Liceu Velho
| Liceu Velho | |
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| Former names | Quartel Militar, Liceu Nacional Infante D. Henrique, Liceu Gil Eanes, Escola Jorge Barbosa |
| General information | |
| Location | Mindelo, Cape Verde |
| Coordinates | 16°53′10″N 24°59′09″W / 16.8861°N 24.9859°W |
| Current tenants | Mindelo Escola Internacional de Arte |
| Construction started | 1859 |
| Completed | 1873 |
| Website | |
| meia | |
Liceu Velho is a building in the eastern part of the city centre of Mindelo, Cape Verde. It is situated on Praça Dr. Duarte Silva,[1] between Avenida Fernando Ferreira Fortes and Rua Franz Fanon, east of the Palácio do Povo. Since 2008, it houses the art school M_EIA (Mindelo Escola Internacional de Arte), officially Instituto Universitário de Arte, Tecnologia e Cultura.[2] It is also one of the locations of the School of Business and Governance (ENG) of the University of Cape Verde.[3]
History
[edit]Constructed between 1859 and 1873, the building was intended to serve as military barracks, the Quartel Militar.[4] It was a residence of the Portuguese colonial governor of Cape Verde.[5]: 127 In 1921 the Liceu Nacional Infante Dom Henrique was installed in the building, making Mindelo the centre of education of Cape Verde.[5]: 82 The school was closed in 1937, and reopened the same year as Liceu Gil Eanes.[4] After 1968, when this school moved to a new building, it housed the Escola Preparatória Jorge Barbosa.[5]: 127
Notable students
[edit]- Orlanda Amarílis, writer[6]
- Amílcar Cabral, independence activist[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Revitalização como mecánismo de protecção do património arquitectónico: uma proposta para Mindelo, Valdemar Jorge de Almeida Fortes Martins, 2014, p. 30-31
- ^ Acerca do M_EIA, Mindelo Escola Internacional de Arte (in Portuguese)
- ^ ENG, Uni-CV
- ^ a b Inventário dos recursos turísticos do município de S. Vicente, Direcção Geral do Turismo, p. 53-54
- ^ a b c Génese e desenvolvimento da cidade do Mindelo: a preservação de uma identidade, Fred Yanick Fonseca Delgado
- ^ Araújo Pessôa, Valdenir. Literaturas Africanas de Expressão Portuguesa (in Portuguese). p. 105.
- ^ Andrade Silva, Luiz. Crónicas da Terra Longe (in Portuguese). p. 322.