Ján Francisci-Rimavský Gymnasium

The Ján Francisci-Rimavský Gymnasium in Levoča, Slovakia, is a four-year high school with general classes and an eight-year college with a focus on foreign languages.

In 1513, local nobility funded the establishment of a Latin language school, and in 1520, with the help of Johanna Henckel, they acquired a gymnasium for the rector of the University of Kraków: Leonard Cox, an English humanist, scholar, and educator of King Henry VIII.

He achieved such significant results that Empress Maria Theresa invited him to Vienna, and in 1768 authorized him to observe and calculate the distance between the Sun and the Earth.

It was designed in the Art Nouveau style by architect Alfréd Hajós, and exterior construction was completed in November 1912.

Its name changed several times between then and 1988, when it was renamed to honor Ján Francisci-Rimavský, an early Slovakian patriot.

The building, constructed in 1913 in the Art Nouveau style, is registered on the list of monuments of Slovakia.

Study is completed with a standard exit examination and receipt of an upper secondary school leaving certificate.