164 GPIE "Miguel de Cervantes" (Bulgarian: 164 ГПИЕ "Мигел де Сервантес, 164th High School with Advanced Studies in Spanish Language "Miguel de Cervantes) is among the top and most prestigious secondary schools in Bulgaria and the Balkans, based in the capital city of Sofia.[1]
| 164 GPIE "Miguel de Cervantes" 164 ГПИЕ „Мигел де Сервантес“ | |
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| Location | |
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Bulgaria | |
| Coordinates | 42°41′36″N 23°20′50″E / 42.6933°N 23.3473°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Language school Secondary Public School |
| Established | 1991 |
| Director | Zornitsa Yoncheva |
| Newspaper | "Малък училищен вестник" (A Small School Newspaper) |
| Website | www |
The school, founded in 1991, is the first public school in Bulgaria to teach Spanish as a first language and one of three now.
164 GPIE "Miguel de Cervantes" and the American College of Sofia are considered to be the best high schools in Bulgaria. The students of the two schools almost always take the first two places, with very small differences, in the Bulgarian matriculations, with results higher than 5,60 which is considered an "A+++" in Bulgaria, and almost always they are the only schools, whose average results are "A++++"s. The differences are small, mostly in the range 1е-20.
Name
editThe school's name comes from the famous Miguel de Cervantes, a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright, also the author of Don Quixote, born on 9 October 1547, in Alcalá de Henares.
References
edit- ^ "164 испанска езикова гимназия "Мигел де Сервантес" > ЗА УЧЕНИЦИТЕ > Извънкласни дейности > Театрална група "Amistad"". 2016-03-05. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
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