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Mihai Viteazul National College, Bucharest

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Mihai Viteazul National College

Mihai Viteazul National College (Romanian: Colegiul Național Mihai Viteazul) is a high school located at 62 Pache Protopopescu Boulevard, Bucharest, Romania. One of the most prestigious secondary education institutions in Romania, it was named after the Romanian ruler Michael the Brave (Romanian: Mihai Viteazul).

History

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The school traces its origins to 1865, when Saint Sava National College was becoming overcrowded and two gymnasium classes were split off, marking the start of a separate institution. In 1867, Prince Carol decreed the establishment of Michael the Great Gymnasium, marking its legal beginning. For some 30 years, the school did not have its own building, moving around from place to place. It ultimately settled in the yard of the Lutheran Church. The students showed solidarity with the 1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt. During the Central Powers’ occupation in World War I, the school was evacuated, its archive destroyed and classes suspended. Following the war, it was decided to construct a permanent building on land acquired by the Education Ministry in 1914.[1]

The cornerstone was laid in 1921 and work on the main building was largely completed by 1928. It was used as a field hospital in World War II. In the early years of the communist regime, the 1937 auditorium burned down during a spontaneous student protest,[1] which led to four students (including Sorin Bottez) being condemned to harsh prison sentences.[2] The chapel on the upper floor became and remains a gymnastics room, although the high windows retain cross shapes. Eventually, the school was again moved, while the building housed a workers’ school. It returned as School nr. 13, and was again named after Michael the Brave in 1969. It was declared a national college in 1996. In 2011, by which time there were 1,200 students, the building underwent a thorough restoration.[1]

The school building is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.[3]

Alumni and faculty

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Alumni

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Faculty

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f (in Romanian) Mihai Surdu, History at the Mihai Viteazul National College site
  2. ^ a b Stoenescu, Lăcrămioara (October 2, 2009). "Organizația Avram Iancu". România liberă (in Romanian). Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  3. ^ (in Romanian) Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010: București Archived 2018-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ (in Romanian) Official biography Archived May 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Bădescu, Emanuel (July 18, 2013). "Virginia Andreescu Haret, prima femeie arhitect din România (I)". Ziarul Financiar (in Romanian). Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  6. ^ Andrei Negru, Emil Pop, Zoltán Salánki, Florența Stăvărache, Silviu Totelecan, Sociologia clujeană interbelică. Repere teoretice și empirice, p. 14. Cluj-Napoca, Editura Argonaut, 2002, ISBN 978-973-9350-75-4
  7. ^ Sasu, vol. I, p. 679.
  8. ^ "Ana Caraiani – de la "Mihai Viteazul" – medalie de aur si la Olimpiada de Matematica de la Tokyo", Curierul Național (in Romanian), July 21, 2003, archived from the original on December 31, 2014, retrieved December 30, 2014.
  9. ^ Marinache, Oana Mihaela (28 June 2012). "Cristofi Cerchez (1872–1955)". Revista Arhitectura (in Romanian). Bucharest, Romania: Uniunii Arhitecților din România. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  10. ^ Nastasă, pp. 143–144
  11. ^ Victor Eftimiu, Fum de fantome. Evocări, p. 60. Bucharest: Editura Casei Școalelor, 1940
  12. ^ Ionel Maftei, Personalități ieșene: Omagiu (vol. I), pp. 207-08. Iași: Comitetul de cultură și educație socialistă al județului Iași, 1972
  13. ^ Horia Gârbea, "Meseria de a scrie (la comandă)", in Revista 22, Nr. 992, March 2009
  14. ^ Sasu, vol. I, pp. 639-40
  15. ^ (in Romanian) Biography at the Hidroelectrica site
  16. ^ Constantin, Carmen (July 17, 2011). "Cristian Tudor Popescu, jurnalist: "La chimie am trecut pentru că jucam handbal"". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  17. ^ Petrescu, Ion. "Onor la Generalul admirat ca fiind cel mai bun ministru postdecembrist al apărării naționale". presamil.ro (in Romanian). Ministry of National Defence (Romania). Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  18. ^ a b Sasu, vol. II, pp. 677-79.
  19. ^ "Șerban Țițeica (1908–1985)". www.phys.uaic.ro (in Romanian). Faculty of Physics, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  20. ^ "Dorin Tudoran, decorat de președintele Iohannis", Radio Europa Liberă, June 30, 2020
  21. ^ George Bogdan-Duică (ed. Dumitru Petrescu), Studii și articole, pp. xlii–xliii. Editura Minerva, Bucharest, 1975
  22. ^ Nastasă, pp. 259, 294
  23. ^ Alexandru Piru, "Florescu Bonifaciu", in Sasu, vol. I, p. 593.
  24. ^ Sasu, vol. I, pp. 707-08.
  25. ^ Bercin-Drăghicescu, Adina; Dorin, Lozovanu; Virgil, Coman (2012). Aromâni, meglenoromâni, istroromâni: aspecte identitare și culturale (in Romanian). Editura Universității din București. pp. 134–135. ISBN 9786061601486.
  26. ^ Cernovodeanu, Paul (1992). "George Potra (1907–1990)" (PDF). Revista Istorică. 3 (1–2): 189–190.
  27. ^ George Călinescu, Istoria literaturii române de la origini pînă în prezent, p. 1017. Editura Minerva, Bucharest, 1986
  28. ^ (in Romanian) Virgil Huzum, "I. M. Rașcu", in Revista Noastră. Publicație a Elevilor Colegiului Unirea din Focșani, Issue 2/1972, p. 30
  29. ^ Nicolae Iorga, "Cronică", in Revista Istorică, Issues 10–12/1938, pp. 374–75
  30. ^ (in Romanian) Mihai Sorin Rădulescu, "O carte despre Ștefan Zeletin", in România Literară, Nr. 39/2002

References

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  • Lucian Nastasă, "Suveranii" universităților românești. Mecanisme de selecție și promovare a elitei intelectuale. Cluj-Napoca, Editura Limes, 2007, ISBN 978-973-726-278-3
  • Aurel Sasu (ed.), Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004. ISBN 973-697-758-7
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