The lycée Stendhal, formerly Cité scolaire Stendhal, is a
secondary and
higher education
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establishment in
Grenoble
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. It is the oldest
lycée
In France, secondary education is in two stages:
* ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 14.
* ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for students between ...
in Grenoble, and its pupils have included
Stendhal (after whom it is now named) and
Champollion. It is located at 1 bis, place Jean-Achard.
History
It was founded as a
Jesuit
The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...
college in 1651,
and still has a chapel and an astronomical and astrological sundial dating to 1673. In 1987, an international section was added, which has since relocated to the Cité Scolaire Internationale de Grenoble (
CSI Europole).
See also
*
List of Jesuit sites
This list includes past and present buildings, facilities and institutions associated with the Society of Jesus. In each country, sites are listed in chronological order of start of Jesuit association.
Nearly all these sites have be ...
References
External links
Official site
Stendhal
Stendhal
1651 establishments in France
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