Giurgiu

Giurgiu ( German outdated: Zurz ) is a city in Romania and the capital of the eponymous district Giurgiu, located on the Danube. With the side opposite to the other bank of the Danube city of Ruse Bulgarian border it is connected via the Giurgiu - Ruse Friendship Bridge.

From the early 15th to the early 19th century the city belonged directly to the Ottoman Empire and was therefore one of the centers of Islam in Wallachia. The city reached before the Second World War international notoriety as a stop on the Orient Express, which initially ended even in Giurgiu.

The city had about 70,000 inhabitants in 2001 (according to the European statistics agency Eurostat). The average annual population growth rate is -0.7 %. 17.2 % of people are unemployed. 16.8% of the population is under 15 years, 3.6% are over 75 years old.

City Festival is like the opposite Russe May 6 ( George's Day).

Arts and Culture

  • Philharmonic Orchestra

Personalities

  • Ioan A. Bassarabescu (1870-1952), Romanian writer, in 1909 a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy
  • Tudor Vianu (1898-1964), Romanian literary historian, critic, philosopher and translator
  • Constantin Teaşcă (1922-1996), football coach
  • Narcis Coman ( born 1946 ), football player
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