Colegio Agustín Codazzi is an Italian international school in La Florida,

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The "Colegio Codazzi" has ''Scuola infanzia “O. Molinari”'' (preschool), ''Scuola elementare “O.Molinari”'' (primary school) and ''Scuola media “Leonardo Da Vinci”'' (middle school) through ''Scuola secondaria (Liceo scientifico “Venezuela”)'' (upper secondary school). It is named after

Agostino Codazzi Giovanni Battista Agostino Codazzi (alternatively known in Latin America as Agustín Codazzi; 12 July 1793 – 7 February 1859) was an Italo-Venezuelan soldier, scientist, geographer, cartographer, and governor of Barinas (1846–184 ...

, who was an Italian military, scientist, geographer, cartographer, and governor of Barinas (1846-1847) and made his main investigations and cartographic work in Venezuela and

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, thereby creating for both countries a complete set of maps and statistics after the tumultuous post-independence years from the

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. The "Collegio Agostino Codazzi" (as is called in

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) is the main Italian school of Caracas and Venezuela. Furthermore, the Codazzi is officially labeled as ''an overseas Italian school recognized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy''.

History

The Codazzi was founded by Italian immigrants in 1951. In the 1960s it had nearly one thousand students, when the Italian colony was the biggest immigrant colony in Caracas. In the 1960s and 1970s it was one of the two main

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an schools of Caracas, with the German Colegio Humboldt. In those decades in the Italian community of Caracas the two more attended schools by students were the Codazzi and the

Colegio Amerigo Vespucci Colegio Amerigo Vespucci is an Italian private school in Caracas, Venezuela. Data The college is named after Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer, navigator and cartographer who first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not repres ...

, with rivalry also in sport matches (like soccer). The Codazzi began following also a Venezuelan curriculum in 1986, that was temporarily closed in 2011 Recently the school has suffered economic problems because of the recent Venezuelan crisis, but it has overcome the difficulties thanks in part to the help of the Italian Embassy in Caracas.Video de la "Fiesta de Navidad 2013" (Christmas celebrations) in the Codazzi
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Notable alumni

Princess Victoria Romanovna Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (russian: Георгий Михайлович Романов, Georgiy Mikhaylovich Romanov, also spelled ''Romanoff''; german: Georg Mikhailowitsch Romanow; born 13 March 1981) is the heir apparent to Ma ...

, member of the former Russian imperial family

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