The Xhevdet Doda Gymnasium was built in the beginning of the 20th century and served as a prison in the interwar period. It hosted different schools before it finally became home to the Xhevdet Doda Gymnasium until 2007. Located in the heart of the city, during the ‘90s, it was the only Albanian-language high school allowed by the Milosević regime to remain in its facilities. This was a propagandistic maneuver by the regime to support its claims that Albanians were leading normal lives. The building’s demolition in 2008 to build the Mother Teresa Cathedral, a proposal set forth by President Ibrahim Rugova, erased the abundant history of this site entirely.