The Romanian school network south of the Danube at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Some administrative and organizational aspects
The Romanian school network south of the Danube at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Some administrative and organizational aspects

Summary/Abstract: Romanian cultural efforts in the Balkans were initiated by a number of Aromanian personalities who emigrated to the northern Danube region and, over time, came to hold key positions both in the state apparatus (Anastasie Panu, Alexandru Diamandi, Eugeniu Carada, Tache Ionescu, Gheorghe Manu), as well as in cultural and economic life (Ioan Kalinderu, Ioan Caragiani, Dimitrie Cozacovici, Menelau Ghermani, Pericle Papahagi, etc.). The Aromanian emigrants from Bucharest who had reached key positions began to demand cultural and educational support for their Balkan communities. In 1864, Alexandru Ioan Cuza allocated 10,000 gold coins from the Monasteries Fund to be used to open schools for the Aromanians in the Balkans. This marked the beginning of the Romanian state’s cultural action in the Balkans, a process that would cause countless tensions, especially between Romania and Greece. The largest part of the financial resources allocated by the Romanian state to the Aromanian communities south of the Danube was directed towards the establishment of new schools and the support of teaching staff in the area.

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