As O
an O
education O
centre O
the O
Prva O
Sušačka O
Hrvatska O
Gimnazija O
began O
its O
life O
as O
the O
Royal O
Superior O
Rijeka O
Gymnasium O
(“Kraljevska O
velika O
gimnazija O
riječka”). O
The O
school O
was O
moved O
in O
April O
1896 O
from O
the O
Hungarian O
ruled O
Fiume O
(“Corpus O
Separatum O
of O
the O
Hungarian O
Crown”) O
to O
a O
new O
building O
in O
the O
Croatian O
administered O
town O
of O
Sušak O
(in O
the O
Croatian O
Slavonian O
Kingdom O
also O
part O
of O
the O
Habsburg O
realms) O
and O
acquired O
the O
name O
“Kraljevska O
velika O
gimnazija O
u O
Sušaku”. O
The O
Head O
of O
the O
Department O
of O
Worship O
and O
Teaching O
in O
Croatia O
Izidor O
Kršnjavi B-PER
was I-PER
the O
first O
to O
propose O
the O
relocation O
of O
the O
school O
to O
Sušak O
which O
was O
favored O
and O
sponsored O
by O
Sušak O
Municipality B-LOC
with O
a O
personal O
contribution O
of O
the O
Mayor O
Hinko O
Bačić B-PER
who I-PER
was I-PER
pushing O
forward O
the O
urban O
modernization O
of O
this O
area. O
The O
relocation O
was O
also O
welcome O
by O
the O
Autonomist O
Italian O
oriented O
Fiuman O
élite O
as O
well O
as O
by O
the O
Hungarian O
authorities. O
Iit O
has O
been O
locally O
perceived O
and O
remembered O
as O
a O
crucial O
step O
towards O
the O
division O
of O
the O
city O
and O
the O
segregation O
of O
the O
Croatian O
society O
from O
Fiume. O
The O
Leipzig O
architects B-LOC
Robert O
Ludwig B-PER
and I-PER
Theodor I-PER
Hülssner B-PER
who I-PER
had I-PER
already O
built O
many O
schools O
including O
the O
palace O
of O
the O
new O
Gymnasium O
in O
Zagreb O
(now O
hosting O
the O
Museum O
Mimara) O
designed O
the O
new O
building O
placed O
on O
the O
side O
of O
Sušak’s O
Bulevar O
little O
less O
than O
1km O
from O
the O
previous O
location O
on O
the O
Fiumara O
but O
significantly O
bigger O
and O
more O
sumptuous. O
From O
the O
original O
354 O
pupils O
at O
the O
turn O
of O
the O
century O
there O
were O
384 O
pupils O
of O
which O
130 O
from O
Kvarner O
islands O
and O
Istria. O
In O
1927 O
the O
Gymnasium O
celebrated O
300 O
years O
from O
the O
beginning O
of O
schooling O
in O
Rijeka O
claiming O
continuity O
with O
the O
gymnasium O
opened O
by O
the O
Jesuits O
with O
the O
renowned O
poet O
and O
teacher O
Vladimir O
Nazor O
as O
its B-PER
headmaster I-PER
(later O
in O
Federal O
Yugoslavia O
he O
became O
the O
first O
President O
of O
the O
Presidium O
of O
the O
Parliament O
of O
the O
People’s O
Republic O
of O
Croatia). O
During O
the O
Italian O
occupation O
of O
Sušak O
in O
1941 O
1943 O
the B-LOC
Croatian O
language O
was O
forbidden O
but O
the O
Gymnasium O
resumed O
its O
normal O
activities O
after O
Italian O
capitulation O
and O
in O
the O
new O
Socialist O
Yugoslavia O
as O
“Druga O
Gimnazija O
u O
Rijeci” O
but O
continued O
to O
be O
known O
informally O
as O
“Sušačka O
Gimnazija” O
and O
in O
independent O
Croatia O
as O
“Prva O
Sušačka O
Hrvatska O
Gimnazija”. O