Tecuci

Tecuci is a city in the Galaţi county in the west of Moldova in Romania.

Location

In the south of the historical region of Moldavia ( Principatul Moldovei ) located to Tecuci is to wooded hills along the river Bârlad and about 10 kilometers east from the River Siret. The town is located on the European road E 581 ( Mărăşeşti -Odessa ) between Mărăşeşti and Bârlad. The railways from Galaţi - Bârlad and faurei - Tecuci meet in the city. The county capital of Galaţi is 78 kilometers southeast of Tecuci.

History

The history of the settlement of the region dates back to the Neolithic period. In the field of Tecuci numerous finds of Neolithic and dwellings were during archaeological excavations which point in the La Tène period, made ​​. To the west of the place - the airport - even necropolis of the Middle Ages with a diameter of 4.60 meters and a height of 1.50 meters found; these were paved in 1938. According to the Moldavian chronicler Grigore Ureche (1590-1647) had, on a hill - called by the locals Movila Mare - the Moldavian voivode Ştefan cel Mare, three days his camp in a battle against the Turks, pitched. The first documentary mention of the place Tecuci dates back to 1435th

Population

In 2002, the city had 42,094 inhabitants Tecuci. 40 467 of them were Romanians, 24 Hungarians were, five were German, 1,540 were Roma. In addition, Ukrainians ( 2), Lipovans (2 ), were Turks ( 2), Serbs ( 1), Bulgarians (2 ), Greece (5) Jews (15) Italian (2 ) and 25 of other nationalities registered; in 1900 there were only 13,401 inhabitants.

Attractions

  • The Romanian Orthodox Cathedral Sf. Gheorghe
  • The museum Gheorghe Petrascu
  • The People's Garden of Tecuci
  • Many buildings in the city built in the 19th and 20th centuries are under monument protection.

Personalities

  • Calis Trat Hogaş (1847-1917), writer
  • Nicolae Petrascu (1859-1944), historian
  • Gheorghe Petrascu (1872-1949), painter
  • Ion Petrovic (1882-1972), philosopher, professor at the University " Alexandru Ioan Cuza " in Iasi (1923-1926), member of the Romanian Academy (from 1935) and Minister of National Education and Culture ( 1937-1942 ).
  • Iorgu Jordan (1888-1986), linguist, Vice- President of the Romanian Academy
  • Mihail Manoilescu (1891-1950), politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania ( 4 July to 4 September 1940)
  • Henri Moscovici ( born 1944 ), mathematician
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