I come to my nice Rennes. This time one of the nicest monument , and of course the City is in Îlle et Vilaine dept 35,of my lovely Bretagne, I have come back to this beautiful City after a long hiatus and it was wonderful, Bear with me as the next posts will be on this beautiful City, Let me tell you about the Lycée Saint Martin of Rennes ! Hope you enjoy it as I.
I do not tell of educational buildings but this caught my eyes while walking and it was very nice building which from a distance it was like a church, only to find out it is school of middle and high school private education, Worth to have the story in my blog, me think, IF you are into architecture, history on your walks then by all means stop by here.
The first evocations of the Capucins institution in Rennes date back to 1669, Only remains of the old convent the old bakery built at the end of the 18C or at the beginning of the19C and transformed into household housing. The Capucins are authorized to settle in Rennes in 1604. The buildings closed the southern side of the courtyard of the convent arranged on the four sides of the cloister, including a chapel. The alley is still visible but the emails have disappeared. The development was bought in 1828 by Father Blanchard to install an annex to the boarding school founded in 1815 at rue de Saint-Malo. The old pension Louis took the name of Saint-Martin, around 1850. Buildings were rebuilt from 1858 and the chapel, blessed on August 6, 1872, To the north, the chapel, implanted perpendicular, closes the preview, where the concierge is located, placed in the axis of the main building are two pavilions, one on the square floor on the highs from a room on the ground floor covered with a terrace roof
During WWII, the high school will be requisitioned by the Nazis then the Americans,
In 2011, a merger project with the Sainte-Geneviève high school was launched. The Lycée Saint-Martin and the Sainte-Geneviève institution thus constitute a single school ensemble: Collège-Lycée Saint-Martin, with its two “districts” or two “sites”: Sainte-Anne (rue d’Antrain) and Sainte- Geneviève (rue de Nantes). In 2019, according to L’Express and the magazine L’Etudiant, the high school ranks 1st on 36 high schools in Ille-et-Vilaine dept 35 as to the quality of education, and 102nd out of 2277 at the national level , The number of mentions in the general baccalaureate is 85 % (1st in the west), a very high result in the provinces
A bit of history on the school I like tell us that in 1829 ,the former Capucin convent, rue d’Antrain, is bought by Father Blanchard and Father Jérôme Louis de la Morinière. In September, it was the first school year at the middle school Saint-Martin , In 1849 the Capuchin convent is demolished, the main building and the chapel are built. In 1892 the establishment becomes a high school and prepares for the baccalaureate, 1903 ,the Eudists were expelled and in 1906 the establishment was put up for sale as national property. Doctor Regnault, a former student, buys all the buildings in Saint-Martin. 1968 Mixity boys and girls is set up, 1975 Saint-Martin is now a private high school of general and technological education, 1980 The nuns are gradually leaving the site, the last one in 2003. The management of the middle and high school is entrusted to a secular.
The official Lycée Saint Martin of Rennes : https://www.saintmartin-rennes.org/nos-etablissements/quartier-sainte-anne/
The official L’Etudiant magazine on the Saint Martin of Rennes: https://www.letudiant.fr/lycee/annuaire-des-lycees/fiche/lycee-general-et-technologique-prive-saint-martin-35.html
There you go folks ,another jewel in my wonderful capital city of Rennes. The walks are worth it with plenty of lovely areas, Again, hope you enjoy the poston the Lycée Saint Martin of Rennes ! as I.
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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