IASI is the most important historical, economic and cultural center in Northeast Romania.
The archaeological researches have discovered in this area, traces of the ancient Culture of Cucuteni , flourishing some 5000 years ago. Iasi City is documentary certified from the 14th century during the reign of Alexandru cel Bun. The name of Iasi City is bound up with the so-called "golden period" of the Romanian culture. At the beginning of the 19th century, here was established the first high education school in Romanian. In 1860 Al.I.Cuza founded, in Iasi, the first university within Romania. The city was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia from 1564 to 1859, then of the United Principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia) from 1859 to 1862, and the capital of Kindom of Romania from 1916 to 1918.
Many Romanian personalities lived, studied, worked and created in Iasi. The city is well known as a major cultural city. |
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