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Public secondary school in Buenos Aires, Argentina From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires (National School of Buenos Aires) is a public high school in Buenos Aires, Argentina, affiliated to the University of Buenos Aires. In the tradition of the European gymnasium it provides a free education that includes classical languages such as Latin and Greek. The school is one of the most prestigious in Latin America. Its alumni include many personalities, including two Nobel laureates and four Presidents of Argentina.
| Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires | |
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Bolívar 263 | |
| Coordinates | 34.611°S 58.374°W |
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| Type | Public secondary |
| Established | 1863 |
| Founder | Bartolomé Mitre |
| Rector | Lic. Valeria Bergman |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 2017[1] |
| Colour(s) | Blue and white |
| Athletics | Soccer, field hockey, swimming, handball, track and field, basketball, gymnastics, judo, rugby, volleyball, Fencing |
| Nickname | El Colegio, El Nacional |
| Affiliation | University of Buenos Aires |
| Former names | Colegio Grande de San Carlos, Real Colegio de San Carlos, Real Convictorio Carolino, Colegio Nacional |
| Notable alumni | Manuel Belgrano, Bernardo Houssay, Carlos Saavedra Lamas, José Luis Murature, Lalo Schiffrin |
| Website | http://www.cnba.uba.ar |
Its origins date to 1661, when it was known as Colegio Grande de San Carlos, when the colonial government entrusted the Jesuit Order with the education of the youth. After the Papal suppression of the Jesuits from Spanish Empire-controlled South America in 1767, the institution languished until 1772, when governor Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo reopened the school as the Real Colegio de San Carlos. Vértiz, already appointed Viceroy of the Río de la Plata, renamed the school Real Convictorio Carolino in 1783, a name that endured until 1806. Thereafter, the school changed its name and program several times.[2]
President Bartolomé Mitre redesignated the institution as the Colegio Nacional in 1863, and since 1911 the school has been administered by the University of Buenos Aires. Originally only for men, the school has admitted female students since 1957.[2]
Nowadays, students from the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires rank among the best in most science Olympiads, such as the IPhO, IChO and IBO.[2]
Alumni include many of Argentina's founding fathers, Presidents, members of political parties of all ideologies, internationally recognized scientists, artists, and two Nobel laureates. A partial list includes:
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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| Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1878-1959) | 1896 | politician; jurist; diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize winner (1936) | |
| Bernardo Houssay (1887-1971) | 1900 | physiologist; first Director of CONICET; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1947) | [3] |
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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| Cornelio Saavedra (1759-1829) | 1776 | military officer; President of the Primera Junta | |
| Juan José Paso (1758-1833) | 1776 | lawyer; politician; Secretary of the Primera Junta; member of the Junta Grande; member of the First Triumvirate; member of the Second Triumvirate; Representative to the Congress of Tucumán | |
| Feliciano Antonio Chiclana (1761-1826) | 1779 | lawyer; military officer; judge; member of the First Triumvirate | |
| Hipólito Vieytes (1762-1815) | 1780 | businessman; military officer; politician; Secretary of the Junta Grande | |
| Manuel Alberti (1763-1811) | 1781 | priest; member of the Primera Junta | |
| Juan José Castelli (1764-1812) | 1782 | lawyer; politician; member of the Primera Junta | |
| Manuel Belgrano (1770-1820) | 1788 | economist; lawyer; politician; journalist; military officer; member of the Primera Junta; creator of the Flag of Argentina | |
| Antonio González Balcarce (1774-1819) | 1791 | military commander; 5th Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | |
| Nicolás Rodríguez Peña (1775-1853) | 1793 | politician; member of the Second Triumvirate | |
| Juan Martín de Pueyrredón (1777-1850) | 1795 | general; politician; member of the First Triumvirate; 6th Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata. | |
| Mariano Moreno (1778-1811) | 1796 | lawyer; journalist; politician; Secretary of the Primera Junta | |
| Bernardino Rivadavia (1780-1845) | 1798 | politician; first President of Argentina (1826-1827) | |
| Vicente López y Planes (1785-1856) | 1803 | writer; lawyer; politician; 2nd President of Argentina; 18th Governor of Buenos Aires; representative to the Assembly of Year XIII; author of the lyrics of the Argentine National Anthem | |
| Justo José de Urquiza (1801-1870) | 1818 | general; politician; President of Argentina (1854-1860), Provisional Director of the Argentine Confederation (1852-1854); Governor of Entre Ríos Province (1842-1852, 1860-1854, 1868-1870); Governor of Buenos Aires (1852) | |
| Marcos Paz (1813-1868) | 1831 | lawyer; politician; Governor of Tucumán; Governor of Córdoba; member of the Argentine Senate; Vice President of Argentina (1862-1868) | |
| Juan Bautista Egusquiza (1845-1902) | 1863 | military officer; politician; 13th President of Paraguay (1894-1898) | |
| Carlos Pellegrini (1846-1906) | 1864 | lawyer; journalist; politician; Vice President of Argentina (1886-1890); President of Argentina (1890-1892) | |
| Roque Sáenz Peña (1851-1914) | 1869 | military officer; lawyer; politician; President of Argentina (1910-1914) | |
| Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear (1868-1942) | 1886 | lawyer; politician; President of Argentina (1922-1928) | |
| Agustín Pedro Justo (1876-1943) | 1894 | military officer; lawyer; diplomat; politician; President of Argentina (1932-1938) | |
| Carlos Alberto Lacoste (1929-2004) | 1944 | navy vice-admiral; politician; responsible for organizing the 1978 FIFA World Cup hosted in Argentina; interim President of Argentina (1981) as member of the National Reorganization Process military junta |
The school offers an astronomy observatory, a swimming pool, a cinema, a sports campus with football, rugby, handball, volleyball, hockey and basketball courts. Free classes are available such as astronomy, photography, languages, sailing, tango, theater, history of cinema, Yoga, piano, chess, band production and martial arts.[4] The sailing team has won many of the local competitions. It also has a choir, which sings in the most important school events.
In accordance with the meritocratic conception of the school, admission is highly competitive. It involves ten exams after a year-long course, testing in language, mathematics, geography, and history.[5] Every year 1,200 candidates apply but only around 400 gain admission. There are about 2,000 students enrolled, who pay no fees since the school is public and therefore free.
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