Unirea National College (Focșani)
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__NOTOC__ Unirea National College Unirea National College () is a high school located at 15 Cezar Bolliac Street,
Focșani Focșani (; ) is the capital city of Vrancea County in Romania on the banks the river Milcov, in the historical region of Moldavia. , it has a population of 66,719. Geography Focșani lies at the foot of the Curvature Carpathians, at a point of ...
, Romania. In 1865, ''
Domnitor ''Prince Domnitor'', in full ''Principe Domnitor'' (Romanian pl. ''Principi Domnitori'') was the official title of the ruler of Romania between 1862 and 1881. It was usually translated as "prince regnant" in English and most other languages, ...
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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'' (prince) of the Romanian Principalities through his double election as List of monarchs of Moldavia ...
ordered the establishment of a gymnasium in Focșani, which took place the following January, making it among the country's first such institutions. Within two years, the school had four grades, and the teachers were collecting materials for science, history and geography, as well as old coins. In 1880, work on the first dedicated building began; at the same time, the name changed from Cuza to Unirea, reflecting the association of Focșani with the union of the Principalities. A fifth grade was added in 1884, and the gymnasium soon became a high school. It moved into the new building in 1900. As early as the 1890s, students formed various literary and cultural societies. During
World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
, when the area was under German occupation, the school closed and a hospital was set up inside.History
at the Unirea National College site
In the
interwar period In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period, also known as the interbellum (), lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II ( ...
, the school underwent material improvements, introducing a library room, a physics and chemistry amphitheater, laboratories for the same subjects and new classrooms. A film projector acquired in 1920 was used in screenings at the end of the week, delighting pupils. The area's first history and ethnography museum was founded by a faculty member in 1928 and opened in an annex. The 1940 Vrancea earthquake and
World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
caused significant damage. During the
communist regime A communist state, also known as a Marxist–Leninist state, is a one-party state in which the totality of the power belongs to a party adhering to some form of Marxism–Leninism, a branch of the communist ideology. Marxism–Leninism was ...
, the quality of education declined at Unirea, which eventually became an industrial high school. This trend began to reverse after the
Romanian Revolution The Romanian revolution () was a period of violent Civil disorder, civil unrest in Socialist Republic of Romania, Romania during December 1989 as a part of the revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several countries around the world, primarily ...
of 1989, so that it was declared a national college in 1997. The school library began in 1874, with 45 books donated by pupils. Two years later, a leading citizen of the town organized various events, collecting a large sum for the further acquisition of books. In 1881, the school began ordering French and German periodicals, drawing on funds supplied by town hall. The library, opened to the public in 1907, was damaged during World War I. A literary society donated its collection in 1920, bringing the holdings to 10,000. World War II brought further losses, and in 1948, the new Communist authorities ordered the destruction of "bourgeois" titles. By the 21st century, the library held 33,000 books, of which 6,300 were old and rare.Library history
at the Unirea National College site
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, historical ...
by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs. Also listed is a 1921 plaque carved by and dedicated to the students of
Putna County Putna County was a county ( Romanian: ''județ'') in the Kingdom of Romania, in southern Moldavia. The county seat was Focșani. The county was located in the central-eastern part of Greater Romania, in the south of Moldavia. Today, most of the t ...
who fell in World War I.


Faculty and alumni


Faculty

* Ioan A. Bassarabescu * Gheorghe Bogdan-DuicăPersonages
at the Unirea National College site
* Ovid Densusianu * Constantin Giurescu * Constantin Moisil


Alumni

* Cornel Coman * Ion Frunzetti * Virgil Huzum * Nicolae I. Manolescu * Simion Mehedinți *
Ion Mincu Ion Mincu (; December 20, 1852 – December 6, 1912 in Bucharest) was a Romanian architect known for having a leading role in the development of the Romanian Revival style. Most of his projects are located in Bucharest, including his main work ...
* Ion Nestor *
Constantin Ion Parhon Constantin Ion Parhon (; 15 October 1874 – 9 August 1969) was a Romanian neuropsychiatrist, endocrinologist and politician. He was the first head of state of the Romanian People's Republic from 1947 to 1952. Parhon was President of the Physici ...
* Emanoil Petruț *
Anghel Saligny Anghel Saligny (; 19 April 1854, Liești, Șerbănești, Moldavia – 17 June 1925, Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania, Romania) was a Romanian engineer, most famous for designing the Anghel Saligny Bridge, Fetești-Cernavodă railway bridge (1895) ...
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Duiliu Zamfirescu Duiliu Zamfirescu (; 30 October 1858 – 3 June 1922) was a Romanian novelist, poet, short story writer, lawyer, nationalist politician, journalist, diplomat and memoirist. In 1909, he was elected a member of the Romanian Academy, and, for a whi ...


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External links


Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Unirea National College (Focșani) Historic monuments in Vrancea County Buildings and structures in Focșani Schools in Vrancea County Educational institutions established in 1866 1866 establishments in Romania National Colleges in Romania School buildings completed in 1900