Lyceu Paraibano, Secondary school in João Pessoa, Brazil
Lyceu Paraibano is a secondary school in João Pessoa built with modernist architecture from the 1930s. The building on Avenida Getúlio Vargas contains multiple departments and facilities designed for specialized instruction.
The school was founded in 1836 as a humanities college emphasizing Latin and philosophy. Over time its curriculum expanded to include mathematics and sciences.
Students still call the school Lyceu, and its corridors carry the names of alumni such as economist Celso Furtado, born in Pombal, who studied there in the early 1930s, and singer Elba Ramalho. The poet Augusto dos Anjos and president João Pessoa also passed through its classrooms.
The current building on Avenida Getúlio Vargas, in the Centro of João Pessoa, was inaugurated in 1937 under governor Argemiro de Figueiredo. It is an operating public secondary school, so visits are best arranged with the school administration rather than made on impulse during class hours.
In 1859 Emperor Dom Pedro II stopped at the Lyceu during his journey through the province; the day before he had slept in Mamanguape, and he covered the fourteen leagues to the capital on horseback in ten hours. In 1852 the poet Gonçalves Dias had already inspected the school as the emperor's education inspector.
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