A grande école is a specialized top-level educational institution in France and some other countries such as Algeria and Morocco. Grandes écoles are part of an alternative educational system that oper
Gate of the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris
The Lycée Louis-le-Grand, in Paris, is one of the most famous lycées providing preparatory classes for grandes écoles. (It is on the right side of the rue Saint-Jacques; on the left is the Sorbonne.)