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Mihai Viteazul National College () 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 ().
History 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. Mihai Surdu, History at the Mihai Viteazul National College site
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, which led to four students (including Sorin Bottez) being condemned to harsh prison sentences. 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.
The school building is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs. Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010: București
Alumni and faculty Alumni
Bartolomeu Anania Official biography Virginia Andreescu Haret Ion Barbu Virgil I. BărbatAndrei Negru, Emil Pop, Zoltán Salánki, Florența Stăvărache, Silviu Totelecan, Sociologia clujeană interbelică. Repere teoretice și empirice, p. 14. Cluj-Napoca, Editura Argonaut, 2002, Sorin Bottez Radu BoureanuSasu, vol. I, p. 679. Sebastian Burduja Ana Caraiani. Cristofi Cerchez Alexandru ClaudianNastasă, pp. 143–144 A. de HerzVictor Eftimiu, Fum de fantome. Evocări, p. 60. Bucharest: Editura Casei Școalelor, 1940 Édouard de MaxIonel Maftei, Personalități ieșene: Omagiu (vol. I), pp. 207-08. Iași: Comitetul de cultură și educație socialistă al județului Iași, 1972 Horia GârbeaHoria Gârbea, "Meseria de a scrie (la comandă)", in Revista 22, Nr. 992, March 2009 Alexandru GeorgeNicolae Bârna, "George, Alexandru", in Dicționarul general al literaturii române. D/G, p. 898. Bucharest: Museum of Romanian Literature, 2017. Mircea GesticoneSasu, vol. I, pp. 639-40 Dimitrie Leonida Biography at the Hidroelectrica site Nicolae Paulescu Cristian Tudor Popescu Niculae Spiroiu Octav ȘuluțiuSasu, vol. II, pp. 677-79. Șerban Țițeica Dorin Tudoran"Dorin Tudoran, decorat de președintele Iohannis", Radio Europa Liberă, June 30, 2020 Mircea Vulcănescu
Faculty Gheorghe Bogdan-DuicăGeorge Bogdan-Duică (ed. Dumitru Petrescu), Studii și articole, pp. xlii–xliii. Editura Minerva, Bucharest, 1975Nastasă, pp. 259, 294 Bonifaciu FlorescuAlexandru Piru, "Florescu Bonifaciu", in Sasu, vol. I, p. 593. Petre V. HaneșSasu, vol. I, pp. 707-08. Constantin Noe George Potra I. M. RașcuGeorge Călinescu, Istoria literaturii române de la origini pînă în prezent, p. 1017. Editura Minerva, Bucharest, 1986 Virgil Huzum, "I. M. Rașcu", in Revista Noastră. Publicație a Elevilor Colegiului Unirea din Focșani, Issue 2/1972, p. 30Nicolae Iorga, "Cronică", in Revista Istorică, Issues 10–12/1938, pp. 374–75 Octav Șuluțiu Ștefan Zeletin Mihai Sorin Rădulescu, "O carte despre Ștefan Zeletin", in România Literară, Nr. 39/2002
Notes
References Lucian Nastasă, "Suveranii" universităților românești. Mecanisme de selecție și promovare a elitei intelectuale. Cluj-Napoca, Editura Limes, 2007, Aurel Sasu (ed.), Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.
External links
Official site