The National College „Andrei Şaguna”, the first Romanian gymnasium of Brasov, has been erected between 1851 and 1856, after the plans of the architect Ştefan Emilian, the foundation-stone being placed in the presence of the Metropolitan Bishop of the Orthodox Bishopric of Transylvania , Andrei Şaguna (1809-1873). The construction is representative for the neoclassic architecture on the territory of nowadays Romania; the highschool used to be across the time a prestigious educational institution, on which are linked the names of same remarkable personalities of the Romanian intellectuality. The festive hall of the gymnasium was decorated by the painter Iosif Clement, in 1862.  
On Prundului Street, descending from „Şchei” towards the “Stronghold", there is the Evangelical Church of the Upper Suburb – Obere Vorstadt (1790-1793), which background bears the more pretentious mark of the Rococo style.