Pestalozzi is the surname of an Italian family originally based in

Gravedona Gravedona ed Uniti is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Como in the Italy, Italian region of Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about northeast of Como. The municipality of Gravedona ed Uniti contains the ''frazione, fr ...

and

Chiavenna Chiavenna (; ; ; or ; archaic or ) is a (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the northern Italian region of Lombardy. It is the centre of the Alpine Valchiavenna region. The historic town is a member of the Cittaslow movement. Geo ...

who settled in Switzerland during the Counter-Reformation. Members of this family include: *

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (; ; ; 12 January 1746 – 17 February 1827) was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach. He founded several educational institutions both in German- and French-speaking ...

(1746–1827), Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer * Max Pestalozzi (1857–1925), Swiss chess master * Hans A. Pestalozzi (1929–2004), Swiss social critic

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