Scipione Borghese (prince)

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For the Renaissance cardinal, see Scipione Borghese.

Scipione Borghese
Borghese (left) and Barzini (right) in the Peking to Paris race.
Born	1871 Migliarino
Died	1927 Florence
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Adventurer, politician
Known for	Winning 1907 Peking to Paris race

Prince Luigi Marcantonio Francesco Rodolfo Scipione Borghese, commonly known as Scipione Borghese (1871, Migliarino - 1927, Florence) was an Italian industrialist, politician, explorer, mountain climber and racing driver.

He is best known for participating in (and winning) the Peking to Paris race in 1907, accompanied by the journalist Luigi Barzini, Sr.. Nevertheless, before 1907, he had already become known internationally as a traveller, explorer, diplomat and mountain climber. In 1900 he had finished a journey in Asia from the Persian Gulf to the Pacific Ocean, publishing his experiences in the book In Asia: Siria, Eufrate, Babilonia (In Asia: Syria, Euphrates, Babylon) in 1902, which proved a success. Subsequently he also completed a journey across China, recounted in another book.

Tall and abstemious, he was a man of little words, cold, with calm and measured manners, and with great self-control. He was a deputy of the Partito Radicale in the Italian parliament of 1904 to 1913, fought bravely in the First World War, and began important improvement works in the "Agro Romano".

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Persondata
NAME	Borghese, Scipione
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Adventurer, politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1871
PLACE OF BIRTH	Migliarino
DATE OF DEATH	1927
PLACE OF DEATH	Florence