Gornji Grad (Serbian Cyrillic: Горњи Град) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
Being elongated and one of the largest neighborhoods of Zemun, Gornji Grad is bordered by many other neighborhoods: Gardoš on the east, Ćukovac and Muhar on the southeast, Sava Kovačević, Sutjeska, Zemun Bačka and Bački Ilovik on the south, Altina on the southwest, while in the west it extends in the direction of Nova Galenika and Goveđi Brod.
Austrian authorities allowed Stefan Stratimirović, Serbian metropolitan, to open the school next to the church.
It was built during the mayoral term of Branko Pešić, born and raised in Zemun, who lived nearby.
[6] The only short period when school was closed was during World War I, when Hungarian military unit occupied the building.
Depending on the location and classroom, murals depict Charles Darwin, Christopher Columbus, Stevan Mokranjac, Ludwig van Beethoven, Archimedes, Pythagoras, Nikola Tesla, mayor Pešić.
[6] On 10 July 2017 a construction of the new residential complex, called Zemunske Kapije ("Zemun Gates"), began on the location of the former barracks "Aleksa Dundić", which is to be demolished.