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,Revitalização como mecánismo de protecção do património arquitectónico: uma proposta para Mindelo , Valdemar Jorge de Almeida Fortes Martins, 2014, p. 30-31 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.Acerca do M_EIA, Mindelo Escola Internacional de Arte It is also one of the locations of the School of Business and Governance (ENG) of the University of Cape Verde.ENG, Uni-CV
History Constructed between 1859 and 1873, the building was intended to serve as military barracks, the Quartel Militar.Inventário dos recursos turísticos do município de S. Vicente, Direcção Geral do Turismo, p. 53-54 It was a residence of the Portuguese colonial governor of Cape Verde.Génese e desenvolvimento da cidade do Mindelo: a preservação de uma identidade, Fred Yanick Fonseca Delgado In 1921 the Liceu Nacional Infante Dom Henrique was installed in the building, making Mindelo the centre of education of Cape Verde. The school was closed in 1937, and reopened the same year as Liceu Gil Eanes. After 1968, when this school moved to a new building, it housed the Escola Preparatória Jorge Barbosa.
Notable students Orlanda Amarílis, writer Amílcar Cabral, independence activist
See also Education in Cape Verde List of buildings and structures in São Vicente, Cape Verde
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