Ignatius Gymnasium

About Ignatius Gymnasium

St. Ignatiusgymnasium is a secondary school in Amsterdam-Zuid whose history begins in 1895, when Jesuit priests founded it as a Roman Catholic gymnasium. The school is named after Ignatius of Loyola and retains a Catholic educational tradition. Amsterdam’s municipal archive records the institution’s development from the former Sint Ignatiuscollege to an independent gymnasium; since 1995 it has belonged to the Stichting Voortgezet Onderwijs Amsterdam-Zuid together with Fons Vitae Lyceum and Sint Nicolaaslyceum. The present school building at Jan van Eijckstraat 47 has housed the school since 2000. The municipality identifies the building as a post-war reconstruction-era school and notes that a Rozenburg tile tableau made in 1911, carried over from the former Hobbemakade site, still connects the current location with the institution’s earlier history. This is an operating school campus rather than a museum or church, so casual sightseeing access should not be assumed. The official school site provides contact details and public information about admissions, school life and occasional open events.

Practical details

Website

https://www.ignatiusgymnasium.nl/

Phone

+31 20 676 38 68

Full address

Jan van Eijckstraat 47, 1077 LH Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sources

• data.amsterdam.nl
• www.amsterdam.nl
• www.ignatiusgymnasium.nl
• www.ignatiusgymnasium.nl
• www.ignatiusgymnasium.nl
• www.ignatiusgymnasium.nl

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