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Buzău (/bu'zəw/) is a city in the Buzău County, Wallachia, Romania, situated near the right bank of the Buzău river, between the Carpathian Mountains and the fertile lowlands of east Wallachia. Buzău is important as a market for petroleum, timber and grain. It is the meeting-place of railroads from Râmnicu Sărat, Brăila, Nehoiu and Ploieşti.
The city's most important landmark is the Communal Palace, built between 1899 and 1903, now serving as the City Hall. It is built in a mixed architectural style, rectangular in shape and having a tower in the southern corner. Along with the Courthouse, the Communal Palace is a project of mayor Nicu Constantinescu.
From the Communal Palace, the Cuza Vodă street, with buildings from the late 19th century leads to the Bazaar.
In the western part of the city, lies the Crâng park, a beautiful park carved in the corner of a large forest. Designed in the early twentieth century after the model of the Wiener Prater park. It has an obelisk in the center, built in 1976 to celebrate 1600 years since the first documentary evidence of Buzău's existence.
The oldest building in Buzău is the Vergu-Mănăilă house, built in the 17th century as a boyar's mansion. It now hosts the Museum of folk art and ethnography.
The Banu church, built in the 16th century as a monastery church, was rebuilt several times. In 1884, it was repainted by a team of painters including Gheorghe Tattarescu.
The earliest mention on the river Buzău (on whose bank there was a polis) is a letter from Ioannis Soranus, governor of Scytia Minor to the archbishop of Caesarea Mazaca. The document, kept in copies at the Vatican Library and the "San Marco" library in Venice, talks about the martyrdom of the Christian missionary by the name of Sava, drowned by the goths in the river Buzău. St. Sava is the spiritual patron of the city of Buzău as well as several villages in the area.
The earliest mention of Buzău as a commercial city and customs point comes from a document issued January 31 1431 by Dan II (1420-1431), voivod of Wallachia, in which it is stated that the salesmen from Braşov are free to trade in the cities of Wallachia (among them, Buzău), just as they were during the reign of Mircea cel Bătrân. The document sugests therefore, an existence prior to the reign of Mircea cel Bătrân.
In the year 1500, Radu cel Mare creates The Bishopric of Buzău. In 1507, the city appears (under the name Boza) for the first time on a map made by Nicolaus Germanus. In 1571, the Banu monastery is built. The monastery is called "Banu", by the title of its builder, ban Andronic Cantacuzino. In 1722, the monastery church is rebuilt by Andreiana, wife of Şerban Cantacuzino. In 1884, the church is painted by several painters among which Gheorghe Tattarescu. In 1575, the Bazaar (permanent market with shops, stores, cellars, storage rooms) is mentioned for the first time as the second bazaar in Wallachia.
In a document issued by Alexandru Ipsilanti on August 26 1778 the Drăgaica fair is mentioned. The initial purpose of Drăgaica was the trading of wool, and therefore it was held in the months that came after the sheep shearing. The Drăgaica fair is still being held nowadays, twice every year, once in June and once in October.
In 1780 Mihai Mincu and his spouse, Minculeasa, build the Gârlaşi church, on their own estate. The first known seal of Buzău, dating from the late 18th century bears the Phoenix bird, symbol of rebirth, process which the city had to go through several times throughout its history.
Between 1850 and 1880, the buildings on the Cuza Vodă Street are built. They replaced some older houses, whose cellars and foundations they kept. The buildings were built in the style of the 19th century South-Eastern European commercial houses, with shops at the ground floor, and residential rooms at the top floor.
In 1899, mayor Nicu Constantinescu begins the construction of the Communal Palace, project completed in 1903. The Communal Palace is now the city's most prominent landmark and most famous building. The same mayor constructed the new courthouse, as well as the Crâng park (built after the model of the Prater Park in Vienna).
Constantin Brâncuşi lived in the city in the summer of 1914, where he created two of his sculptures: "Prayer" and Petre Stănescu's statue.
During World War I, the city was occupied, from 1916 to 1918, by German forces. Buzău was returned to Romanian administration at the end of the war.
