User:Alix08/Collège Saint-Paul (Godinne)

The collège Saint-Paul is an educational institution located in Godinne, a village near Namur (a town in Belgium) and has merged with a neighboring school: the „Collège de Burnot“. Together they form the „Collège de Godinne-Burnot“.

History
The „collège Saint-Paul de Godinne“ is an elementary and secondary Jesuit school with a boarding school only for boys. It was originally built to host the students of the College Notre-Dame de la Paix in Namur, whose premises became too small. The first pupils arrived in 1927.

The western part
To the west, the ground floor was initially occupied by parlors. In 1971, these parlors were turned into administrative offices and, later, into primary classes in addition to the offices. In 2016, these offices were moved to the first floor to make the opening of new primary classes possible. In that way the premises on the ground floor were free and ready to accommodate new pupils. Until the early 2000s the floors were occupied by the community of the Jesuit Fathers (bedrooms, refectory, chapel).

The southern part
Since its construction the southern part of the school has been used for educational purposes. Study and recreation rooms are located on the ground floor, while the various classrooms and the library (shortly after 1985) are located on the first floor. The last two floors are occupied by the boarding school’s dormitories that were built over two floors with a passageway, serving the rooms on the upper floor and leaving the central space clear.

Famous former students

 * Stromae
 * Benoît Poelvoorde