Who founded the school?

Members of the Brotherhood of the Trinity founded the school as the Collège de la Trinité.

Which religious orders oversaw the early school?

The Jesuits directed the school, followed later by the Oratorians.

What political event occurred in the high chapel?

Napoléon Bonaparte was proclaimed President of the Italian Republic during the gathering known as the consulte de Lyon.

Who is the namesake of the school?

The institution was named after André-Marie Ampère.

What alternate names did the institution carry across its history?

The property was known at various times as École centrale, Lycée impérial, Collège royal, and Lycée de Lyon.

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Collège-lycée Ampère remains an active educational institution shaped by major French political transitions.

Members of the Brotherhood of the Trinity established the institution under the name Collège de la Trinité. Administration shifted from the Jesuits to the Oratorians before revolutionary troops from the National Convention occupied the grounds. During this transitional era, the building functioned as the École centrale, and its high chapel hosted the diplomatic assembly where Napoléon Bonaparte assumed the presidency of the Italian Republic.

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Subsequent regime changes altered the status of the complex between an imperial lycée, a royal college, and a municipal lycée. The school took the name of physicist André-Marie Ampère and subsequently pioneered mixed-gender secondary education across the nation. For long-term residents, the site operates as a working secondary school rather than an open museum, meaning interior access remains restricted to academic staff and pupils.

Associations

André-Marie AmpèreThe physicist gave his name to the institution.
Napoléon BonaparteThe consul was proclaimed Italian president inside the high chapel.
Brotherhood of the TrinityOriginal brotherhood members who established the founding college.
Coeducational schoolingThe institution became the first mixed secondary college in the country.
Active school restrictionsDaily academic use prevents open public access to historic interior halls.

Facts

The Brotherhood of the Trinity founded the school as the Collège de la Trinité.
Napoléon Bonaparte was proclaimed President of the Italian Republic in the high chapel.
The complex became the first coeducational college in France.
The institution was renamed in honour of physicist André-Marie Ampère.

Updated September 10, 2026Source: Wikipedia

Collège-lycée Ampère: what's nearby, how to get there and when to go · 2026

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