Târgovişte

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For the Bulgarian city see Targovishte.

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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">Location of Târgovişte

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<tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: smaller; padding-bottom: 0.7em;">Coordinates: 44°55′27″N 25°27′24″E / 44.92417, 25.45667</th>

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               <th class="adr">Fişier:Flag of Romania.svg Romania

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               <th class="adr">Dâmboviţa County

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<tr class="mergedtoprow"> <td colspan="2">Government </td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th> - Mayor <td>Iulian Furcoiu (Social Democratic Party)</td> </tr>

<tr class="mergedtoprow"> <td colspan="2">Population (2002)</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th> - Total</th> <td>89.429</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <th>Time zone</th> <td>EET (UTC+2) </tr> <tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <th style="white-space: nowrap;"> - Summer (DST)</th> <td>EEST (UTC+3)</td> </tr>

Website: http://www.pmtgv.ro/

Târgovişte (also spelled Tîrgovişte; IPA: [tɨr.ˈgo.viʃ.te]) is a city in the Dâmboviţa county of Romania. It is situated on the right bank of the Ialomiţa River. As of 2003, it has an estimated population of 89,000.

Cuprins 1 History 2 Population 3 Twin Cities 4 Famous natives 5 External links

[modifică] History

First attested in 1396, in the Travel Accounts of Johannes Schiltberger, it became the capital of the Wallachian voivodship, probably during the reign of Mircea cel Bătrân, when the Royal Court ("Curtea Domnească") was built. Vlad III Dracula later added the Chindia Tower, now a symbol of the city.

In 1597 Mihai Viteazul fought and won a decisive battle against the Ottoman Empire in Târgovişte.

After Constantin Brâncoveanu moved the capital to Bucharest, Târgovişte lost its importance, decaying economically as its population decreased.

Târgovişte was the site of the trial and execution of Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena in December 1989.

Interestingly, there are towns with the same name (albeit with different spellings as they are written in our days in a different alphabeth,cyrillic) in both Bulgaria and Serbia. The Romanian and Bulgarian towns are twinned. The name is of Slavic origin, from the root -trg- or -tǎrg- ("trade") and the placename suffix -ište, and means "marketplace".

[modifică] Population

• 16th century: 60,000
• 1900: 9,400
• 1977: 61,300
• 2002: 89,930

[modifică] Twin Cities

• Fişier:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Targovishte, Bulgaria
• Fişier:Flag of Lithuania.svg Trakai, Lithuania
• Fişier:Flag of France.svg Orvault, France
• Fişier:Flag of the United States.svg Miami , USA
• Fişier:Flag of Italy.svg Corbetta, Italy
• Fişier:Flag of Portugal.svg Santarem, Portugal
• Fişier:Flag of Sweden.svg Vellinge, Sweden
• Fişier:Flag of Spain.svg Castellon de la Plana, Spain

[modifică] Famous natives

• Vasile Blendea (1895 - 1988), painter, sculptor artist
• Alexandru Brătescu-Voineşti (1868 - 1946), writer
• Iulian Chiriţă (1967), football player
• Cornel Dinu (1948), football player
• Ion Heliade Rădulescu (1802 - 1872), writer, philologist, politician
• Laurenţiu Reghecampf (1975), football player
• Theodor Stolojan (1943), economist, politician
• Claudiu Voiculeţ (1985), football player
• Tony Bulandra, actor

[modifică] External links

• A presentation of the Medieval Princely Court of Târgovişte - includes 25 contemporary photos, 3 ancient images, 2 layouts, a reconstruction of the Court, bibliography and many other info (in Romanian).
• Map of the city
• Târgovişte Online
• the 360 panorama view of Târgovişte
• free classifieds for Târgovişte

v • d • e County seats of Romania (alphabetical order by county)

Alba Iulia • Arad • Piteşti • Bacău • Oradea • Bistriţa • Botoşani • Braşov • Brăila • Buzău • Reşiţa • Călăraşi • Cluj-Napoca • Constanţa • Sfântu Gheorghe • Târgovişte • Craiova • Galaţi • Giurgiu • Târgu Jiu • Miercurea Ciuc • Deva • Slobozia • Iaşi • Buftea • Baia Mare • Drobeta-Turnu Severin • Târgu Mureş • Piatra Neamţ • Slatina • Ploieşti • Satu Mare • Zalău • Sibiu • Suceava • Alexandria • Timişoara • Tulcea • Vaslui • Râmnicu Vâlcea • Focşani Bucharest (national capital)

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