Saint Sava College was one of the earliest

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. It was the predecessor to both

Saint Sava National College The Saint Sava National College (Romanian language, Romanian: ''Colegiul Național Sfântul Sava''), Bucharest, named after Sabbas the Sanctified, is the oldest and one of the most prestigious high schools in Romania. It was founded in 1694, ...

and the

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History

It was the continuator of the Princely Academy from Bucharest, and was initially located in the buildings of Saint Sava Monastery, nowadays the site of the

. Its origines are connected to the lectures delivered in Romanian by

Gheorghe Lazăr Gheorghe Lazăr (5 June 1779 – 17 September 1823), born and died in Avrig, Sibiu County, was a Transylvanian, later Romanian scholar, the founder of the first Romanian language school in Bucharest, 1817. Biography A Habsburg Empire subject, ...

in the Princely Academy, beginning with 1818. After the Hetairia movement from 1821, the Ottoman

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forbade the existence of Greek schools, but he allowed the existence of Romanian schools. Thus, by the efforts of Lazăr and of other professors that associated with him, like

Eufrosin Poteca Eufrosin Poteca (; born Radu Poteca; 1786 – 10 December 1858) was a Romanian philosopher, theologian, and translator, professor at the Saint Sava Academy of Bucharest. Later in life he campaigned against slavery. He was the grandfather of the R ...

Ion Heliade Rădulescu Ion Heliade Rădulescu or Ion Heliade (also known as ''Eliade'' or ''Eliade Rădulescu''; ; January 6, 1802 – April 27, 1872) was a Wallachian, later Romanian academic, Romanticism, Romantic and Classicism, Classicist poet, essayist, mem ...

, Vasile Ardelean, a.k.a. Laszlo Erdely, or

Petrache Poenaru Petrache Poenaru (; 10 January 1799 – 2 October 1875) was a Romanian inventor of the Enlightenment era. Poenaru, who had studied in Paris and Vienna and, later, completed his specialized studies in England, was a mathematician, physicist, en ...

, the Saint Sava Academy managed to hold the same academic level as the former Greek-language Princely Academy. The Academy was split in 1864 on orders from

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Alexandru Ioan Cuza Alexandru Ioan Cuza (, or Alexandru Ioan I, also anglicised as Alexander John Cuza; 20 March 1820 – 15 May 1873) was the first ''domnitor'' (Ruler) of the Romanian Principalities through his double election as prince of Moldavia on 5 Januar ...

, the purely academic branch being converted into the University of Bucharest, while the secondary education one was organized as the current

Sources

*{{cite magazine , last=Pop , first=Ștefan , date=1933 , title=Colegiul Național Sf Sava , url=http://restitutio.bcub.ro/handle/123456789/666 , magazine=Boabe de grâu - Revistă de cultură , volume=IV , issue=7 , pages=386-419 , access-date=4 November 2020 Educational institutions established in 1821 Educational institutions disestablished in 1864 History of Bucharest Education in Bucharest History of Wallachia (1821–1859) 1821 establishments in Romania