| Pljevlja Gymnasium | |
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 1901 | |
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| Coordinates | 43°21′24″N 19°21′30″E / 43.356667°N 19.358333°E 43°21′24″N 19°21′30″E / 43.35667°N 19.35833°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Charter school State school Gymnasium Latin Russian English French University preparatory school |
| Established | November 18, 1901 |
| Founder | Serbian Orthodox Church in Pljevlja |
| Status | Functional |
| Affiliation | Secular |
| Website | [1] |
The Pljevlja Gymnasium (Serbian: Пљеваљска гимназија / Pljevaljska gimnazija)[1] is a secondary school in Pljevlja. Since its founding the gymnasium bears the name of its first principal and professor of history: "Tanasije Pejatović Gymnasium" (Гимназија Танасије Пејатовић/Gimnazija Tanasije Pejatović )
It was established by the Metropolitanate of Karlovci on November 18, 1901. Pljevlja Gymnasium was the first gymnasium in the newly formed Province of Pljevlja founded at Berlin Congress, placed under dual occupation and administered by Austro Hungarians and Ottoman Empire. Following the treaty items of Berlin Congress education in Pljevlja Gymnasium included also Christian youth from Prijepolje and Priboj, the regions within the Province of Pljevlja, and Christian youth from a part of the city of Pljevlja administered by the Austro-Hungarian administration where the school building was located. The teaching staff were Serbs from different places of the region under the Austro Hungarian occupation, as well many professors were sent from Kingdom of Serbia and Principality of Montenegro. Among them was Vasa Stajić and the famous painters Nadezda Petrovic and Milenko Atanacković all of them, at that time,residents with documents of Austria-Hungary[2]
- ^ "Xenia Slavica : papers presented to Gojko Ružičić on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday, 2 February 1969 - Ghent University Library".
- ^ Петровић, Милић (2009). Историја Пљеваља. ISBN 978-9940-512-03-3.