The Gymnasium Haganum is one of the oldest public schools in the

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, located in the city of

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. First mentioned in 1327, the school is currently housed in a monumental

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architecture building, built in 1907. It has around 840 students, and is one of the top schools in the country, according to a yearly survey by the Dutch magazine ''

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.'' The name ''gymnasium'' refers to the

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of school, the Dutch gymnasium. This type of

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is comparable to English

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and U.S. college prep schools. In the Netherlands the gymnasium consists of six years in which pupils study the usual school subjects, with the addition of compulsory

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and

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, plus extra emphasis on academic and artistic skills.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni include: * Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch Prime Minister * Pieter Cort van der Linden, Dutch Prime Minister * Annemarie, Duchess of Parma, journalist and consultant * Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Minister of Foreign Affairs * Ferdinand Bordewijk, writer * Jacobus Capitein, scholar * Carel Gabriel Cobet, classical scholar * Conrad Busken Huet, writer * Willem Drees Jr., politician and economist * Pieter Nicolaas van Eyck, poet and philosopher * Dirk Fock, politician *

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, film director * Herman Theodoor Colenbrander, historian * Willem van Eysinga, diplomat and jurist * Marcellus Emants, novelist * Pieter Geyl, historian * Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff, Minister of Foreign Affairs *

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, politician * Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge, politician * Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek, Minister of Foreign Affairs *

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, Minister of Foreign Affairs and diplomat * H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen, astronomer * Willem Caland, linguist * F. B. J. Kuiper, linguist

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1394 establishments in Europe Educational institutions established in the 14th century Renaissance Revival architecture in the Netherlands Gymnasiums in the Netherlands Schools in The Hague ''This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia article on this subject.''

Notable alumni

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