Târgoviște

City: Târgoviște

Country: Romania

    Address: Primăria municipiului Târgoviste Str.Revolutiei nr. 1-3 Targoviste, 130011 ROMANIA

Official page: pmtgv.ro

Cooperation agreement: 17.05.2005

    Târgoviște - is a city in the south of Romania, the region of Muntenia, and the county seat of the Dâmbovița County. The number of inhabitants - about 90 thousand people. The city is located in the foothills of the Eastern Carpathians on the right bank of the Ialomita River, 75 km northwest of Bucharest. The linear distance between Târgoviște  and Ivano-Frankivsk is 450 km.

    The name of the city is of Slavic origin and means "marketplace".

    The first mention of Târgoviște dates back to 1396. In the Middle Ages, the city was the capital of the province of Wallachia. Wallachian lord Vlad III Dracula built the Chindia Tower, which became a symbol of the city. In the period from 1456 to 1462, Târgoviște was his residence, and according to legend, it was here that he committed most of his crimes. Vlad's older brother, Mircea, was buried alive here, and Prince Dracula sought revenge on his enemies by ruthlessly executing them.

    At the end of the 17th century, another Wallachian ruler, Constantine Brynkuvianu, moved the capital to Bucharest, after which Targovishte lost its significance, the economy began to decline, and the city's population decreased from 60,000 in the 16th century to 9,000 in 1900.

    In December 1989, Târgoviște  was the site of the arrest and execution of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena Ceausescu.

    Today the city has developed the production of high-quality steel, mechanical engineering, chemical, woodworking, food industry. In Târgoviște  there is a university "Wallachia", a historical, art museum, a museum of rare books. In 1508, the first book in Romania was published here.

    The sights of the city are the ensemble of boyar chambers, the clock tower of Kindia (XV century), the house of Pirvulescu (XVIII century); the church of Domniaske (1585), Domniaske-Mike (1446), Stelea (1645), St. Dumitru (1639), St. Nicholas (1527), the Sphinx Emperor (1650), Metropolitan (XIX century), the monasteries of Dyalu (XV century, 3 km from the city), Viforita (XVI century, 5 km from the city). The writer and philologist Ion Redulescu (1802-1872), the writer Alexandre Bretescu-Voinesti (1868-1946), and the Prime Minister of Romania Teodor Stolojan (1943) were born in Târgoviшte. The national hero of Romania Tudor Vladimirescu (1821) died in the city.