| Collège-lycée Ampère | |
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| Type | Public |
| Founded | Building, 1519;Namesake, 1888 |
| School district | 2nd arrondissement of Lyon |
| Principal | Anne-Marie BRUGEAS |
| Enrollment | 1186 |
| Website | www.lyceeampere-lyon.fr |
TheCollège-lycée Ampère (French pronunciation:[kɔlɛʒliseɑ̃pɛʁ]) is a school located in the2nd arrondissement of Lyon.
The school was founded in 1519 by members of the Brotherhood of the Trinity. It was then known as Collège de la Trinité. Under this name it was directed by theJesuits from 1565 to 1762, then by theOratorians until 1792.
During theFrench Revolution, the building was occupied by the troops of theNational Convention and renamed École centrale.Napoléon Bonaparte, then First Consul, was proclaimed President of the Italian Republic during a gathering called the 'consulte de Lyon' in the high chapel of the school and with a consular order of vendémiaire 24 year XI (16 October 1802), the property was transformed into Lycée impérial. Under theRestoration, it was renamed Collège royal, until theFrench Revolution of 1848, when it became the Lycée de Lyon.
In 1888, it was named Lycée Ampère after physicianAndré-Marie Ampère. It later became the first mixed college in France.[citation needed]
The chapel of the Trinity also called 'high chapel' was built in the College-lycée Ampère between 1617 and 1622 in thebaroque style and the first stone was blessed by archbishopDenis-Simon de Marquemont. In 1754, it was refurbished by the Lyon architect planner Jean-Antoine Morand. Classifiedmonument historique in 1939, it was neglected and even served as the gym. Restored in the 1990s, it now hosts regular classical music concerts.
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