Built on the ruins of Suleyman Efendi’s house, the Sami Frashëri Gymnasium used to be known as the Turkish Gymnasium. With the opening of the Shkolla Normale in 1941, this facility offered education in Albanian language for the first time. Beside its educational importance, the gymnasium’s design gave an a la franga aesthetic to the city of Pristina pre-Second World War. The building consists of three U-shaped wings, while the central facade is distinguished by the avant-corps, a feature common of Baroque-period facades. During the years 1955-1989, the school was named after the Second World War hero Ivo Lola Ribar and became a multi-lingual gymnasium. The current name Sami Frashëri was given in the ‘90s when Albanian teachers and students were violently removed from the school by the Milosević regime. Albanian-language education was conducted in home-schools, namely in the Hertica family house. After the 1999 war, the Albanian community returned to school facilities, and now classes are conducted in Albanian and Turkish.