Gros-Caillou in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Robert Garric

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, June 25, 2023

1. Robert Garric Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Robert Garric
Fondateur
des Equipes Sociales
habita cette maison
de 1933 a 1967

(English translation:)

Robert Garric, founder of the Equipes Sociales (“Social Teams”), lived in this building from 1933 to 1967.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Charity & Public Work. A significant historical date for this entry is June 18, 1967.

Location. 48° 51.455′ N, 2° 18.231′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Gros-Caillou. It is on Avenue Bosquet, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 28 Avenue Bosquet, Paris, Île-de-France 75007, France. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

Europe,

the European Union,

Atlantic Europe,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

a coastal Mediterranean country,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a French colony

and also the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Edouard de Curieres de Castelnau (approx. 0.2 kilometers

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away); Mémorial par les Aveugles Combattants Voluntaires / Blind Resistance Volunteers Memorial (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Proclamation of Human and Citizen Rights Memorial (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Georges Leygues (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); François Mitterand (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Jacques Madeleine (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Lucien Guitry and Sacha Guitry (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); L’École Militaire / The Military Academy (approx. 0.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . Robert Garric (Wikipedia, in French).

Excerpt (in translation): Robert Garric, born in Aurillac (Cantal) on July 24, 1896 and died in Paris on June 18 , 1967, was a Frenchman of letters. He was, according to Jean Guitton, a "knight-errant of national relief, of social hope".

…Through his reading, his teachers and his experience of the war - he was mobilized in 1917 - he was a social Catholic. He was the founder of the “Social Teams” in 1920, which aimed to constitute a social elite and to bring the good word on the brotherhood born from the trenches to the workers, in the tradition
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, June 25, 2023

2. Robert Garric Marker - wide view
of patronages…

(Submitted on July 27, 2023.)

Robert Garric Marker - wider view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, June 25, 2023

3. Robert Garric Marker - wider view

Credits. This page was last revised on July 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 27, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 181 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 27, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.