Francisco Amorós y Ondeano

Francisco Amorós y Ondeano, otherwise known as the Marquis of Sotelo (19 February 1770 – 1848), contributed to gymnastics in France and to the resurgence of sport in the so-called modern world in general.

[1][2][3] Ondeano was born in Valencia, Spain, the son of a brigadier of the Spanish army.

At sixteen years of age he entered the military, in the capacity of an infantry-man in the army of Cordone.

[2] Ondeano took French nationality during 1816 and opened a gymnasium in Paris during 1817, and another in 1820, for the use of the military and also the general population.

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