Antonio Vieira College

The College was founded on 15 March 1911 at 43 Sodre Street. In 1912 it moved to Coqueiros da Piedade Street, and a boarding school was added. In 1915 this became Vieirense Academy of Science and Letters.^{[citation needed]}

In 1926 land was acquired at Garcia Farm, and the foundation stone of a new building laid in 1930.^{[citation needed]} The Jesuits acquired Mercy Farm Mar Grande in 1945. In 1967 the school began admitting girls.^{[citation needed]}

In 1995 a multisport gym was opened at the college.^{[citation needed]} In 1997 the College choir was founded under the direction of Cicero Alves Filho, and the Religious Music Festival (FEMURE) followed in 2000.^{[citation needed]} The swimming pool was built in 2001.^[2] The Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima at the College hosts large groups like the Bahia Symphony Orchestra.^[3]

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