Saint Sava College

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Saint Sava College was one of the earliest academic institutions in Wallachia, Romania.

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It was founded in 1694 by Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu as Academia Domnească de la Sfântul Sava ("The Saint Sava Princely Academy"), and was initially located in the buildings of Saint Sava Monastery, nowadays the site of Bucharest University. It soon became one of the three most important academies of the Balkans, together with the Academy of Phanar and the Great School of the Constantinople Patriarchy, both in Istanbul.

The language used in education was Greek, until 1818, when, on the initiative of Gheorghe Lazăr, teaching began to be done in Romanian for all branches (primary, secondary, tertiary and academic education).

The academy was split in 1864 on orders from Domnitor Alexander John Cuza, the purely academic branch being converted into the University of Bucharest, while the secondary education one was organized as the current Saint Sava National College.