Lycée Fabert is a senior high school in
Metz
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,
Moselle department,
Lorraine
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,
France
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. The school, in the city centre, was the first lycée in Metz.
Facility
The high school consists of several buildings. They include:
* The old lycée called "l'
abbaye
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" - It is the former convent abbey of St. Vincent - It includes the headmaster offices, the staff offices, the library, and the cloister (cloître)
* The "petit lycée" (Small lycée) - Built in 1845
* The refectory - Built in 2003
*
St. Constance Building
*
Alexis de Tocqueville
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- It has served
Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles
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(CPGE) students since the northern hemisphere autumn of 1999
* Boarding dormitory ("L'internat")
* "Palais des sciences" - The science building
* Salle des Empereurs
Notable alumni
*
René Haby
René Haby (9 October 1919, in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe – 6 February 2003) was a French politician. He had been a prisoner of war during World War II.
He was a member of the Union for French Democracy
The Union for French Democracy ( ; UDF) was a ...
[Quelques membres du lycée restés célèbres ]
" Lycée Fabert. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
*
Sam Hocevar
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Biography
Hoce ...
Samuel HOCEVAR - CV
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). Sam Hocevar Official Website. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
* Louis Joxe
Louis Joxe (16 September 1901 – 6 April 1991) was a French statesman, judge, and politician. He was born in Bourg-la-Reine, Hauts-de-Seine.
Career
Joxe, along with René Capitant, the resistance organization Combat-Algérie, the only branch of ...
* Jean-Victor Poncelet
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* Robert Schuman
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* Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville (29 July 180516 April 1859), was a French Aristocracy (class), aristocrat, diplomat, political philosopher, and historian. He is best known for his works ''Democracy in America'' (appearing in t ...
* Joachim von Ribbentrop
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Further reading
* Cordani, Aline.(2006) ''Le Lycée Fabert, 200 ans d’histoire''. Serpenoise,
References
External links
Lycée Fabert
Fabert
Schools in Metz
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