La colección del museo del antiguo Colegio Francés de San Agustín, reunida a lo largo de décadas por los monjes, estará expuesta en la Galería de Arte de Stara Zagora hasta el 20 de octubre. informa la agencia de noticias búlgara BTA. La mayoría de las obras son grabados en cobre realizados en los estudios del Сhalсоgаfуе dе Lоuvrе durante un período de casi 200 años, desde el 18th hasta la vuelta del 20th siglo.
<p>The French College of St. Augustine was created in Plovdiv by the order of the Assumptionists on 3 January, 1884. The congregation of the Assumptionists was founded in 1850 by father Emanuel d’Alzon /1818-1880/, <span>vicar general of the diocese in Nimes, France and headmaster of Collège de l'Assomption from which the name of the new catholic order was derived. The order was blessed by Pope Pius IX to pursue an educational mission in the Eastern part of Europe, which was part of the Ottoman Empire. </span></p> <p>Before Bulgaria’s liberation, in 1863, a catholic school opened doors in the town – St. Andrew, making Plovdiv the first mission of the Assumptionists. The teachers at the school were monks who had graduated from elite educational establishments in Western Europe – the Sorbonne in Paris, the Gregorian University in Rome. Dozens of prominent figures from the arts and the world of business earned their education there – painter Tsanko Lavrenov, renowned Kapellmeister Georgi Shagunov, leading public figure and émigré Pierre Rouve (Petar Uvaliev). The St. Augustine College was closed down on 1 September, 1948. The monks, who were foreigners, were expelled from the country, and the Bulgarians were sent to the concentration camp at Belene.</p> <br/></span>
