The Classical Gymnasium ( hr, Klasična gimnazija) was a
gymnasium high school
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(similar to a grammar school in England and Wales) situated in
Split, Dalmatia, Croatia. It was founded by the
Austrian Empire
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and its
Imperial Royal General Government in Dalmatia in 1817. Dalmatian Government, in fact, seceded the public part of the Archidiocesan Classical Gymnasium, founded by archbishop Stefano Cosmi in 1700.
[Josip Posedel, Iz povijesti Klasične gimnazije, ''Spomenica 150-godišnjice Klasične gimnazije u Splitu'', Split, 1967., str. 9-19]
Programme
The program lasted six years till 1848.
[ As the ]lyceum
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was added,[ the program lasted eight years till 1967. From 1963 on the first four years were relocated in the eight year elementary school, so the program of the remaining classes lasted four years.
The program after ]World War II
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was based on combining classical education Classical education may refer to:
*''Modern'', educational practices and educational movements:
**An education in the Classics, especially in Ancient Greek and Latin
**Classical education movement, based on the trivium (grammar, logic, rhetoric) a ...
, with emphasis on humanities
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(namely languages including Latin
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and Ancient Greek
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, and mainly English
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among foreign languages, philosophy, literature
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, history
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, fine art
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, music
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and theatre
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, mathematics, natural sciences and extracurricular activities.[
The school reform in 1977 abolished gymnasiums from the school system and Classical gymnasium ceased to exist.]
Split: posljednji klasičari na okupu nakon trideset godina, ''Slobodna Dalmacija'' 29.06.2008. , 16:55]
People associated with Classical Gymnasium in Split
Among the professors were prominent Croatian cultural actors, among the others Natko Nodilo Natko Nodilo (31 August 1834 – 21 May 1912) was a Croatian politician, historian, journalist, university professor, and chancellor of the University of Zagreb.
Born in Split, he studied theology in Zadar until 1856, when he dropped out of colleg ...
, Šime Ljubić
Šime Ljubić (24 May 1822 – 19 October 1896) was an archaeologist, theologian, and historian, best known as one of the founders of Croatian archaeology.
Ljubić studied theology in Zagreb and history and Slavic studies in Vienna. He was ...
, don Frane Bulić
Frane Bulić (October 4, 1846 - July 29, 1934) was a Croatian priest, archaeologist, and historian.
Biography
Bulić was born in Vranjic (now part of Solin), and studied theology in Zadar and then classical philology and archeology in Vienna. ...
, Eugen Kumičić
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Biography
Kumi ...
, Milan Rešetar
Milan Rešetar (February 1, 1860 – January 14, 1942) was a linguist, historian and literary critic from Dubrovnik.
Biography
Rešetar was born in Dubrovnik. After the gymnasium in Dubrovnik, he studied classical philology and Slavic languages i ...
, Vladimir Nazor
Vladimir Nazor (30 May 1876 – 19 June 1949) was a Croatian poet and politician. During and after World War II in Yugoslavia, he served as the first President of the Presidium of the Croatian Parliament (Croatian head of state), and first Spe ...
, Milan Begović
Milan Begović (January 19, 1876 – May 13, 1948) was a Croatian writer, born in Vrlika, in the territory of today's Croatia.
He was educated in Split, Zagreb and Vienna and spent some time as high school professor in Split before going to Hambu ...
during the 19th century,[ and then Josip Barač, Mirko Deanović, ]Antun Dobronić
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, Josip Hatze
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Hatze was born in Split (then Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Croatia) to a family of craftsmen f ...
, Vjekoslav Rosenberg-Ružić
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Rosenberg-Ružić was born in Varaždin as Alois Rosenberg on April 29, 1870. Later in life he added the Croati ...
, Ivo Krešić-Jurić, Petar Kurir, Žarko Muljačić.
Among the graduates there were Francesco Carrara, Niccolò Tommaseo
Niccolò Tommaseo (; 9 October 1802 – 1 May 1874) was a Dalmatian linguist, journalist and essayist, the editor of a ''Dizionario della Lingua Italiana'' in eight volumes (1861–74), of a dictionary of synonyms (1830) and other works. He is ...
, Antonio Bajamonti
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, Frane Lappenna, Dujam Rendić-Miočević
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, Vid Morpurgo
Vid Morpurgo (1838–1911) was a Dalmatian industrialist, publisher, politician and member of a notable Split family Morpurgo.
Early years and family
Morpurgo was born on 7 May 1838 in Split, Croatia to a well-known Jewish family of David-El ...
, Giovanni Maver, Jakov Gotovac
Jakov Gotovac (11 October 189516 October 1982) was a Croatian composer and conductor of classical music. His comic opera, ''Ero s onoga svijeta'' (''Ero the Joker''), Croatia's best-known opera, was first performed in Zagreb in 1935.
Biography ...
, Mate Ujević
Mate Ujević (13 July 1901 – 6 January 1967) was a Croatian poet and encyclopedist.
Life
Ujević was born in Krivodol (part of Podbablje near Imotski) in the Kingdom of Dalmatia (present-day Croatia). He received his secondary education ...
, Kruno Prijatelj
Kruno Prijatelj (1922–1998), was a Croatian art historian, art critic and University professor.
He introduced many artists who contributed to art in Dalmatia. Prijatelj's efforts answered many unsolved topics in Dalmatian art history.
His in ...
, Bogdan Žižić
Bogdan Žižić (8 November 1934 – 29 April 2021)Igor Zidić
Igor Zidić (born 10 February 1939) is a Croatian art historian, art critic, poet and essayist. He is considered a top expert on Croatian modern art.
Zidić was born in Split, where he graduated from the Classical Gymnasium. He obtained a diplo ...
, Igor Mandić
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, Vinko Cuzzi, Tonko Maroević, Inoslav Bešker
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Bešker started his journalistic career in 1967. Since 1989 he has been working as a correspondent from Rome for ''Vjesnik'', ''Večernji list'', BBC, Radio 101, ''Danas'', Croatia ...
.[''Spomenica…'', o.c., pp. 96-124]
References
Sources
*''Spomenica 150-godišnjice Klasične gimnazije u Splitu : 1817-1967'', Split, 1967
* Split: posljednji klasičari na okupu nakon trideset godina, ''Slobodna Dalmacija'' 29.06.2008
I. gimnazija Split – Povijest škole
External links
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