Bora Stanković Gymnasium, Vranje

Гимназија „Бора Станковић” The Bora Stanković Gymnasium (Serbian: Гимназија „Бора Станковић” Врање, Gimnazija „Bora Stanković” Vranje) is a public coeducational high school (gymnasium, similar to preparatory school) located in Vranje in southern Serbia.

The school was established in 1881 as one of the first gymnasiums in Serbia, only three years after the city was liberated from the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Vranje during the Serbian–Ottoman Wars of 1876–1878.

[2] Notable faculty members of the school include Jaša Prodanović, Radoje Domanović, Ljubomir Davidović, Ilija Vukićević, Svetislav Simić and others.

[2] After World War I, due to an increase in the number of students and inadequate conditions, an initiative was launched to construct a dedicated school building.

[3] The placement of the seven busts—Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Borisav Stanković, Ivan Gundulić, Saint Sava, Ivan Mažuranić, France Prešeren, and Petar Petrović Njegoš—on the facade of the Vranje Gymnasium reflects the spirit of the newly established Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which sought to foster a sense of shared identity and cultural unity among South Slavs.