page_title: Athénée de Luxembourg
section_title: Secularization
hierarchical_section_title: Athénée de Luxembourg / History / Secularization
caption_attribution_description: Lëtzebuergesch: De Stater Kolléisch 1828. Kategorie:Klasséiert Monumenter an der Gemeng Lëtzebuerg Kategorie:Gebaier an der Stad Lëtzebuerg Kolleisch Deutsch: Das königliche Athenäeum 1828.
context_page_description: The Athénée de Luxembourg, is a high school situated in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. Throughout the school's history of more than 400 years, the name was changed repeatedly. It's nowadays commonly called Stater Kolléisch or De Kolléisch, and is the nation's oldest school still in existence.
context_section_description: In the course of the French Revolution and the political changes that followed, notably the Napoleon Regime, the school was reorganized according to French educational systems and renamed several times: École centrale (1795-1802), École Secondaire (1802-1808), Collège municipal (1808-1817). 
  In 1817, the school was renamed "Athénée royal grand-ducal". To commemorate this event, a chronogram ATHENAEVM SIT LVCELBVRGI DECOR (=1817) was placed on the backside of a portal at the school's old premises.
  In the course of the 19th century, the curriculum was expanded and modernized.
caption: The Athénée de Luxembourg in 1828
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