In the village-like Șchei District on Brașov’s southwestern outskirts is a site of real value for Romanian culture.

Here in the grounds of the 16th-century Church of St Nicholas (Biserica Sfântul Nicolae) is the first school ever to teach courses in Romanian.

These first took place in 1583 and the school was in use all the way up to 1941, before becoming a museum not long after the war.