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St. Nicholas Church and the First Romanian School
A Romanian Orthodox church in the Schei quarter, beside the school where Romanian was first taught in its own alphabet.
- Open
- Every day; the school museum closes on Mondays
- Price
- Free; paid for the school museum
- Time Needed
- 45 minutes
- Address
- Piața Unirii 1, 500123 BrașovDirections
- Getting There
- A 10-minute walk through the Schei Gate from the old town.
Why Go
Romanians weren't allowed to live inside the Saxon walls, so they built their own quarter in Schei, with this church in the 15th century. The school beside it, now a museum, has the first books printed in Romanian.
Nearby in Brașov
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