The Lycée français Chateaubriand ( it, Liceo Chateaubriand) is a French international primary and secondary school with two campuses consisting of three buildings in

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. Its administration and senior high school/sixth-form college classes are located in the historic Villa de Via Patrizi building, while other classes are held at a former Christian private school and at the

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, the Italian school of Paris, is considered to be its sister school. This was established by the ''Convention Culturelle italo francese'' of November 4, 1949.Storia
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. Retrieved on July 8, 2016.

History

The Lycée français Chateaubriand opened on 3 November 1903 after St-Louis-des-Français Church choirmaster Charles Dumaz and the French Embassy in the Vatican campaigned for the opening of a school for French students. The school, initially housed in an apartment building at Via Sistina, 20, initially was unable to have Italian national students as the Italian government did not allow them to attend international schools; its initial enrollment was 10 students of other nationalities, with three each from France and Switzerland and two each from Romania and the United States.About our school
" Lycée français Chateaubriand. Retrieved on October 22, 2016
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/ref> It moved to Via della Scrofa, 115, another apartment building, in 1907, and by

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it had about 50 students. For a period it occupied Palazzo Ricci Paracciani for a three-month period and moved into the Villa de Via Patrizi in October 1920. The school temporarily closed during

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. In 1958 the school began assigning increasing year levels to a new campus at Villa Strohl-Fern; the school wanted to move all grade levels there, but this was not possible due to issues with the government of the City of Rome. In 1980 the school purchased a building that formerly held an Augustinian private school.

Curriculum

The school uses the French educational system with French as the primary medium of instruction. The school has Italian language classes to an advanced level. It does not have a bilingual programme.

Campuses

There are two campuses in Rome. Patrizi/Malpighi, includes two buildings with a total of of space: Via Patrizi, a historic property which houses the school administration, and a former Augustinian private school building. The Patrizi/Malpighi campus serves high school grades and the final year of junior high school (''3 ème'' through ''terminale''). this campus houses about 500 students.Patrizi/Malpighi
" Lycée français Chateaubriand. Retrieved on October 22, 2016
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/ref> The school began renting space in the Via Patrizi in October 1920 and purchased the building in 1921. The school acquired the Augustinian school building in 1980. The Strohl Fern campus, the campus for preschool through junior high school (except for ''3 ème''), is a property with of space previously owned by Count Alfred Wilhelm Strohl; it was given to the French government in 1927 and to the school in 1958. This campus has a large garden. about 1,000 students attend school at Strohl Fern. The École française Alexandre Dumas in

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is administered through Lycée français Chateaubriand.

Student body

the school has about 1,500 students, with about 40% being solely Italian citizens, 20% being dual Italian and French citizens, 20% being solely French citizens, and 20% from other countries.

Chateaubrianais

The use of a

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called «chateaubrianais» has developed among Italian and French-speaking pupils, made up of Frenchised Italian words and vice versa.

Notable alumni

Chiara Mastroianni Chiara Charlotte Mastroianni (born 28 May 1972) is a French actress and singer. She is the daughter of Marcello Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve. Early life Mastroianni was born to French actress Catherine Deneuve and Italian actor Marcello ...

, actress. *

Cristina Comencini Cristina Comencini (; born 8 May 1956) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and novelist. Biography She is one of four daughters of Italian film director Luigi Comencini. She attended with her sisters the Lycée français Chateaubriand (Rome ...

and

Francesca Comencini Francesca Comencini (; born 19 August 1961) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. She attended the Lycée français Chateaubriand school with her sisters. She has directed 14 films since 1984. Her film '' Le parole di mio padre'' was sc ...

, filmmakers. * Marzio Perrelli, CEO at HSBC Italy. *

Alberto Angela Alberto Angela (; born 8 April 1962) is an Italian paleontologist, writer and journalist. Angela is a famous history and science communicator in Italy. Biography Alberto Angela was born in Paris, where his father worked as correspondent for ...

, writer, film maker and icon. *

Zerocalcare Michele Rech (; born 12 December 1983), known as Zerocalcare (), is an Italian cartoonist. His pen name, literally meaning "zero limescale", was inspired by an Italian TV commercial jingle for a descaler product because he had to choose a nicknam ...

, cartoonist. * Mélusine Ruspoli, model and fashion influencer *

Esmeralda Ruspoli ''Donna'' Esmeralda Giovanna Amelia Palma Maria dei Principi Ruspoli-Poggio Suasa (24 June 1928 - 1 September 1988) was an Italian actress and noblewoman. A granddaughter of Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa, she was a member of the black ...

, actress

References

External links

Official Website
* http://www.ambafrance-it.org/spip.php?article750 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lycee Francais Chateaubriand (Rome) Educational institutions established in 1903

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