During World War II, the soviet troups occupy Buzău in August 1944, and, as German soldiers were barricaded inside the Communal Palace, its tower is knocked down by cannons. The tower was rebuilt after the war.
The city's most important landmark is the Communal Palace, built between 1899 and 1903, now serving as the City Hall. It is built in a mixed architectural style, rectangular in shape and having a tower in the southern corner. Along with the Courthouse, the Communal Palace is a project of mayor Nicu Constantinescu.
From the Communal Palace, the Cuza Vodă street, with buildings from the late 19th century leads to the Bazaar.
In the western part of the city, lies the Crâng park, a beautiful park carved in the corner of a large forest. Designed in the early twentieth century after the model of the Wiener Prater park. It has an obelisk in the center, built in 1976 to celebrate 1600 years since the first documentary evidence of Buzău's existence.
The oldest building in Buzău is the Vergu-Mănăilă house, built in the 17th century as a boyar's mansion. It now hosts the Museum of folk art and ethnography.
The Banu church, built in the 16th century as a monastery church, was rebuilt several times. In 1884, it was repainted by a team of painters including Gheorghe Tattarescu.
The earliest mention on the river Buzău (on whose bank there was a polis) is a letter from Ioannis Soranus, governor of Scytia Minor to the archbishop of Caesarea Mazaca. The document, kept in copies at the Vatican Library and the "San Marco" library in Venice, talks about the martyrdom of the Christian missionary by the name of Sava, drowned by the goths in the river Buzău. St. Sava is the spiritual patron of the city of Buzău as well as several villages in the area.
The earliest mention of Buzău as a commercial city and customs point comes from a document issued January 31 1431 by Dan II (1420-1431), voivod of Wallachia, in which it is stated that the salesmen from Braşov are free to trade in the cities of Wallachia (among them, Buzău), just as they were during the reign of Mircea cel Bătrân. The document sugests therefore, an existence prior to the reign of Mircea cel Bătrân.
In the year 1500, Radu cel Mare creates The Bishopric of Buzău. In 1507, the city appears (under the name Boza) for the first time on a map made by Nicolaus Germanus. In 1571, the Banu monastery is built. The monastery is called "Banu", by the title of its builder, ban Andronic Cantacuzino. In 1722, the monastery church is rebuilt by Andreiana, wife of Şerban Cantacuzino. In 1884, the church is painted by several painters among which Gheorghe Tattarescu. In 1575, the Bazaar (permanent market with shops, stores, cellars, storage rooms) is mentioned for the first time as the second bazaar in Wallachia.
In a document issued by Alexandru Ipsilanti on August 26 1778 the Drăgaica fair is mentioned. The initial purpose of Drăgaica was the trading of wool, and therefore it was held in the months that came after the sheep shearing. The Drăgaica fair is still being held nowadays, twice every year, once in June and once in October.
In 1780 Mihai Mincu and his spouse, Minculeasa, build the Gârlaşi church, on their own estate. The first known seal of Buzău, dating from the late 18th century bears the Phoenix bird, symbol of rebirth, process which the city had to go through several times throughout its history.
Between 1850 and 1880, the buildings on the Cuza Vodă Street are built. They replaced some older houses, whose cellars and foundations they kept. The buildings were built in the style of the 19th century South-Eastern European commercial houses, with shops at the ground floor, and residential rooms at the top floor.
In 1899, mayor Nicu Constantinescu begins the construction of the Communal Palace, project completed in 1903. The Communal Palace is now the city's most prominent landmark and most famous building. The same mayor constructed the new courthouse, as well as the Crâng park (built after the model of the Prater Park in Vienna).
Constantin Brâncuşi lived in the city in the summer of 1914, where he created two of his sculptures: "Prayer" and Petre Stănescu's statue.
During World War I, the city was occupied, from 1916 to 1918, by German forces. Buzău was returned to Romanian administration at the end of the war.
During World War II, the soviet troups occupy Buzău in August 1944, and, as German soldiers were barricaded inside the Communal Palace, its tower is knocked down by cannons. The tower was rebuilt after the war.
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