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Urbanización Sauzalito in Barranco in Lima, Peru — Western South America
 

Foundation of the Scouts in Peru

 
 
Foundation of the Scouts in Peru Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Connors, April 3, 2022
1. Foundation of the Scouts in Peru Marker
Inscription.  

En esta casa Don Juan Luis Rospigliosi y Gomez Sanchez el 25 de mayo de 1911 dio inicio al movimiento Scout en el Peru.

Homenaje de la Fraternidad Baden Powell al conmemorarse el 93º aniversario de fundación de la Asociacion de Scouts del Peru
Barranco, 11 julio del 2004

English translation:
In this house Juan Luis Rospigliosi y Gómez Sánchez on May 25, 1911 began the Scout movement in Peru.

Tribute of the Baden Powell Fraternity to commemorate the 93rd anniversary of the founding of the Association of Scouts of Peru.
Barranco, July 11, 2004
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations. A significant historical date for this entry is May 25, 1911.
 
Location. 12° 9.038′ S, 77° 1.326′ W. Marker is in Barranco, Lima. It is in Urbanización Sauzalito. It is on Auxiliar Avenida Pedro de Osma just south of Parque Municipal, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Barranco, Lima 15063, Peru. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is on the Ring of Fire, in South America, in a Andean South America country, on the Pacific Rim, and in the
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Western Hemisphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a Spanish colony and also the Inca Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 4 other markers are within 5 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Admiral Miguel Grau Seminario (approx. 1.4 kilometers away); Colonel Francisco Bolognesi Cervantes (approx. 1.4 kilometers away); General Francisco Morazán (approx. 4.2 kilometers away); José Matías Delgado (approx. 4.2 kilometers away).
 
Foundation of the Scouts in Peru Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Connors, April 3, 2022
2. Foundation of the Scouts in Peru Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 13, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 3, 2022, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 274 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 3, 2022, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.
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