The Lyceum (Liceu) of Goa (1854-1961), initially called the Liceu Central de Nova Goa and, later, the Liceu Nacional Afonso de Albuquerque, was a secondary public educational institution in Goa created by decree on November 9, 1854. The decree was issued by then Governor of the

State of Portuguese India The State of India ( pt, Estado da Índia), also referred as the Portuguese State of India (''Estado Português da Índia'', EPI) or simply Portuguese India (), was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded six years after the discovery of a se ...

Joaquim José Januário Lapa, the first Viscount of Vila Nova de Ourem. The lyceum celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2004.

Current status

With the end of

Portuguese India The State of India ( pt, Estado da Índia), also referred as the Portuguese State of India (''Estado Português da Índia'', EPI) or simply Portuguese India (), was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded six years after the discovery of a se ...

, the institution joined the Indian system of education, to become extinct in its earlier form. Following the end of Portuguese rule in Goa, and with the absorption of the region into the Indian Union, "this prime educational institution suffered a quick demise". It survived for another year or two. The last batch of ''Finalistas'' (final year students) completed their studies after the Portuguese rule ended. The institution's sprawling facilities were made available to different other institutions that were being set up—the Dhempe College of Arts and Science, a private teachers' training college, a government higher secondary school, the local institution for training children (Bal Bhavan), a law college, the Dempo College of Commerce, and the like. It former campus, now refurbished, has since become the home of the Goa Bench of the

Bombay High Court The High Court of Bombay is the high court of the states of Maharashtra and Goa in India, and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is seated primarily at Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), and is one of the ol ...

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The 1961-1962 years of the Liceu Nacional Afonso de Albuquerque, Pangim, Goa

Liceu Nacional Afonso de Albuquerque, Goa, group on Facebook
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