Zografeio Lyceum

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Zografeio Lyceum or Zografeion Gymnaseion-Lykeion (Ζωγράφειο Λύκειο) is one of the few remaining open Greek schools in Istanbul. The school is near the Istanbul city centre and close to the Pera area.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 The school 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

The school was founded in the late 19th century, as the growing number of Greek students proved to be more than the Zappeion and Panayia schools could accommodate; in particular, the School of Panayia (Σταυροδρόμι της Παναγίας) had more than 800 pupils. The community decided to build a new school, and donations were collected from a number of people. Christakis Zografos, who was living in Paris at the time, made the largest contribution, of 10,000 gold liras. In 1890, the Greek community decided that the school be renamed after Zografos. An architectural competition was held, choosing a design by Percles Fotiades.^[1] The school was inaugurated in 1893 and its first alumni were graduated in 1899.

[edit] The school

The years that followed its openings, the school developed to a particularly active school and always had more than 250 pupils. Especially before the Istanbul Pogrom in 1955 and the deportations of Greeks in 1964, the number pupils were above 350. In October 1999, the school was the target of a bomb attack by right-wing Turkish extremists.^[2] Many famous artists, architects, politicians and theologians of the Greek diaspora have studied at the school, including Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople. Today the school has no more than 45 pupils and 20 teachers.^[3]

[edit] See also

• Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
• Greeks in Turkey
• Istanbul Pogrom
• Greek diaspora

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website of Zografeio Lyceum