Liceo Español Luis Buñuel

Luis Buñuel Spanish High School (Spanish High School until 2005) is a School that belongs to the Spanish Government, following the Spanish Educational Law for schools or non-university establishments. Its operation is governed by Royal Decree 1027/1993, of 25th June, which regulates the functioning of Spanish Schools overseas (Articles 1-20), with the modifications introduced by R.D. 1138/2002, of 31st October, by which the Administration of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport abroad is regulated (Articles 18 and 19).

 

History

By means of Decree of 29th November 1962 an Experimental Secondary School depending on the Ministry of National Education was created in Paris, on one floor of the Spanish Mission building on rue de la Pompe. The name of Liceo Español de París appeared for the first time on the inauguration invitations sent by the then ambassador, José María de Areilza. In October 1963, the School was made part of the University District of Madrid, for academic purposes. By Order of 3rd March 1966 the construction of the first building in the School's current location, Neuilly sur Seine, to the north-west of Paris, was approved. Finally, by means of Decree 21st September 1967, a High School was created in Paris with the name of Liceo Español. Its full recognition by the Spanish Government arrived through the Cultural, Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement between both Governments, signed in Madrid on 7th February 1969.

In the year  2000, the Education, Science and Sport Mininstry decided to demolish the former building of the High School to build a new one with singular features - see the inauguration pictures. This was, no doubt, the beginning of a new era for this emblematic Spanish educational institution in France, in which modernization and an improved image were to be the driving force for new challenges in keeping with the new times and the mission to be accomplished.