Liceu Velho

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]

Liceu Velho
Former namesQuartel Militar,
Liceu Nacional Infante D. Henrique,
Liceu Gil Eanes,
Escola Jorge Barbosa
General information
LocationMindelo, Cape Verde
Coordinates16.8861°N 24.9859°W / 16.8861; -24.9859
Current tenantsMindelo Escola Internacional de Arte
Construction started1859
Completed1873
Website
meia.edu.cv

History

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

See also

References
  1. Revitalização como mecánismo de protecção do património arquitectónico: uma proposta para Mindelo, Valdemar Jorge de Almeida Fortes Martins, 2014, p. 30-31
  2. Acerca do M_EIA, Mindelo Escola Internacional de Arte (in Portuguese)
  3. ENG, Uni-CV
  4. Inventário dos recursos turísticos do município de S. Vicente, Direcção Geral do Turismo, p. 53-54
  5. Génese e desenvolvimento da cidade do Mindelo: a preservação de uma identidade, Fred Yanick Fonseca Delgado
  6. Araújo Pessôa, Valdenir. Literaturas Africanas de Expressão Portuguesa (in Portuguese). p. 105.
  7. Andrade Silva, Luiz. Crónicas da Terra Longe (in Portuguese). p. 322.

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