Liceo Classico Jacopo Stellini
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Liceo Classico statale Jacopo Stellini is the oldest liceo classico in Udine, for pupils aged 14 to 19.
History
The high school was founded in 1808 and it moved to its present venue after the World War I, when it played at home to the headquarters of the Italian Army.
Teaching
The subjects that are studied in deepest are classical studies (Latin language and literature and ancient Greek Language and literature) and humanities (history, philosophy and Italian literature), but in the latest years subjects like English language, science and mathematics are increasing.
The library
Liceo Stellini's library is very prestigious: it contains books of the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th century.
Famous teachers and students
- Bruno Pizzul, football player and journalist
- Ardito Desio, geologist and explorer
- Lodovico di Caporiacco, scientist and political scientist
- Gilberto Pressacco, musicologist
- Giuseppe Battiston, actor
- Gaetano Perusini, neurologist
- Sergio Maldini, writer and journalist
- Vincenzo Manzini, jurist
- Tiziano Tessitori, politician
- Loris Fortuna, politician and partisan
- Luigi Cosattini, jurist and partisan
- Elio Bartolini, writer and poet
- Tarcisio Petracco, intellectual and partisan, reputed the person who founded the University of Udine
- Carlo Sgorlon, writer
- Giovanni Battista Berghinz, officer and partisan, Gold Medal of Military Valor
- Renato Del Din, military and partisan, Gold Medal of Military Valor
- Egidio Feruglio, explorer, naturalist and geologist
- Jacopo Pirona, abbot, writer and linguistics
- Giulio Andrea Pirona, naturalist, geologist and paleontologist
- Alcide Paolini, writer, poet and art critic
- Antonio Zanardi Landi, diplomat
- Luciano Virgilio, actor
- Massimo Giacomini, football player and manager
- Gian Giacomo Menon, poet
- Paolo Moreno, historian
- Alberto Asquini, politician and journalist
- Teobaldo Ciconi, journalist, poet and playwright
- Luciano Morandini, poet
- Tommaso de Vergottini, diplomat
- Giandomenico Picco, UN deputy secretary
- Mauro Ferrari, scientist
Bibliography
- Federico Vicario, Il liceo classico Jacopo Stellini: duecento anni nel cuore del Friuli, Udine, Forum Edizioni, 2010, ISBN 978-88-8420-586-5