visited Dr. Adolph B. Meyer

 Visited Museum of Art

DR. ADOLPH B. MEYER
PROMETHEUS BOUND
AT FLORAL EXHIBIT, THEY MET DR. JAGOR
 THEY LEFT DRESDEN AND WENT TO TRESCHEN AS
NEXT STOPOVER. THEY SENT WIRE TO BLUMENTRITT
LEITMERITZ, BOHEMIA
 May 13, 1887 at 1:30pm, they arrived in the railroad
station where Prof. Ferdinand Blumentritt was there.
PROF. FERDINAND BLUMENTRITT
• BLUMENTRITT HELPED THE TWO TO GET A ROOM AT HOTEL KREBS.
THEY STAYED THERE FOM MAY 13-16, 1887.
BLUMETRITT FAMILY
PPAGUE
 Rizal and Viola visited the historic city of Prague.
 They carried letters of recommendation
fromBlumentritt to Dr. Wilkom, professor in
University of Prague. Rizal and Viola visited:
PRAGUE
TOMB OF COPERNICUS
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
BACTERIAL LABORATORY
CAVE OF SAN JUAN NEPOMOCENO
BRUNN
BRUNN
 Rizal wrote a letter to Blumentritt and he told him
that he forgot his diamond stickpin at his room in
hotel Krebs.
 Nothing important happened in this city
according to Viola
DIAMOND STICKPIN
VIENNA
 May 20 they arrived at Vienna capital of Austria-
Hungary.
 They met Norfenfals, one of the greatest novelist
in that time.
 Rizal received his lost diamond stickpin
 They stayed at Hotel Metropole.
Vienna
QUEEN OF DANUBE
HOTEL METROPOLE
NORFENFALS
 They visited:
 Churches
 Art galleries

 Public parks
 Museum
 Theatres
• They also meet two
good friends of
Blumentritt - Masner
Nordman
and Austrian
scholars
DANUBIAN VOYAGE TO LINTZ

 May 24, Rizal and Viola left Vienna on a river

boat too see beautiful sights of Danube River. As
they travelled along the famous river, Rizal
observed keenly river sights
DANUBE RIVER
TO SALZBURG TO MUNICH TO NUREMBERGE

 The trip ended in Lintz. They overland to

Salzburg, and to Munich
 In Munich, stop for a while to taste the famous
Munich beer, assumed as the best in Germany.
MUNICH
 They went to Nuremberg and were impressed by
the manufacture doll
ULM CATHEDRAL
STUTTGART
BADEN
RHEINFALL
SWITZERLAND
 They crossed the border to Schaffhausen,
Switzerland
 They stayed from June 2-3 1887
 They continued their tour to Basel, Bern and Lausanne
GENEVA
 Rizal and Viola left Laussane in a little boat crossing the
foggy Leman Lake to Geneva. On June19, 1887, his
26th birthday, Rizal treated Viola to a blow-out. Rizal
and Viola spent fifteen days in Geneva. On June 23, they
parted ways. Viola decided to return to Barcelona while
Rizal continued his tour to Italy
LEMAN LAKE
RIZAL RESENTS EXHIBITION OF IGOROTS IN 1887 MADRID
EXPOSITION

 Rizal received sad news from his friends in

Madrid of the deplorable conditions of the
primitive Igorots who were exhibited in this
exposition. Some of these Igorots died. Rizal was
outraged by the degradation of his fellow
countrymen.
BARRACA
ITALY
 On June 27, 1887, he reached Rome, the “Eternal City” or the
“City of Caesars”
 On June 29, Rizal visited the Vatican for the 1st time.
VATICAN
ST. PETER SQUARE
HE PREPARED TO RETURN TO HIS HOME IN CALAMBA
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Submitted to: Mr. Julius Dela Cruz

Instructor