Liceu Velho is a building in the eastern part of the
city centre
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of
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Cape Verde
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. It is situated on Praça Dr. Duarte Silva,
[Revitalização como mecánismo de protecção do património arquitectónico: uma proposta para Mindelo]
Valdemar Jorge de Almeida Fortes Martins, 2014, p. 30-31 between Avenida Fernando Ferreira Fortes and Rua Franz Fanon, east of the
Palácio do Povo
The Palácio do Povo (People's Palace), formerly the Palácio do Governo (Government Palace), is a public building in the city centre of Mindelo in Cape Verde. It is situated at the eastern end of Rua Libertadores de África (formerly Rua Lisboa).< ...
. Since 2008, it houses the art school M_EIA (''Mindelo Escola Internacional de Arte''), officially ''Instituto Universitário de Arte, Tecnologia e Cultura''. It is also one of the locations of the School of Business and Governance (ENG) of the
University of Cape Verde
The University of Cape Verde ( pt, Universidade de Cabo Verde, abbreviated "Uni-CVV") is the only public university of Cape Verde. The main campus is in Palmarejo, Praia, but there are also institutes in Mindelo, Assomada and São Jorge dos Órg ...
.
History
Constructed between 1859 and 1873, the building was intended to serve as military barracks, the ''Quartel Militar''.
[Inventário dos recursos turísticos do município de S. Vicente]
Direcção Geral do Turismo, p. 53-54 It was a residence of the
Portuguese colonial governor of Cape Verde.
[Génese e desenvolvimento da cidade do Mindelo: a preservação de uma identidade]
Fred Yanick Fonseca Delgado In 1921 the ''
Liceu Nacional Infante Dom Henrique'' was installed in the building, making Mindelo the centre of education of Cape Verde.
[ The school was closed in 1937, and reopened the same year as ''Liceu Gil Eanes''.][ After 1968, when this school moved to a ]new building
The New Building (in Hungarian language, Hungarian Újépület, in German language, German Neugebäude) was a fortress located in Pest, Hungary, Pest as a jail. The construction began under the direction of János Hild, the father of József Hild ...
, it housed the '' Escola Preparatória Jorge Barbosa''.[
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Notable students
*Orlanda Amarílis
Orlanda Amarílis Lopes Rodrigues Fernandes Ferreira, known as Orlanda Amarílis (8 October 1924 – 1 February 2014) was a Cape Verdean writer. She is considered to be a noteworthy writer of fiction whose main literary themes include perspectiv ...
, writer
* Amílcar Cabral, independence activist
See also
*Education in Cape Verde
Primary school education in Cape Verde is mandatory between the ages of 6–14 and free for children ages 6–12.
*List of buildings and structures in São Vicente, Cape Verde
This is a list of buildings and structures in the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde.
Mindelo
*Centro Nacional de Artesanato e Design
* Liceu Velho
*Liceu Ludgero Lima
*Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady of the Light, Mindelo
*Paços do Concelho
*Palá ...
References
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Buildings and structures in Mindelo
Schools in Cape Verde
Education in São Vicente, Cape Verde
1920s establishments in Cape Verde
Portuguese colonial architecture in Cape Verde