Universitatea Politehnica din Bucureşti is a technical university in Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in 1864 based on the older technical school of Gheorghe Lazăr and it was renamed "Politehnica" in 1920. Politehnica University of Bucharest is the largest technical university in Romania. Its traditions are connected to the founding of the first higher technical school in 1818 by Gheorghe Lazăr. Born in Avrig, Gheorghe Lazăr studied in Sibiu, Cluj and Vienna. In 1817–1818 he endeavored to convince the local noblemen of the need for supporting a modern technical... school in Romania. Thus, on 24 March 1818, by a royal edict of Ioan Caragea, the premises of Saint Sava Abbey were converted into the new school, Şcoala Tehnică Superioară pentru Ingineri Hotarnici . Later, in 1832 this school was reorganised, including four cycles, in accordance with the provisions of Organic Ordinance.
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