thumb|300px|left|Salvador Allende's birth certificate. Allende was born on 26 June 1908 in Santiago. He was the son of Salvador Allende Castro and Laura Gossens Uribe. Allende's family belonged to the Chilean upper middle class and had a long tradition of political involvement in progressive and liberal causes. His grandfather was a prominent physician and a social reformist who founded one of the first secular schools in Chile.Patricio Guzmán, Salvador Allende (film documentary, 2004) Salvador Allende was of Basque and Belgian descent.Item 0002 – Laura Gossens de Allende, catalogoafudec.udec.clAncestros, infancia y juventud de Salvador Allende Gossens , interferencia.cl In 1909, he moved with his family to the city of Tacna (then under Chilean administration) until he returned to his country to live in Iquique in 1916. In 1918, he studied at the National Institute of Santiago, and from 1919 to 1921, he studied at the Liceo de Valdivia. In 1922, he entered the Eduardo de la Barra school at the age of 16, studying there until 1924.
thumb|300px|left|Salvador Allende's birth certificate. Allende was born on 26 June 1908 in Santiago. He was the son of Salvador Allende Castro and Laura Gossens Uribe. Allende's family belonged to the Chilean upper middle class and had a long tradition of political involvement in progressive and liberal causes. His grandfather was a prominent physician and a social reformist who founded one of the first secular schools in Chile.Patricio Guzmán, Salvador Allende (film documentary, 2004) Salvador Allende was of Basque and Belgian descent.Item 0002 – Laura Gossens de Allende, catalogoafudec.udec.clAncestros, infancia y juventud de Salvador Allende Gossens , interferencia.cl In 1909, he moved with his family to the city of Tacna (then under Chilean administration) until he returned to his country to live in Iquique in 1916. In 1918, he studied at the National Institute of Santiago, and from 1919 to 1921, he studied at the Liceo de Valdivia. In 1922, he entered the Eduardo de la Barra school at the age of 16, studying there until 1924.