Biblioteca Nationala

national library of romania the roots of the library can be found at saint sava college library. saint sava college library was opened in 1859 when 1000 french volumes were archived. after 1859 union, the library has reach the national statute (bibliotecă naţională şi bibliotecă centrală - national and central library) in 1864 the library was named central library of the state (biblioteca centrală a statului). in 1901 all the collections were ceased to the romanian academy library. as a result from 1901 to 1955, the romanian academy library has achieved the national attribute. in 1955, the state central library was organised, having the attributes of a national library. in 1989 after the collapse of the communist regime the state central library was once again renamed to biblioteca naţională a româniei.