The Petru Rareș National College (''Colegiul Național Petru Rareș'') is the oldest high school in

Piatra Neamț Piatra Neamț (; ; ) is the capital city of Neamț County, in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in northeastern Romania. Because of its very privileged location in the Divisions of the Carpathians, Eastern Carpathian mountains, it is con ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

, located at 4 Ștefan cel Mare Street. At the 2024 evaluation of Romanian secondary schools, it came in 15th place, with a score of 9.41/10. The school building dates to 1890–1892, and is classified 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, historical ...

by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.

Alumni

Dumitru Almaș Dumitru Almaș (; pen name of Dumitru Ailincăi ; October 19, 1908 – March 12, 1995) was a Romanian journalist, novelist, historian, writer and professor. His prolific output included children's literature, historical novels and textbooks. H ...

Dumitru Coroamă Dumitru Coroamă (July 19, 1885 – 1956) was a Romanian soldier and fascist activist, who held the rank of major general of the Romanian Army during World War II. He was especially known for his contribution to the 1940 establishment of the N ...

* Ilie Crețulescu *

Nicolae Dăscălescu Nicolae I. Dăscălescu (29 June 1884 – 28 September 1969) was a Romanian people, Romanian general during World War II. Biography He was born in a poor peasant family in Girov, Căciulești, Neamț County, Kingdom of Romania. After completin ...

* Constantin Lăcătușu * Gheorghe Manoliu *

Gheorghe Răscănescu Gheorghe Răscănescu (30 January 1900 – 1967) was a Romanian officer during World War II. He was born in Crăcăoani, Neamț County. After completing elementary school in his native village, he attended from 1912 to 1918 the Petru Rareș Hig ...

Daniel Tătaru Daniel Ioan Tătaru (born 6 May 1967) is a Romanian mathematician at University of California, Berkeley. He was born in Piatra Neamț. As a student at the Petru Rareș High School, he won the National Mathematical Olympiad three times and the I ...

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* Piatra Neamț Schools in Neamț County National Colleges in Romania School buildings completed in 1892 Historic monuments in Neamț County {{Romania-school-stub