Escola Secundária Artística António Arroio
The Escola Artística António Arroio (António Arroio School of Arts) is a secondary school in Lisbon, Portugal that specializes in the applied arts. History The school was founded in 1919 as the Escola de Arte Aplicada de Lisboa (Applied Art School of Lisbon). The patron of the school, Antonio José Arroyo (1856–1934), was an engineer by profession who wrote about literature, music and fine arts. He was also a school inspector, and was devoted to the cause of technical education and the applied arts. It was designated a specialist school for pupils who wanted to engage in industrial art, with a curriculum that included workshop-based training in the arts. Alfredo Roque Gameiro was the head of the school until 1930, when it was merged into the Fonseca Benevides industrial school. The school was reopened in 1934 to meet student demand for a school of applied art. The school was named after the original founder as the Escola Industrial António Arroio (arte aplicada) (António Arroio Industrial School (applied arts)). It was located in a building on Rua Almirante Barroso that had been built for the António Augusto Gonçalves ceramics school, founded in 1924, with which it merged. The school was headed