RIZAL IN

PARIS
LOCATION
Paris is the capital city of France

The largest country of Western

Europe

Home to historical monuments such

as Notre Dame, the Eiffel tower,
Bastille, Louvre and many more.
 CULTURE
FASH IO N C UISIN E ART ARCHITE CTUR
Paris can find a selection of E to many
Paris is home
Paris has always been a
delicious meats and cheeses recognizable buildings and
major reference for fashion
to eat on a picnic. structures
and luxury
FOOD
Meals in France are meant to be
enjoyed. Food is made with great
care, and mealtimes are a prime time
for socializing. While French cooking
is recognized around the world, there
are many varieties in cooking styles,
ingredients, and dishes from region to
region.
PEOPLE
LANGUAGE
French is the first language of 88% of the population.
Even then, most others speak French as a second
language.

RELI GION
Catholicism is the predominant religion of France.

VALUES
The French are incredibly proud of their country and
government and are frequently angered by its degrading
comments.
CIT Y OF LI GHTS THE LOUVRE
They are the first in European Cities
It is the world’s largest art gallery
to adopted street lighting.
and museum

FUN FACTS
EI FFE L TOW ER DOG L OVERS
The Eiffel Tower is actually not They are truly caring about their
the most visited monument in pets
Paris
 SITUATION OF PARIS
DURING 19th CENTURY

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After the defeat of Louis-Napoleon, one of Louis-Napoleon had The French people responded
Napoleon Bonaparte, Bonaparte's nephews, himself crowned as by abolishing the monarchy,
France shook off decades of gotten back from outcast to Emperor Napoleon III the third time they had done so
be definitively chosen as and France again had an in the previous 80 years
revolution, dictatorship and
French president. absolutist monarch
war
 SITUATION OF PARIS
DURING 19th CENTURY

Thousands of French The government also In early 1913,

France had one of the most
farmers left their rural introduced a
left-wing governments in Raymond Poincare
villages and relocated to progressive income tax,
Europe: a progressive mix became president of
towns and cities, causing with higher rates for
of centrists and socialists the French Republic
rapid urbanization and its higher earners
connected problems
 FIRST VISIT TO PARIS (1883)

MARCH 1883 JUNE 17 TO AUGUST 20,

1883
Rizal joined the Masonic lodge called
Acacia in Madrid Rizal sojourn in Paris

JUNE 21, 1884

Rizal completed his medical course in Spain; he
was conferred the degree of Licentiate in
medicine by the Universidad Central de Madrid
JUNE 24, 1884
A touching incident in Rizal’s life in Madrid
wherein he was broke and was unable to take
breakfast
 FIRST VISIT TO PARIS (1883)

EVENING OF JUNE 25, 1884 NOVEMBER 20, 21, AND 22,

A banquet was sponsored by the Filipino
1884
community to celebrate the double victory The serene city of Madrid exploded in bloody
of the Filipino artist riots by the students of the Central University

NOVEMBER 26, 1884 JUNE 19, 1885

Rizal wrote the recounting tumultuous riots to Rizal was awarded the degree of
his family. A letter to Rizal’s family written in Licentiate in Philosophy and Letters
Madrid
 FIRST VISIT TO PARIS (1883)

NOVEMBER 15, 1890 FEBRUARY 15, 1892

Rizal transferred to Lodge Solidaridad Rizal was awarded the diploma as
where he became a Master Mason Master Mason by Le Grand Orient de
France in Paris
RIZAL’S SECOND SOJOURN IN PARIS AND THE
UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION IN 1889
MA RC H 1889
• Valentin Ventura- a friend of Rizal where he lived , where
he polished his annotated edition of Morga’s book
• Rizal used most of his time in the reading room of the
Bibliotheque Nationale

JU NE 24, 1889
• A baby girl was born to Juan Luna and Paz Pardo de
Tavera, she was their second child

MAY 6, 1889
• Opening of Universal Exposition of Paris
KIDLAT CLUB
It is a club that purely a social society of a
temporary nature

MARCH 19 , 188 9
• Rizal arrived in Paris from London,
• Rizal organized his paisanos (compatriots) into a
society called Kidlat Club
INDIOS BRAVOS
• It is the replacement of the
ephemeral Kidlat Club

• They practised with great

enthusiasm the use of the sword
and pistol and Rizal taught them
judo, an Asian art of self- defense,
that he learned in Japan
 • It is a mysterious society founded by Rizal in Paris
during the Universal Exposition of 1889.

Sociedad • "(1) Rizal’s Letter to Jose Maria Basa, Paris, September

21, 1889 (2) Rizal’s Letter to Marcelo H. del Pilar, Paris,
R.D.L.M. November 4, 1889"
• It had various degrees of membership, “with the
(R.D.L.M members not knowing each other.”

Society)- • The aim of the secret society, as stated by Rizal, was

“the propagation of all useful knowledge—scientific,
artistic, and literary, etc.—in the Philippines.
 ANNOTATED EDITION OF MORGA
PUBLISHED
TITLE PAGE OF RIZAL’S • THE PHILIPPINES
ANNOTATED EDITION WITHIN A CENTURY
• THE INDOLENCE OF THE
“Paris, Liberia de Garnier Hermanos,
FILIPINOS
1890”

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
POR TELEFONO
OF FILIPINOLOGISTS
Another satirical work as a reply to another
An association proposed by Rizal to establish
slanderer,
taking advantage of world attention
THANK YOU!