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liceo classico The ''liceo classico'' or ''ginnasio'' () is the oldest public secondary education in Italy, secondary school type in Italy. Its educational curriculum spans over five years, when students are generally about 14 to 19 years of age. Until 196 ...

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, Italy. It is named after the politician Massimo d'Azeglio.

History

It was established as the Collegio di Porta Nuova in 1831 and became the Regio Collegio Monviso in 1860. It was renamed to its current name in 1882. In the early 20th century, several of the teachers were anti-fascist figures, including Augusto Monti and . David Ward, the author of "Primo Levi's Turin", wrote that Liceo d'Azeglio was "one of Turin's most prestigious schools".Ward, David. "Primo Levi's Turin." In: Gordon, Robert S.C. (editor). ''The Cambridge Companion to Primo Levi'' (Cambridge Companions to Literature).

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The school is linked to the founding of

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as Sport-Club Juventus in late 1897 by pupils of the school; two years later, they were renamed as Foot-Ball Club Juventus. The school held two study days in honour of alumnus

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in 2007.Dei, Luigi (editor). ''Voci dal mondo per Primo Levi: in memoria, per la memoria''. Firenze University Press, 2007. , 9788884536594.

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"Il 24 e 25 maggio 2007, il Liceo Classico “massimo D'Azeglio” di Torino, che ebbe come studente Primo Levi, ha promosso due Giornate di Studio per ricordare la figura e l'opera di Levi sotto l'Alto Patronato della Presidenza della Repubblica."

Notable alumni

Norberto Bobbio Norberto Bobbio (; 18 October 1909 – 9 January 2004) was an Italian philosopher of law and political sciences and a historian of political thought. He also wrote regularly for the Turin-based daily '' La Stampa''. Bobbio was a social lib ...

Giulio Einaudi Giulio Einaudi (; 2 January 1912 – 5 April 1999) was an Italian book publisher. The eponymous company that he founded in 1933 became "a European wellspring of fine literature, intellectual thought and political theory"Saxon, Wolfgang ''The Ne ...

Vittorio Foa Vittorio Foa (18 September 1910 – 20 October 2008) was an Italian politician, trade unionist, journalist, and writer. Early life and education Foa was born in Turin in 1910 into a middle-class Jewish family. He attended Liceo Classico Massi ...

* Leone Ginzburg * Gino Levi-Montalcini *

* Giancarlo Pajetta * Cesare Pavese

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