Poland and Peru

It will also be an opportunity to learn about joint research projects carried out by Polish and Peruvian archeologists. The exhibition will show that the first Peruvian diplomatic post in Poland was set up at the end of the nineteenth century on Polish lands under Russian rule, among other noteworthy facts. In 1921, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Peru’s liberation, diplomatic telegrams were exchanged between Józef Piłsudski - the Chief of the Polish State and Augusto Leguia – the President of the Republic of Peru. In the same year the first Polish consulates were established in Peru, and a year later Peruvian consulates were founded in Poland.

On 18th February in one of the halls of the University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Wrocław, there was a vernissage with participation of the Ambassador of the Republic of Peru in Poland Marthy Chavarri Dupuy, the attache for cultural affairs Aurory Luque de Hjorth, the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Peru Kajetan Pyrzyński, and other representatives of diplomatic posts, cultural institutions and academic circles, including workers and students of the University.

– From the very beginning the aim of the Embassy was to show the exhibition not only in the capital city but also in major Polish cities – said Mrs Marthy Chavarri Dupuy, expressing how happy she was that the project started in such a beautiful city as Wrocław, and in such a prestigious academic center as the University of Environmental and Life Sciences.

– Let me just mention two more names from this outstanding list of Poles, which happened to live and work in Peru – said Kajetan Pyrzyński, speaking about a Salesian Priest – Father Edward Szeliga, a founder of the Fitotherapy Institute, and Sebastian Benesz Berzewiczy whose history stretches back a hundred years earlier, and is connected with the history of the indigenous inhabitants of those lands, and due to very odd vicissitudes of life makes his grandson Antonio the only heir to the Incas’ treasure.

The exhibition will be displayed in the patio of the main building of the University of Experimental and Life Sciences in Wrocław until 14th March.

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