Collège Calvin

The Collège Calvin is a general education higher upper secondary school ( Ecole d' enseignement général) in the Swiss city of Geneva. It was founded in 1559 by the Geneva reformer Jean Calvin, and thus one of the oldest public schools in the world.

Built in 1559 for the opening house was also founded in 1559 initially with the University of Geneva ( Université de Genève ) shared, later, the University moved into its own building. The school was enlarged several times by other buildings, so during the Renaissance, in the 19th century and most recently in 1987. In 1969, the school was given in honor of its founder, its current name. Previously, the school simply le Collège or Collège de Genève was called, and was the only leading to Matura school for boys in Geneva.

Among the students of the Collège Calvin included in the middle of the 19th century, among others, Henry Dunant and Gustave Moynier, two of the five co-founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross, as well as at the beginning of the 20th century, the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges and the Swiss writer Friedrich Glauser.