ITALIAN PERUVIAN

An 'Italian Peruvian' is a Peruvian citizen of Italian descent. The phrase may refer to someone born in Peru of Italian descent or to someone who has immigrated to Peru from Italy. Among European Peruvians, Italians were one of the largest groups of immigrants to settle in the country.

History

Italian Peruvian institutions and associations

History

In 1872, the ''Sociedad de Inmigración Europea'' ("European Immigration Society") was founded in Peru. Its objective was promoting Old World immigration by covering the costs of their journeys and financially supporting them during their first settler years in Peru. A massive influx of immigrants was expected, as had happened in the United States (3,5 million) and Argentina (2 million). However, the results were dissapointing as only 13 000 Italians arrived during the early twentieth century.
The regions where most of the Italian immigrants originated from were Piedmont and Lombardy, as well as Liguria. They worked at small stores or in big businesses along with their fellow Italians, as they were relatively skilled.Many of them intermarried and at then beginning they were united but as time passed many of them broke the circle and married normal peruvians.So very few Peruvians Italians are left.Very few Euro Peruvians can trace their ancestry.