Jose

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France
 June 17,1883
Jose Rizal visited Paris,France and
described the following:
• Champs Elysees
• Verdome Column
• Place de la Concorde
• Church of Madeline
Rizal while in madrid wanted to go back to
the Philippines in 1884, on November 26,
1884, He wrote a letter to his family
stating “I expressed to you the desire to
return there as soon as possible.” Paciano
replied, “I think that you should continue
your studies there and end them when our
resources are exhausted.”
 In a letter coming from Paciano, Rizal was
advised,
“You are very correct in saying that you
are not being sent your allowance, not
due to lack of will but indeed economic
crisis or lack of work.”
He also visited:
• Luxemburg Garden
• Museum of Orfila
• Louvre Museum
 Return to Paris
(October 1885)
• After his graduation, Rizal proceeded to
Paris, France. In Paris, he learned more
about Opthalmology. He registered in the
clinic of Dr. Louis de Wecker, named
Crugen clinic on December 4, 1885.
• Dr. Louis de
Wecker
- was a leading
French
Opthalmologist
- treats 50 – 100
patients daily
Rizal devoted his time to learn and master:

• French
• German
• Italian
• English
• Polish
• Greek languages.
Rizal’s compatriots were :
• Juan Luna
• Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo
• Tavera Brothers
Rizal only survived through the help
of his Filipino compatriots such as
Juan Luna who gave him money for
his daily needs.
 Rizal’s Literature in France
During his stay in France, he also wrote several
literary works written in French language. They
were the following:

• Marie Colombier-the Pistol of the Little Baroness

(Book Review)

• The Kite and the Hen (Prose)

• Alphonse Daudet: Tartarin Sur Les
(Book Review)

• The Fisherwoman and the Fish (Prose)

 YEAR 1885
At the same year the following occasions happened :
November 19, 1885 : While in Paris, Rizal received
information from Ceferino de Leon about the
prevailing vices among the Filipinos in the house of
Aceveno in Madrid, abetted by the lousy women
gamblers.
November 27, 1885 : Rizal’s transfer to Paris was
disapproved by Paciano who, at the same time,
informed Rizal that his letter caused their mother to
shred tears, that’s Rizal’s brown house would be sold,
the money to be remitted to him in Paris together
with the chronometer watch worth $300 (Mexican
Dollars)
• December 19, 1885 - The news that the
Filipinos in Madrid were preparing a Christmas
banquet in spite of the little money they had, was
relayed in a letter to Rizal in Paris by Ceferino de
Leon who also informed the former about his (de
Leon’s) plan of going to Paris the following
summer.
 YEAR 1886
January 1, 1886 : Rizal represented to Paz Pardo
de Tevera a pair of Greek vases which he painted
the other with the picture of the Filipinos
engaged in cockfighting, and the other with the
same people at work as milkmen and as
prisoners at hard labor.
January 1886 : In the album of Paz Pardo de
Tavera, he entered the illustrated story of the
monkey and the turtle.
February 1, 1886 - Rizal left Paris