Matei Basarab National College
| Matei Basarab National College | |
|---|---|
Colegiul Național "Matei Basarab" | |
| Location | |
Matei Basarab 32 Bucharest, Romania | |
| Information | |
| School type | Secondary |
| Established | 25 November 1859 |
| Founder | Alexandru Ioan Cuza |
| Status | Active |
| Nickname | CNMB |
| Newspaper | Basarab Highschool Magazine |
| Alumni | Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, George Topîrceanu, Radu D. Rosetti, Ion Mincu and more |
| Website | https://basarab.ro/ |
Matei Basarab National College (Romanian: Colegiul Național "Matei Basarab") is a high school in central Bucharest, Romania, located at 32 Matei Basarab Street, Sector 3. It is one of the oldest secondary education institutions in Bucharest, second only to Saint Sava National College. It opened in November 1859, one of two secondary schools to open that year in the Romanian capital, the other being Gheorghe Lazăr Gymnasium, in order to supplement the older Saint Sava.
It is named after Matei Basarab, a 17th century Wallachian prince responsible for a cultural, artistic and societal renaissance and known as the greatest builder of churches in Romanian history along with Stephen the Great. Responsible for replacing Old Church Slavonic with Romanian during religious processions, he also initiated a failed anti-Ottoman alliance with Poland and Russia.
It became a National College in 1998, marking the historical and educational prestige associated with the institution.