Princess Sophie of Romania on visit to “Gheorghe Asachi” Lyceum
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19 September 2023 15:10
Her Royal Highness Princess Sophie of Romania on September 19 had a meeting with students of the Chisinau Theoretical Lyceum “Gheorghe Asachi” which in the interwar period was called “Queen Maria” and in whose honor a hall of the lyceum was given her name, IPN reports.Princess Sophie went through the classrooms of the lyceum, discussed with teachers and student
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