Maristes Valldemia
The Maristes Valldemia[1] school (aka: Col·legi Maristes Valldemia, Col·legi Valldemia or Valldemia), is in Mataró, Province of Barcelona - Catalonia (Spain). It is a Catholic school run by Marist Brothers. It is dedicated to Our Lady the Virgin of the Candle. Fundació Champagnat, Fundació Privada owns the school.[2]
The school was founded in 1855 by three Piarists related persons: the priest Ermengol Coll de Valldemia, Pelegrí Ferrer and Ramon Cuspinera. Its first name was «Colegio de Cataluña», and it was on the land of a traditional Catalan manor named Can Miralpeix. The school's aim was to provide a modern and Christian education. After 1858, the school was known as «Col·legi de Valldemia» (in Catalan) or «Colegio de Valldemia» (in Spanish).[3] In 1888 the school was given to the Marist Brothers to run.[4][5][6][7] From 2012 the official name is Maristes Valldemia.[1]
The main building was designed by the architect Jeroni Boada,[7] and later improved in 1911 by Josep Goday i Casals (who used to be an student at the school, and founder member of the Alumni Association).[8]
The school received its first international recognition at the Paris Exposition of 1900, a Gold Medal in recognition of quality education. During the years of the Spanish Civil War, Valldemia was converted into a hospital and blood bank.[4]
Today, the school has 1200 students from ages 3 to 18, who are taught by a staff of 90 teachers.[9]
Alumni
- Josep Goday i Casals - Architect linked to Noucentisme[8]
- Joan Pujol Garcia - WW2 British double agent aka “Garbo”[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Generalitat de Catalunya (2012-06-13). "Resolució ENS/1115/2012, de 24 de maig, per la qual s'autoritza la modiicació de la denominació especíica del centre educatiu privat Valldemia, de Mataró" (PDF). Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Generalitat de Catalunya (6148): 30669. ISSN 1988-298X. Retrieved 2012-07-21.[dead link] Official naming of the school (in Catalan)
- ↑ Generalitat de Catalunya (2012-03-01). "Resolució ENS/3000/2011, de 14 de desembre, per la qual s'autoritza el canvi de titular del centre educatiu privat Valldemia, de Mataró" (PDF). Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Generalitat de Catalunya (6037): 308. ISSN 1988-298X. Retrieved 2012-07-21.[dead link] Official ownership of the school (in Catalan)
- ↑ It is named in both languages in different bibliography, according to the bilingual "statu quo" in different historic moments in Catalonia.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cusachs i Corredor, Manuel (2006). "Col·legi de Valldemia 1855–1888: Dels inicis al seu traspàs als Germans Maristes". Fulls del Museu Arxiu de Santa Maria. 85 (1): 32–47. ISSN 0212-9248.(in Catalan)
- ↑ Llovet, Joaquim (2000). Mataró: dels origens de la vila a la ciutat contemporània. Barcelona: Caixa d’Estalvis Laietana. ISBN 84-923896-2-1.(in Catalan)
- ↑ Llamas i Mantero, Antoni. "En record del 150è aniversari del Col·legi Valldemia". Sessió d'Estudis Mataronins [en línia], 2006, Núm. 23, p. 139-150. Museu Arxiu de Santa Maria (Mataró) - Institut Ramon Muntaner. Retrieved 21 July 2012. (in Catalan)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Gurrera i Lluch, Montserrat. "El primer projecte educatiu del Col·legi Valldemia". Sessió d'Estudis Mataronins [en línia], 2006, Núm. 23, p. 151-168. Museu Arxiu de Santa Maria (Mataró) - Institut Ramon Muntaner. Retrieved 21 July 2012. (in Catalan)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Reixach i Puig, Ramon. "Cent anys de noucentisme. Josep Goday i Casals" (PDF). Capgros.com. Capgròs Comunicació S.L. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2012. (in Catalan)
- ↑ Parrell, Claudi. "Escola Maristes Valldemia Mataró". Archived from the original on 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2007-05-27. (in Catalan)
- ↑ Pujol, Juan; West, Nigel (1985). Operation GARBO: The Personal Story of the Most Successful Double Agent of World War II. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-394-54777-0.
Other websites
- Official website (in Catalan)