Maritime school Mali Lošinj
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Maritime school Mali Lošinj
Klasifikacija prema pojavnosti
Klasifikacija prema RKD
Klasifikacija u Bazi pomorske baštine
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Opis
The first form of maritime education in Lošinj (Mali Lošinj) appeared in 1780, when brothers Ivan and Stjepan Vidulić gave free instruction to young sailors. Thanks to the society for the education of teachers and seafarers "Societa Istitutrice delle Scuole pie di Lussinpiccolo", founded in 1794 by Bernard Capponi, a private Maritime School was opened in a renovated castle building called Seminario. The newly renovated school building burned down in 1813, and in 1826, a new school building was built near the parish church on Brdina. In the meantime, the seafaring of Mali Lošinj progressed, so the Austrian authorities established the State Nautical School on 17 January 1855, given the need for staff training in the period of strong development of maritime and shipbuilding in Mali Lošinj. Maritime school classes were held in a building on Brdina until 1879, after which they moved to a newly built building in the city port, near the main town square, next to the then municipality and fish market. The arrival of the professor Ambroz Haračić in 1879 was important for the development of the school and the city. Through scientific works in the field of meteorology, climatology, botany and geography, he helped develop Mali Lošinj as a tourist destination. Ambroz Haračić was a school teacher in the period from 1879 to 1897 and from 1905 to 1911. The crisis on the eve of World War I affected the situation throughout Europe, including our archipelago. Due to the war situation, the school closed at the turn of 1914 to 1915. In November 1918, it resumed operations. After the World War I, the Kingdom of Italy annexed the islands and the school curriculum was harmonized with the curricula of Italian naval schools. The school was then called Istituto nautico di Lussinpiccolo. The Italian King Vittorio Emanuelle also visited Lošinj and the nautical school, which after that visit in 1923 was renamed Istituto nautico Nazario Sauro. In that period, in 1938, the Lošinj school opened the marine engineering department. After the World War II, the islands were part of the socialist Yugoslavia. The work of the school was renewed in October 1945. The school system was reorganized, so in 1948 the Maritime Technical School in Mali Lošinj was abolished. The school reopened in 1958. In 1960, the People's Committee of the Municipality of Mali Lošinj passed a decision on the establishment of the Maritime School in Mali Lošinj with a nautical and marine engineering department. Until 1975, classes were held in the school building in the city port and after that it was moved to the newly built building in 1990. The school was named after its famous professor Ambroz Haračić. Today, the Ambroz Haračić School does not operate exclusively as a maritime school, but in recent years, in addition to deck officers and marine engineering technicians, it has also educated general high school students, hotel and tourism technicians, caterers (waiter, cook), salesmen, and one or two occupations in the craft school (shipbuilder of a non-metal ship, builder of a wooden ship, car mechanic, ship mechanic, electrician). The education of craftsmen is harmonized with the needs and requirements of the local economy. Since 2012, the school has opened one department for students with disabilities – assistant chef and pastry chef.
