Carnot High School of Tunis

The Lycée Carnot, now known as Lycée Pilote Bourguiba, was founded in 1882 on land acquired by Cardinal Lavigerie, originally under the name Collège Saint-Charles. Its construction was entrusted to the engineer-architect Étienne-Marius Arnoux. In 1889, it was sold to the Tunisian government and became the Lycée Sadiki, before being renamed in 1894 as “Lycée Carnot” in tribute to the assassinated French president Sadi Carnot, to avoid any confusion with the Collège Sadiki. For a long time, this institution served as a place of coexistence, bringing together Tunisian Muslim and Jewish students, as well as Italians, French, and Maltese.