The Archdiocesan Classic Gymnasium ( hr, Nadbiskupska klasična gimnazija s pravom javnosti, often referred to by the abbreviation NKG) is a

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located on 106 Voćarska Road in the neighborhood of

Šalata Šalata () is an upper-class residential neighborhood in Zagreb, Croatia. It is administratively part of the Gornji Grad - Medveščak city district in the northern part of Zagreb and it has a population of 1,929. Šalata houses the Šalata Sp ...

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. The school implements a program highlighting the classical culture and

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, having students learn the

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and the

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. The school promotes Catholicism and serves as a public preparatory school for the Interdiocesan Boys' Seminary, a seminary for future

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s located in the same building complex.

History

The school was the successor to the Archdiocesan

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. The Lyceum was founded in 1854 as a part of the Theology seminary. The school was founded in 1922 as the Archdiocesan Grand School ( hr, Nadbiskupska velika gimnazija), a boys-only school. In 1931 its name was changed to the name it bears today. In 1948 the communist regime of Josip Broz Tito denied official recognition to the school due to its religious ties. The school didn't stop operating, though. A military hospital was built nearby on the same lot. In 1989 the hospital was moved to a new complex on the

Gojko Šušak Avenue Gojko Šušak Avenue ( hr, Avenija Gojka Šuška) is an avenue in northeastern Zagreb, Croatia. It serves as part of the boundary between city districts Maksimir and Gornja Dubrava. Spanning between Štefanovec Road and Dubrava Avenue, the avenu ...

in Dubrava. Following the Croatian

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in 1991, the school was again officially recognized. From 2003 girls are allowed to enroll the school, which has previously been boys-only. This diffused its previous religious role as a place to educate future priests and

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s, although Catholicism and devotion to God is still strongly encouraged.

Observatory

The school is known in Croatia for having an observatory. The school routinely publishes articles about celestial objects on its website. The school website also displays a list of objects in the

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. The observatory building sports the Croatian coat of arms on its northern side, one of the rare Croatian signs that weren't taken down during the anti-nationalistic communist rule of Croatia.

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Archdiocesan Classical Gymnasium entry on skolehr.net
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History

Observatory

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