The Escuela Técnica Otto Krause is a degree grating educational institution located at the intersection of Paseo Colón Avenue and Chile Street, in the San Telmo section of Buenos Aires , Argentina . Named after its founder, the engineer Otto Krause , son of German immigrants, the school was founded in 1897 and is the oldest technological school in the country.
4-438: The school currently has around 2000 students and operates a six-year programme. The first three years (ciclo básico) provide a technical high-school programme for students who have completed their elementary education. Years four to six (ciclo superior) provide the equivalent of a technical college education in various branches of engineering technology. On completion of their studies here students may go on to university to follow
8-699: A six-year programme leading to a degree in engineering. The present school building, which was inaugurated on May 24, 1909, was declared a National Monument in 1995. 34°36′55″S 58°22′07″W / 34.61528°S 58.36861°W / -34.61528; -58.36861 This Argentine school-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of National Historic Monuments of Argentina The National Historic Monuments of Argentina are buildings, sites and features in Argentina listed by national decree as historic sites . This designation encourages greater protection under
12-410: The independence of the country . In recent years the government has been making efforts to include sites on the list that reflect the country's industrial and immigrant heritage. The Commission has been criticized for not doing enough to preserve the buildings on the list, and only declaring sites as monuments after they have been altered or partly demolished. The building of Jose de Leo Carnedo from
16-495: The oversight of the Comisión Nacional de Museos, Monumentos y Lugares Históricos (National Commission of Museums, Monuments and Historic Places), created in 1940. In addition, provinces also have local lists of historic monuments. There are approximately 400 buildings or sites on the list. Most are buildings or sites from the pre-Hispanic or Colonial periods and some are battlefields and other locations associated with
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