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Aurel Vlaicu High School (Orăștie)
Aurel Vlaicu High School () is a high school located at 8 Gheorghe Lazăr Street, Orăștie, Romania. The school was established in 1919, following the union of Transylvania with Romania, and was the first Romanian-language high school in Orăștie. Its founding resulted from the intransigent attitude of the Hungarian principal at the Reformed Church’s Kún Kocsárd College, who refused to record grades for Romanian language as a subject. This spurred students and local intellectuals to call for a separate institution, and every Romanian pupil from Kún defected to the new school, which had eight grades and was named for aviator Aurel Vlaicu. Dan Orghici"100 de ani de la înființarea Liceului de stat 'Aurel Vlaicu'" ''Cotidianul'', July 5, 2019 For two years, it operated out of the former state girls’ school. In autumn 1921, with 427 pupils causing overcrowding, it moved into an 1847 building that once belonged to the Reformed Church. Among the major donors of funds and educat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orăștie
Orăștie (; , , , '' Transylvanian Saxon'': Brooss) is a small town and municipality in Hunedoara County, south-western Transylvania, central Romania. History 7th–9th century – On the site of an old swamp was a human settlement, now the location of the old town center, whose remains can be traced into the 10th century when the first fortification was built with raised earth and wood stockades. 11th–12th century – The first Christian religious edifice was raised: The Orăștie Rotunda. It is a circular chapel, with an age estimated at 1000 years. Perhaps it was used only by aristocratic families that dominated the Orăștie area and surroundings in the 11th century. Nearby there is a similar construction from the same period – The Geoagiu Rotunda. 1105 – In the wake of the First Crusade Anselm von Braz ”liber de liberis genitus", châtelain of Logne, Walloon ministerial count settled here. The historian Karl Kurt Klein implies – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |