__NOTOC__

Ion Maiorescu National College ( ro, Colegiul Național Ion Maiorescu) is a high school located at 8 Nicolae Droc Barcian Street,

Giurgiu Giurgiu (; bg, Гюргево) is a city in southern Romania. The seat of Giurgiu County, it lies in the historical region of Muntenia. It is situated amongst mud-flats and marshes on the left bank of the Danube facing the Bulgarian city ...

, Romania. The Giurgiu City Council decided to open a gymnasium in 1868, and work soon began on a building. Ready in little over a year, the school opened in November 1869. It had eighteen pupils taught by two teachers. Nicolae Droc Barcian joined the faculty in 1870, rising to principal in 1873 and becoming a prominent local figure. In 1890, Upon his suggestion, the school was named after 1848 revolutionary and education reformer Ion Maiorescu. The current school building was started in 1895 and completed the following year. During World War I, between 1916 and 1918, the school was closed, with teachers protesting its occupation by German troops.History
at the Ion Maiorescu National College site With the addition of another grade, the gymnasium became a high school in 1919. Its new status was enshrined by law in 1923, when the full complement of grades started to function. The institution acquired significant prestige in the interwar period, with renowned teachers, strict discipline and a high level of learning. In 1948, the new

communist regime A communist state, also known as a Marxist–Leninist state, is a one-party state that is administered and governed by a communist party guided by Marxism–Leninism. Marxism–Leninism was the state ideology of the Soviet Union, the Cominte ...

reduced the course to eleven grades; the next set of 12th-graders would not graduate until 1969. A new wing was added in 1957–1959, while the gymnasium dates to 1976. The number of faculty rose from 33 to 44 from 1968 to 1969, reflecting a rise in the student population. In 1996, following the

Romanian Revolution The Romanian Revolution ( ro, Revoluția Română), also known as the Christmas Revolution ( ro, Revoluția de Crăciun), was a period of violent civil unrest in Romania during December 1989 as a part of the Revolutions of 1989 that occurred i ...

, it was declared a national college. The school building is listed as a

historic monument A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, hist ...

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

Faculty and alumni

Faculty

Nicolae Cartojan Nicolae Cartojan (December 4, 1883–December 20, 1944) was a Romanian literary historian. Born in Uzunu, Giurgiu County, his parents were Anghel Cartojan and Maria (''née'' Petrescu). He graduated from Bucharest's Saint Sava National Colleg ...

Traian Lalescu Traian Lalescu (; 12 July 1882 – 15 June 1929) was a Romanian mathematician. His main focus was on integral equations and he contributed to work in the areas of functional equations, trigonometry, trigonometric series, mathematical physics, geo ...

Alumni

Nicolae Dărăscu Nicolae Dărăscu (February 18, 1883 – August 14, 1959) was a Romanian painter. He was influenced by Impressionism and Neo-impressionism. Biography Born in Giurgiu, he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest between 1902 and ...

Tudor Vianu Tudor Vianu (; January 8, 1898 – May 21, 1964) was a Romanian literary criticism, literary critic, art critic, poet, philosopher, academic, and translator. He had a major role on the reception and development of Modernism in Literature of Roma ...

Notes

External links

Official site
{{coord, 43.8924, 25.9664, type:edu_region:RO, display=title Historic monuments in Giurgiu County Giurgiu Schools in Giurgiu County Educational institutions established in 1869 1869 establishments in Romania National Colleges in Romania School buildings completed in 1896