V. A. Urechia was a Moldavian, later Romanian historian, Romantic author of historical fiction and plays, academic and politician. The author of Romanian history syntheses, a noted bibliographer, heraldist, ethnographer and folklorist, he founded and managed a private school, later holding teaching positions at the University of Iași and University of Bucharest. Urechia was also one of the founding members of the Romanian Academy and, as frequent traveler to Spain and fluent speaker of Spanish, a corresponding member of the Royal Spanish Academy. He was the father of satirist Alceu Urechia.
Urechia in Sinaia, 1890
Luiza Urechia ca. 1869–1875, portrait by Nicolae Grigorescu
Title page of Istoria școalelor, Volume IV, 1901
The unveiling of Mihail Kogălniceanu's monument in Galați, an event attended by Urechia (1893)
The Romanian Academy is a cultural forum founded in Bucharest, Romania, in 1866. It covers the scientific, artistic and literary domains. The academy has 181 active members who are elected for life.
The Romanian Academy Library building