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History
The college taught classical languages, mathematics, physics, philosophy and the natural sciences. At the beginning there were 16 professors and about 300 pupils. Adam Mickiewicz University and the St Mary Magdalene Secondary School continue its tradition.
In November 1806 Napoleon Bonaparte lived here for almost three weeks. On 23 October 1805 Tsar Alexander I was a guest, and in 1815–1830 the governor of the Grand Duchy of Posen, Prince Antoni Radziwiłł, resided here.
What to see
A three-storey, horseshoe-shaped building around an inner courtyard.
Right next to it stands the Poznań Parish Church (Fara). In the season, from May to September, a tourist information point operates at pl. Kolegiacki 17.
