King Petar I Elementary School

King Petar I Elementary School (Serbian: " ") is an elementary school in Belgrade, Serbia. The original school was founded in 1718 and is the oldest surviving cultural and educational institution in Serbia, predating the foundations of the Gymnasium of Karlovci (1796), Great School (modern Belgrade University, 1808), Matica Srpska (1826) and Society of Serbian Scholarship (modern Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 1841). It was the first school in Serbia which introduced the teacher notebooks and gym classes and is the location of the first basketball match played in Belgrade. The present building was built in 1905–1907. It was designed by Jelisaveta Načić, the first Serbian female architect, when she was only 27 years old. It is located at 7 Kralja Petra Street in Belgrade. At the time of its construction, it was the most modern school building for elementary education not only in Belgrade, but in entire Serbia, and is named the "ornament of the school architecture". Exceptionally representative, which was conditioned by the position in such an important street and in the immediate vicinity of the Cathedral Church, Building of the Patriarchate and Princess Ljubica's Residence, the building is a true representative of the social and cultural situation in Serbia at the beginning of the 20th century.

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