Ion Luca Caragiale National College (Ploiești)

Ion Luca Caragiale National College (Romanian: Colegiul Național Ion Luca Caragiale) is a high school located at 98 Gheorghe Doja Street, Ploiești, Romania.

[1] The first dedicated school building, designed by Alexandru Orăscu, was started in 1865 and completed the following year.

[2] The gymnasium operated for fourteen years, including during the Romanian War of Independence, when a Russian chapel was installed in the schoolyard beneath a large white tent.

[1] In 1944, during World War II, it suffered severe damage as a result of Allied bombing.

[2] The current school building, which dates to 1936, is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, as are its two predecessors.

Ion Luca Caragiale National College in Ploiești. Engraved above the entrance is the school's motto, NON CUIVIS HOMINI CONTINGIT ADIRE CORINTHUM , which translates into "Not everyone succeeds in getting to Corinth" a famous quote by Horace that symbolises the exclusivity that is offered by attending.