Katedralskolan i Åbo
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Katedralskolan i Åbo (The Cathedral School of Åbo) is a Swedish-language senior high school located in the city of Turku (known in Swedish as Åbo) in Finland.
Katedralskolan i Åbo was presumably founded in 1276 for education of boys to become servants of the Church. The schoolhouse was situated in the wall surrounding the Cathedral of Turku. The school later evolved into the Royal Academy of Turku (now the University of Helsinki), but education of yonger pupils continued in a new school building.
In the 1970's Svenska klassiska lyceum and Åbo svenska flicklyceum, The Swedish Girls' Secondary School of Turku, were united and the old school name Katedralskolan i Åbo, the Cathedral School of Turku, was revived. In 1977 the name was transferred to signify the new upper secondary school at Vanha Suurtori 1, The Old Grand Place. The current schoolhouse was built after the conflagration of Turku in 1827.
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