Lost church · sec. al XVI-lea; demolată după 1864

St. Sava Monastery (lost)

On this site, in front of the University Palace, stood St. Sava Monastery, attested since the 16th century. From 1694 its buildings housed the Princely Academy founded by Constantin Brâncoveanu, the first institution of higher learning in Wallachia, and in 1818 Gheorghe Lazăr opened his school teaching in Romanian here. Part of the ensemble was torn down in the mid-19th century, when the University Palace was built, and the church disappeared a few years after 1864. The statue of Mihai Viteazul stands on the site of the monastery's former altar.

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Old photographs

Piața Universității
1800 · Institutul Național al Patrimoniului, colecția Andrei Ștomff · CC BY-SA 4.0
Statuia lui Mihai Viteazul
1877 · Franz Duschek · Public domain
Monument of Michel le Brave
1897 · Public domain
Statue of Mihai Viteazul in University Square in Bucharest
1900 · Public domain
Bulevardul Nicolae Bălcescu a Strada Ion Câmpineanu torkolatától a Piața Universității felé nézve
1958 · FORTEPAN / Várkonyi Andrea · CC BY-SA 3.0
Piata Universităţii, szemben a Strada Toma Caragiu, távolabb a Strada Ioan Ghica mellett a Szent Miklós orosz
1958 · FORTEPAN / Virány László · CC BY-SA 3.0

On the old maps

The place appears on 45 maps and images, from 1790 to today:

Nearby

Statue of Ion Heliade-Rădulescu · 30 m
University Palace · 60 m
Statue of Spiru Haret · 70 m
Suțu Palace · 100 m
Ion Mincu Institute of Architecture Palace · 140 m
Doamnei Church · 180 m