Athénée Royal François Bovesse - Namur - Belgique - Philatelic Photographs on Waymarking.com

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"En 2007 ce timbre fait partie d'une série tourisme dans laquelle on trouve aussi le Heilig-Hartcollege situé à Mechelen-aan-de-Maas et le Collège Saint-Michel de Bruxelles.

En plein cœur des quartiers du Vieux Namur, l’Athénée François Bovesse occupe un site voué à l’enseignement depuis la création en 1545 de l’Ecole latine du Faucon. Les bâtiments actuels ont commencé à être érigés en 1611, lorsque l’enseignement fut confié à la Compagnie de Jésus-les Jésuites. Le Collège, complété du logis des pères et d’une tour remarquable fut achevé en 1620. Restait alors à édifier une église attenante, de style baroque. Les bâtiments de l’école, de style Renaissance mosane, et l’église forment un magnifique ensemble architectural classé. Au fil des ans, l’établissement scolaire recevra plusieurs noms différents pour devenir en 1850 un athénée royal et en 1980 l’Athénée Royal François Bovesse. Ce dernier était élève à l’athénée où il obtient son diplôme de gréco-latine en 1909. Plus tard il est surtout connu comme défenseur de la culture et des arts, puis comme homme politique, ami de l’homme et de la liberté. Comme patriote ensuite il a payé de sa vie sa volonté de fraternité et de tolérance: il fut assassiné par les rexistes le 1er février 1944. L’Athénée, établissement de référence de l’enseignement officiel, veille à respecter et à développer ses idées laïques."

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"In 2007 this stamp is part of a tourism series in which we also find the Heilig-Hartcollege located in Mechelen-aan-de-Maas and the Collège Saint-Michel in Brussels.

In the heart of the Old Namur districts, Athénée François Bovesse occupies a site dedicated to teaching since its creation in 1545 from the Latin School of the Falcon. The current buildings began to be erected in 1611, when the teaching was entrusted to the Jesuit Society of Jesus. The College, completed with the fathers' residence and a remarkable tower, was completed in 1620, leaving the construction of an adjoining baroque church. The school buildings, in the Mosan Renaissance style, and the church form a magnificent listed architectural ensemble. Over the years, the school will receive several different names to become a royal athlete in 1850 and in 1980 the Athénée Royal François Bovesse. The latter was a student at the Athénée where he obtained his Greek-Latin diploma in 1909. Later on, he was best known as a defender of culture and the arts, then as a politician, a friend of man and freedom. As a patriot, he paid with his life for his willingness to be fraternal and tolerant: he was assassinated by the rexists on February 1, 1944. The Athénée, a reference institution for official education, ensures that its secular ideas are respected and developed."

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Stamp Issuing Country: Belgique Date of Issue: 2007 Denomination: 52 cents Euro Color: Polychromatic ( following to stamp catalog) Stamp Type: Single Stamp Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]

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