Monday, September 28, 2020

Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo

Grave of Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo, Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, Paris

Grave of Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo (1764–1842)
Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, (Père Lachaise Cemetery)
Quartier du Père-Lachaise, 20th arrondissement
Paris, July 2014

“Count Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo (French: Charles-André Pozzo de Borgo, Russian: Карл Осипович Поццо ди Борго, Karl Osipovich Potso di Borgo; 8 March 1764 – 15 February 1842) was a Corsican politician, who later became a Russian diplomat. He was an official representative of his homeland in Paris before entering the Russian diplomatic service. His life was dominated by opposition to Napoleon Bonaparte, driven by a life-long hatred of him from an early age, considering him a traitor.” (Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo, Wikipedia)

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