Flanginian College
The Flanginian College (Greek: Φλαγγίνειος Σχολή, Italian: Collegio Flanginiano) was a Greek educational institution that existed from 1664-1665 to 1905 in Venice . It served the Greek-speaking Venetian Ionian Islands as a higher educational institution and became the focus of the Greek Enlightenment in the 17th and 18th centuries.
background
The Greek diaspora community in Venice comprised only 4–5000 people and was located in the Castello sestiere , analogous to the prosperity of the city, this was also very prosperous. Thomas Flangini donated the funds to build the school and commissioned the architect Baldassare Longhena to build it. The school was located in Campo dei Greci near the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George . Today the building of the Flanginian school houses the Istituto Ellenico di Studi Bizantini e Postbizantini di Venezia .
history
The teaching staff included famous Greek scholars and representatives of the modern Greek Enlightenment such as Theophilos Corydalleus , Eugenios Voulgaris , Ioannis Chalkeus and Ioannis Patoussas . The curriculum included advanced philosophy, rhetoric, philology and logic. In the 214 years of its existence (1665–1797 to 1823–1905) the college produced a total of 550 graduates. Graduates had the opportunity to continue their studies at the University of Padua to obtain a doctorate. The importance of the educational institution declined after the end of the Venetian Republic and eventually led to its closure in 1905.
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Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 8 " N , 12 ° 20 ′ 41" E