Lycée Edmond Perrier, Upper secondary school in Tulle, France
Lycée Edmond Perrier occupies a building by Anatole de Baudot, inaugurated on 1 October 1887, with similarities to his Lycée Lakanal at Sceaux. The pale yellow and white facade is set behind a stone gate pillar and metal fence, with regular bays of tall rectangular windows above arched ground-floor windows and decorative panels between some bays. A dark, steeply pitched roof carries dormer windows and a square clock tower with a clock face and small weather vane.
The institution's origins trace back to 1567 when it was established as the College of Tulle. During World War I, the building functioned as a military hospital before returning to educational use in 1916.
The school's motto, 'Sunt rupes virtutis iter' ('Difficulties are the path of virtue'), is the same as that of the city of Tulle. In 1923 the school was renamed in honour of zoologist Edmond Perrier, who was born in Tulle in 1844 and had been a pupil at the Collège de Tulle. A former pupil, Henri Queuille, later served as President of the Council under the Fourth Republic.
The school stands in Tulle, Corrèze, in the same building designed by Anatole de Baudot and inaugurated on 1 October 1887. It is an active secondary and higher-education institution, so visitors should arrange any access in advance rather than expect to walk in during teaching hours.
The school's motto, "Sunt rupes virtutis iter" ("difficulties are the path of virtue"), is the same as that of the city of Tulle. The building was designed by Anatole de Baudot and shares many features with the Lycée Lakanal in Sceaux, by the same architect.
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