Zografeion Lyceum

Zografeion Lyceum or Zografyon Lyceum (Turkish: Özel Zoğrafyon Rum Lisesi, Greek: Ζωγράφειον Λύκειον) is one of the remaining open Greek schools in Istanbul.

The community decided to build a new school, and donations were collected from a number of people.

Christakis Zografos, who was living in Paris at the time, made the largest contribution, of 10,000 gold liras.

In October 1999, the school was the target of a small scale sonic blast by Turkish left-wing extremists to condemn "Turkey's international position as a -Satellite- of the USA".

[2] Many famous artists, architects, politicians and theologians of the Greek diaspora have studied at the school, including Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople.

Commemorative inscription in Greek