300px, Alexandru Vlahuță National College Alexandru Vlahuță National College ( ro, Colegiul Național Alexandru Vlahuță) is a high school located at 13 Tudor Vladimirescu Street,

Râmnicu Sărat Râmnicu Sărat (also spelled ''Rîmnicu Sărat'', , german: Rümnick or ''Rebnick''; tr, Remnik) is a city in Buzău County, Romania, in the historical region of Muntenia. It was first attested in a document of 1439, and raised to the rank of ' ...

, Romania. The school opened as a boys’ gymnasium in September 1889. It initially had a single grade with two teachers, and was located in the former town hall. In 1893, it moved into the current building, which originally had only a ground floor, and was named for

Vasile Boerescu Vasile Boerescu (January 1, 1830 – November 18, 1883) was a journalist, lawyer and Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Justice, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Religion and Public Instruction and held other various gov ...

, who had donated the land. By that time, there were four grades and eleven teachers. Classes were suspended in 1916, during World War I, when the area was under German occupation. The furniture was destroyed, while the archive and teaching materials were moved to town hall. Classes resumed in 1918; the following year, the institution became King Ferdinand High School. The upper floor was built in 1925-1926; the gymnasium dates to the same period. The interwar years marked a time of increasing prestige for the school.History
at the Alexandru Vlahuță National College site In 1948, the new

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dropped the king’s name. Girls were first admitted the following year. In 1957, the school was dedicated to writer

Alexandru Vlahuță Alexandru Vlahuță (; 5 September 1858 – 19 November 1919) was a Romanian writer. His best known work is '' România pitorească'', an overview of Romania's landscape in the form of a travelogue. He was also the main editor of ''Sămănătorul' ...

. From 1977 to 1990, it featured two specializations: mathematics and physics; and mechanics. The number of pupils rose from 160 during the gymnasium days to 601 in 1922-1923 to 1267 in 1989-1990, including night school attendees. The school was declared a national college in 2000. The school building is listed as a

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by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010: Județul Buzău

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