Francisco Bolognesi
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Francisco Bolognesi y Cervantes was a Peruvian military colonel known for his participation during the War of the Pacific. He was killed during the Battle of Arica, defending the city from an opposing
Portrait of Bolognesi by Bill Caro
Bolognesi Square in Lima, Peru c. 1929
Photograph possibly taken moments before the battle of Arica. It depicts Bolognesi with his officer corps. It shows, among others, Lieutenant Colonel Ramón Zavala Suárez, on the far left, and Lieutenant Colonel Roque Sáenz Peña, on the far right. However, it is more likely that this photograph is of a theatrical representation staged at the end of the 19th century and that it was inspired by Juan Lepiani's painting entitled La respuesta.
Italian Peruvians
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Italian Peruvians are Peruvian-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Peru during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in P
Francisco Bolognesi
…of the Morro de Arica campaign. One of his siblings was colonel and composer Mariano Bolognesi (1826–1899). His father, Andrés Bolognesi, was of Italian-Peruvian background and was a violin player for the court of the Viceroy. Francisco Bolognesi had a son called Federico Pablo, whose son was Federico Bolognesi…
While most Italians settled in the main cities of Peru, a group of Sicilian and Genovese fishers established in Chucuito, Callao
The Genoese explorer Juan Bautista Pastene
Gonzalo Pizarro, followed by some Italians
The Italian Peruvian Francisco Bolognesi, considered a national hero in Peru and declared patron of the Army of Peru