“Captain Aviator Mircea T. Badulescu” Secondary School

"CAPTAIN AVIATOR MIRCEA T. BADULESCU" SECONDARY SCHOOL The current School with grades I-VIII, "Captain Aviator Mircea T. Bădulescu", No. 1, Buzău was established in 1867 with the opening of the first class for girls. In 1882 boys' classes are added, becoming a "girls and boys" school. At the beginning, the school operated in a rented house across the road from the place where the institution's building was being built. The construction of the school, designed by the architect Cerchez, began in 1886 and it was completed in 1896. Built on land purchased by the city hall, the building plan, in the era style, included a main body, with two levels, divided in the middle and the courtyard, one part being for girls and the other for boys, as well as two annexe buildings, housing for directors, built later. The premises was founded and consecrated in the fall of 1888. In December 2002, the school took the honorary name of "Captain Aviator Mircea T. Bădulescu" on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the birth of this ace of the Romanian wings. The military aviator, Mircea T. Bădulescu was born in Buzău, he studied at the school that today bears his name and then at current "Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu" National High School. He was a war pilot, a squadron commander, a hero of the Second World War, characterized as an excellent air fighter. For his feats of arms, he was rewarded with numerous distinctions, including "Mihai Viteazul" Order.