Scuola Italiana Dante Alighieri, better known as Colegio Dante Alighieri, is a traditional, and one of the oldest,
Italian
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private school
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in
Paraguay
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.
The school is named after the famous Italian
poet
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,
Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: '' ...
.
History
The school was founded in March 1895 when two Italian societies in
Asunción
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The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay o ...
(Società Italiana di Mutuo Soccorso and Società Femminile di Beneficienza Margherita di Savoia) decided to create a school for their
descendants in the
downtown area of Asunción, in the streets of 15 de Agosto and Estrella. The school was recognized by the Ministry of Education in 1909, and in 1929 the school moved to its current location in the streets of Alberdi and Humaitá, in the neighbourhood of
La Encarnación
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. In 1981 the school inaugurated a second campus in the city of
Fernando de la Mora.
Education
The school offers education levels from
kindergarten
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through grade 12 with bilingual education in
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and
Italian
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.
See also
*
Lists of high schools in Paraguay
References
External links
*
Scuola Dante Alighieri'
Italian international schools in South America
Educational institutions established in 1896
Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: '' ...
Schools in Asunción
1896 establishments in Paraguay
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