Memorial · Lima

Abel Bergasse du Petit Thouars

d. 1924

Photograph at the Abel Bergasse du Petit Thouars Memorial

Abel-Nicolas Georges Henri Bergasse du Petit-Thouars (March 23, 1832 – March 14, 1890) was a French Navy officer who took part in the Crimean War, the Boshin War, the Franco-Prussian War and the War of the Pacific. He is considered a hero in Peru, and is known there as the Savior of Lima.

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