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Edmond-Perrier de Tulle High School, built between 1884 and 1887 by the architect Anatole de Baudot, succeeds the Tulle College founded in 1567. The latter, managed successively by the Jesuits (from 1620) and then the Théatins (1764-1791), was transformed into a high school in 1883 by presidential decree. The buildings, inaugurated in 1887, are inspired by Lakanal de Sceaux high school, another Baudot project, and incorporate a characteristic outer polychromy.

During the First World War, the high school served as barracks and as a military hospital in August 1914, before returning to its educational vocation in 1916. In 1923 he was renamed in tribute to Edmond Perrier, a zoologist and former student of Tulle College, who died in 1921. The park, designed in 1881 according to Baudot's plans, retained its original layout, with the exception of the north and north-west sides.

Ranked Historic Monument in 1996 for its architectural ensemble (buildings and park), the high school has suffered three fires since 1945, one major in 1967, without damage to its facade. Today, it has 1,100 students in general, technological and higher education (BTS, CPGE). His motto, "Sunt rubes virtutis iter" ("Difficulties are the path of virtue"), reflects his Jesuit heritage and his local anchor.

His former students include such personalities as Étienne Baluze (historiographer of the seventeenth century), zoologists Edmond and Rémy Perrier, or Henri Queuille, President of the Council under the Fourth Republic. The institution ranks 3rd departmental and 665th national in 2015 for the quality of its teaching, assessed on the success rate of the baccalaureate and the social added value.

The architecture of the high school, marked by the influence of Viollet-le-Duc (master of Baudot), and its role during world conflicts illustrate its dual status as an educational and historical heritage. The 1996 protection covers all buildings erected between 1884 and 1887, as well as the park, reflecting Baudot's urban vision.

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