Colegio Pestalozzi | |
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Address | |
Ramón Freire 1824 Buenos Aires Argentina |
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Information | |
Type | Private |
Established | 1 March 1934 |
Website | http://www.pestalozzi.edu.ar |
Colegio Pestalozzi (German: Pestalozzi Schule) is a German international school in Belgrano, Buenos Aires. It is governed by the Asociación Cultural Pestalozzi. It serves kindergarten through secondary school: Colegio Pestalozzi offers elementary and secondary education as well as an "initial level" for children from two to five years.
It was founded on 1 March 1934 by Dr. Ernesto Alemann, an Argentine of Swiss origin. The aim was to create a place for free and humanistic education in accordance with the thoughts of the Swiss pedagogue Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, where the values of the central European culture and the German language could be upheld.
Coordinates: 34°34′09″S 58°27′44″W / 34.5692°S 58.4622°W