private
Private or privates may refer to:
Music
* " In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation''
* Private (band), a Denmark-based band
* "Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private'', written and also recorde ...
Catholic
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primary and secondary school located in
Prato
Prato ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. The city lies in the north east of Tuscany, at the foot of Monte Retaia, elevation , the last peak in the Calvana chain. With more than 200,000 i ...
,
Tuscany
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Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...
,
Italy
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s in , the school is the oldest school in the city and follows the legacy of Francesco Cicognini.
Boarding school history
The Cicognini National Boarding School of Prato is the oldest educational institution in the city. Founded in 1692 by Jesuit priests, it was the center of culture in the
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
The Grand Duchy of Tuscany ( it, Granducato di Toscana; la, Magnus Ducatus Etruriae) was an Italian monarchy that existed, with interruptions, from 1569 to 1859, replacing the Republic of Florence. The grand duchy's capital was Florence. In th ...
, the
Kingdom of Italy
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, and the
Italian Republic
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. Cicognini National Boarding School remains a cultural and training centre for Italy, with significant influence in Tuscany and the metropolitan area of Prato-Florence-Pistoia.
fresco
Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...
es decorating the ceiling and stage. The school also houses the Chapel of the Boarders, with a
Baroque
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altar,
Madonna
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, organ, and paintings. The school's
refectory
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is decorated by frescoes as well, and its reception room has a painting dedicated to Gabriele D'Annunzio.
Notable alumni
* Gabriele D'Annunzio, (1863–1938) – writer, poet, journalist, and political activist who attended the Cicognini National High School from 1874 to 1881
*
Sem Benelli
Sem Benelli (August 10, 1877 – December 18, 1949) was an Italian playwright, essayist and librettist. He provided the texts for several noted Italian operas, including Italo Montemezzi's ''L'amore dei tre re'' and ''L'incantesimo'', and Umbert ...
Ranieri de' Calzabigi Ranieri de' Calzabigi (; 23 December 1714 – July 1795) was an Italian poet and librettist, most famous for his collaboration with the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck on his "reform" operas.
Born in Livorno, Calzabigi spent the 1750s in Paris ...
– poet and librettist
*
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (; 9 December 1920 – 16 September 2016) was an Italian politician and banker who was the prime minister of Italy from 1993 to 1994 and the president of Italy from 1999 to 2006.
Biography Education
Ciampi was born i ...
– President of the Republic
*
Girolamo Lagomarsini
Girolamo Lagomarsini (16981773) was an Italian humanist and philologist. Born into a wealthy Genoese family in Spain, he studied classical literature in Arezzo and Rome. Later holding a chair at the Collegium Gregorianum he published a collectio ...
, (1698–1773) – humanist and philologist
*
Giovanni Lami
Giovanni Lami (8 November 1697 – 6 February 1770) was an Italian jurist, church historian, and antiquarian.
Biography
He was born at Santa Croce sull'Arno (between Pisa and Florence) into a relatively affluent family; his paternal family ...
– jurist, historian, and antiquarian
*
Tommaso Landolfi
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– writer, translator and literary critic
*
Curzio Malaparte
Curzio Malaparte (; 9 June 1898 – 19 July 1957), born Kurt Erich Suckert, was an Italian writer, filmmaker, war correspondent and diplomat. Malaparte is best known outside Italy due to his works ''Kaputt'' (1944) and ''La pelle'' (1949). The f ...
, (1898–1957) – journalist, dramatist, writer, and diplomat who was born in Prato
*
Marcello Pera
Marcello Pera (; born 28 January 1943 .) is an Italian
– Senate President
*
Bettino Ricasoli
Bettino Ricasoli, 1st Count of Brolio, 2nd Baron Ricasoli (; 9 March 180923 October 1880) was an Italian statesman. He was a central figure in the politics of Italy during and after the unification of Italy. He led the Moderate Party.
Biography
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– statesman
Gallery
Image:Collegio Cicognini-Orologio piano terra corridoio.jpg, Clock in the interior
Image:Collegio Cicognini-Palcoscenico.jpg, Theater Gabriele D'Annunzio
Image:Collegio Cicognini-refettorio affresco 2.jpg, Fresco in the refectory
Image:Collegio Cicognini-Cappella navata.jpg, Chapel
Image:Collegio Cicognini-sala d'accoglienza 5.jpg, Reception room
Image:Collegio Cicognini-all'ingresso.jpg, Francesco Cicognini, the founder
See also
*
List of schools in Italy
This is a list of schools in Italy, listed by region.
Abruzzo
*Canadian College Italy
Campania
* Classical Lyceum Umberto I
*Liceo Sannazaro
*Naples American High School
Emilia-Romagna
* ITC Luigi Paolini
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
* Aviano Middle/ ...
*
List of Jesuit schools
The Jesuits (Society of Jesus) in the Catholic Church have founded and managed a number of educational institutions, including the notable secondary schools, colleges and university, universities listed here.
Some of these universities are in the ...
*
Liceo Classico
Liceo classico or Ginnasio (literally ''classical lyceum'') is the oldest, public secondary school type in Italy. Its educational curriculum spans over five years, when students are generally about 14 to 19 years of age.
Until 1969, this was ...