Roman-Vodă National College

Its establishment had received legislative approval nearly four years earlier, but was delayed by lack of funds and seen through by local figures.

The same year, George Radu Melidon was hired to teach history; he would have a significant impact on the development of the school and the town as a whole.

The building was requisitioned during World War I, when the school operated on the grounds of the cathedral, sometimes holding classes outdoors; some pupils left, while part of the faculty was mobilized to the front.

The following years were difficult ones as the school struggled to maintain its standards; a key turning point came in 1948, when the new communist regime dropped the Roman-Vodă name and grade 12 was eliminated.

[1] The school building is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, which supplies a completion date of 1899.