La Salle College (Buenos Aires)

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Colegio La Salle Buenos Aires is an Argentine private school founded in 1891 by French Brother Jumaélien[1] and located in Balvanera, Buenos Aires.

It belongs to the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation created by French priest and educational reformer Jean-Baptiste de La Salle in 1680.

Originally established as a boys-only school, nowadays both male and female students attend classes. It offers early childhood, primary, secondary and tertiary education.[2]

Heritage

In 2007, the School signed an agreement with a private company to build a 5-star hotel and convention center on its historic grounds at Riobamba and Viamonte. The project was rejected by alumni, as well as by former head of government Aníbal Ibarra, among others.[3][4] In February 2008, the city legislature declared the building part of the City's historic heritage, preventing its remodeling.[5]

The chapel has an organ designed by the organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll.[6] In 2020, an album recorded in the chapel was released, by organist Luis Caparra.[7][8]

Notable students

  • Luis César Amadori
  • Raúl Apold
  • Luis José Moglia Barth
  • Carlos Borcosque
  • Manuel Fresco
  • Juan Manuel Herbella
  • Germán Lauro
  • Jorge Lombi
  • Pablo Lombi
  • Abel Posse
  • Carlos Retegui
  • Sebastián Salvat
  • Enrique Ernesto Shaw[9]
  • Diego Cuesta Silva
  • Diego Torres
  • Maxi Trusso
  • Omar Zarif

In 1966, David Viñas published the novel En la semana trágica, whose protagonists are two graduates of Colegio La Salle Buenos Aires who belong to the Liga Patriótica Argentina[10]

In 2005, the duo Miranda! filmed their music video "El Profe" on the school's premises.[11]

In May 2023, the newspaper La Nación reported a wave of thefts targeting students in the area. Students from the school described being robbed as they left class. The City of Buenos Aires Ministry of Justice and Security confirmed an increase in prevention officers along school routes.[12]

References

  1. 1.La Salle Argentina-Paraguay (2014). Revista Asociados, Año 1, N° 1, mayo de 2014.
  2. 2.La Salle Buenos Aires – Proopuesta pedagógica
  3. 3."Ibarra defiende al La Salle". Infobae (in Spanish). 21 January 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  4. 4."El Colegio De La Salle insiste en hacer un hotel de lujo en su sede histórica". Clarín (in Spanish). 25 January 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  5. 5.Kiernan, Sergio (8 February 2008). "El La Salle no será hotel, con promesas del macrismo a la Iglesia". Página 12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  6. 6."Capilla Mayor". La Salle Buenos Aires (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  7. 7."Signum Fidei, por el organista Luis Caparra". Música Clásica Argentina (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  8. 8."Luis Caparra". Fundación Konex (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  9. 9."Enrique Shaw". Acción Católica Argentina (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  10. 10.Rodríguez Mancini, Santiago (16 January 2015). "La patria somos nosotros. Estética escolar para la construcción de la idea de patria en el Colegio De La Salle alrededor del nacimiento de la Liga Patriótica" (in Spanish). Catholic University of Córdoba. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  11. 11."Los colegiales se divierten". La Nación (in Spanish). 27 October 2005. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  12. 12.Casado, Manuel (8 May 2023). ""A los chicos los afanan": denuncian una ola de robos en una zona de prestigiosos colegios porteños". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2026.