Lycée Lamartine of Belley, Historic high school in France

The Lycée Lamartine of Belley, formerly the collège de Belley, is a Catholic school complex in Belley, Ain. Its historic buildings, partly listed as monuments historiques since 1981, house the collège, the administration and services, while a newer building from 1998 accommodates the lycéens. The protected elements are the staircase, the elevation, the handrail and the roof.

The Collège de Belley was founded by letters patent of 10 February 1753, registered with the Parlement de Dijon, and its building was completed in 1764. The Fathers of the Faith took over the school in 1803, and Alphonse de Lamartine was a pupil there from 27 October 1803 to 17 January 1808. In 1823 Bishop Devie obtained its transfer to the diocese as a minor seminary, and it took the name Lamartine in 1906.

The school took the name Lamartine in 1906, long after the poet studied there from 27 October 1803 to 17 January 1808 under the Fathers of the Faith. Its pupils have included the gastronome Brillat-Savarin and General Claude Dallemagne, whose name is engraved under the Arc de Triomphe.

The school occupies a campus of several hectares in Belley, with the protected 18th-century building housing the collège and administration and a newer 1998 building for lycée students. It is a private Catholic establishment under the diocesan authority and the académie de Lyon, with boys' and girls' boarding. Visitors should remember it is an active school, so the grounds are not open for sightseeing during class hours.

The school's name honours Alphonse de Lamartine, who was a pupil there from 27 October 1803 to 17 January 1808, before the name was adopted in 1906. Among its other pupils were the gastronome Brillat-Savarin and General Claude Dallemagne, whose name is engraved under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.