IASI

Iasi [ja ]ʃʲ is one of the largest cities and a municipality in Romania. Located in the Moldavia

region, Ia i has traditionally been one of the șleading centres of Romanian social, cultural,

academic and artistic life. The city was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia from 1564 to 1859, then of the United principalites from 1859 to 1862, and the capital

of Romania from 1916 to 1918.

Known as The Cultural Capital of Romania, Ia i is a symbol in Romanian ș

history. The historian Nicolae Iorga said "There should be no Romanian who does not know of it".Still referred to as The Moldavian Capital, Ia i is the seat of Ia i Countyș ș and the

main economic centre of the Romanian region of Moldavia.

• Is home of: the first Romanian university and to the first engineering school,

• it is the second largest university centre in the country and accommodates over 75,000 students in

5 public and 7 private universities.• The social and cultural life revolves around

the Vasile Alecsandri National Theater (the oldest in Romania), the Moldova State Philharmonic, the Opera House, the Tătăra i Athenaeumș , a

famous Botanical Garden (the oldest and largest in Romania),

• The Central University Library(the oldest in Romania),

• the high quality cultural centres and festivals, an array of museums, memorial houses, religious and

historical monuments.

Iasi

Located in the North-East of Romania, between the Ia i Ridgeș  (Romanian: Coasta Ia ilor) ș(the northern-most hill formation of the Bârlad Plateau) and the Jijia Plain.The city lies on the Bahlui River, a tributary of the Jijia (tributary of the Prut). The surrounding country is one of uplands and woods, featuring monasteries and parks. Ia i itself stands amid șvineyards and gardens, partly on hills, partly in the in-between valley.

It is a common belief that Iași is built on seven hills (Romanian: coline): Cetățuia, Galata, Copou-Aurora, Bucium-Păun, Șorogari, Repedea and Breazu, thus triggering comparisons withRome.

Iasi has historical monuments, 500-year-old churches and monasteries, contemporary

architecture, many of them listed on the National Register of Historic

Monuments, Ia i is an outstanding ședucational center. Pieces of architecture

include the Trei Ierarhi Monastery, part of the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Site, or the neo-Gothic Palace of Culture,

built on the old ruins of the mediaeval Princely Court of Moldavia.

The Trei Ierarhi Monastery

The city and the surrounding area house more than 10 monasteries and 100 historical churches.Among the oldest is Princely Saint Nicholas (1491), dating from the reign of Stehen the Great, and the Metropolitan Cathedral is the largest of its kind in Romania. TheThree Holy Hierarchs Monastery, a unique monument, considered to be an architectural masterpiece, was erected in 1635–1639 by Vasile Lupu, and adorned with gilded carvings on its outer walls and twin towers.

The neo-Gothic Palace of Culture

The Palace of Culture (Romanian: Palatul Culturii) is an edifice located in Iaşi,Romania. The building served as Administrative Palace and then Palace of Justice until 1955, when its destination was changed again,

being assigned to the four museums nowadays united under the name of Moldova National Museum Complex.

• Four other museums are located in the Palace of Culture, The Art Museum has the largest art collection in Romania, with more than 8,000

paintings, out of which 1,000 belong to the national and universal patrimony, The Moldavia's History Museum, offers more than 35,000 objects from

various fields, archaeology, numismatics, decorative art, ancient books, documents, The Ethnographic

Museum of Moldavia owns more than 11,000 objects depicting the Romanian advance through

the ages and The Science and Technology Museum with five distinct sections and one memorial house.

Also, the building houses the Cultural Heritage Conservation-Restoration Centre, the main branch of the Gheorghe Asachi Iaşi County Library and hosts various exhibitions

and other events.

Iași has a diverse array of public spaces, from city squares to public parks.Begun in 1833, at the time when Iași was the capital of Moldavia, by Prince Mihail Sturdza and under the plans of Gheorghe Asachi and Mihail Singurov, Copou Parkwas integrated into the city and marks one of the first Romanian coordinated public parks.

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The oldest monument in Romania stands in the middle of the park, the Obelisk of Lions (1834), a 13.5 m (44.29 ft) tall obelisk, dedicated to the Law of Organic Rules, the

first law on political, administrative and juridical organization in Romanian Principalities.

Founded in 1856, the Botanical Garden of Iași, the first botanical garden in Romania, has an area of over 100 hectares, and more than 10,000 species of

plants.

Iași is home to many museums, memorial houses, art galleries.First Memorial House from Romania opened in Iași in 1918 as

Ion Creangă Memorial House, and today the Iași Romanian Literature Museum owns twelve memorial

houses. The Mihai Eminescu Museum is situated in Copou Park and it is dedicated to the great poet’s life and creation.

The Physicians and Naturalists Society, founded in Iași, has existed since the early part of the 19th century, and a number of periodicals are published. One of the oldest medical universities in Romania, founded in 1879, is in Iași. It is now known as the

Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy.

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University

• Located in the historic core of the city, near the Palace of Culture, the PALAS ensemble is a "city in the heart of the

city".

• Designed and developed pursuant to the “lifestyle center” concept, PALAS integrates in this unique complex areas for retail, hotels, A-class offices, apartments, underground parking lot with approximately 2,500 parking spaces and a perimeter set up for entertainment, all these on a

built area of over 270,000 square meters.

The grand opening of the ensemble took place on the 31st of May 2012.It’s an amazing place,when I was there I feel like in “Seems”.It’s really really beautiful,you can do whatever you want there,It’s the perfect place

to spandng a few hours in peace!

• In my opinion, is one of the most beautiful cities of my country! If you arrive in Romania,

Iasi worth visiting!

• I hope you liked!