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Craiova (formerly spelled Krajova) is a Romanian city, the capital of the county of Dolj, situated near the left bank of the river Jiu.Craiova is the chief commercial city west of Bucharest.
The city of Craiova is situated in the middle of Oltenia ( one of the Southern regions of Romania ), on the Jiu Valley. Strategically positioned between the Carpathian Mountains and the rivers Danube and Olt, the area surrounding the city
In the town are many Orthodox churches and a Catholic church.
Craiova, which occupied the site of the Dacian and Roman, Pelendava, was formerly the capital of Little Walachia (Oltenia). Its ancient bans or military governors were, next to the princes, the chief dignitaries of Walachia, and the district is still styled the banat of Craiova.
Among the holders of this office were Michael the Brave (1593-1601), and several members of the celebrated Bassarab familly or the Craiovesti familly. The bans had the right of coining money stamped with their own effigies, and hence arose the name of bani (centimes). In 1395 Craiova was probablly the scene of a victory won by Prince Mircea over Bayezid I, sultan of the Turks.
Frequently named "town" after the first half of the XVI century, Craiova was always regarded as an important economic region of Romania.
The Austrian domination in Oltenia during 1718-1739 caused a considerable worsening of the economical obligations and of the fiscality, thus leading to a strong movement of the outlaws and even to opposing actions of the nobility towards the Habsburgian administration.
Between the years 1770-1771, Craiova, the city of the Bania, carried on the duty of being the capital of Wallachia. Wallachia's last two rulers , Grigorie Dimitrie Bibescu and Barbu Dimitrie Stirbei,were given by another aristocratic great family in Craiova-the Bibescu family:.
The inhabitants of this part of country took part to all the important moments of Romanian history. In 1821 the inhabitants of the nowdays Dolj county participated in great number to the revolution led by Tudor Vladimirescu . In 1848 Nicolae Balcescu, Gheorghe Magheru, I.Heliade Radulescu and the citizen of Craiova Costache Romanescu took the leadership of the provisional government. The 1877-1878 Independence War reunited in the line of fire many soldiers coming from this geographical area, directly territorially involved through the towns near the Danube: Calafat and Corabia, where the Headquarters of the Romanian troops carried on their activity.
The period following the Independence War was a time of economical and cultural progress. As a result, at the end of the nineteenth century, in the 40,000-inhabitants city of Craiova, there were small factories and workshops of textiles, chemical products, farming machines and construction materials.
During the First World War the people of the Dolj county fought hard against the foreign occupation, giving their lives for the 1918 reunification of Romania.
The period between the two World Wars can be characterized by an economy preponderantly based on farming, situation that slowed the process of industrialization and led to the development of a social class of important landowners, people who invested their fortunes in magnificent palaces, banks and commercial companies. After the Second World War, the machine industry, the food industry, the chemical industry, the light industry, the construction materials industry, the electrotechnic industry, the drilling and mining industry and also the aeronautical industry developed quickily.
For the tourist visiting the Dolj county there are available 1,100 accommodation places in hotels, inns, motels and villas.
Besides historical sights, the architectural and art monuments lure the tourists to visiting Dolj, a stroll through the "Romanescu" Park becomes compulsory, as the Park is an architectural landscape monument and it is considered to be the most beautiful in the country and the largest in Europe.
The city of Craiova is situated in the middle of Oltenia ( one of the Southern regions of Romania ), on the Jiu Valley. Strategically positioned between the Carpathian Mountains and the rivers Danube and Olt, the area surrounding the city
In the town are many Orthodox churches and a Catholic church.
Craiova, which occupied the site of the Dacian and Roman, Pelendava, was formerly the capital of Little Walachia (Oltenia). Its ancient bans or military governors were, next to the princes, the chief dignitaries of Walachia, and the district is still styled the banat of Craiova.
Among the holders of this office were Michael the Brave (1593-1601), and several members of the celebrated Bassarab familly or the Craiovesti familly. The bans had the right of coining money stamped with their own effigies, and hence arose the name of bani (centimes). In 1395 Craiova was probablly the scene of a victory won by Prince Mircea over Bayezid I, sultan of the Turks.
Frequently named "town" after the first half of the XVI century, Craiova was always regarded as an important economic region of Romania.
The Austrian domination in Oltenia during 1718-1739 caused a considerable worsening of the economical obligations and of the fiscality, thus leading to a strong movement of the outlaws and even to opposing actions of the nobility towards the Habsburgian administration.
Between the years 1770-1771, Craiova, the city of the Bania, carried on the duty of being the capital of Wallachia. Wallachia's last two rulers , Grigorie Dimitrie Bibescu and Barbu Dimitrie Stirbei,were given by another aristocratic great family in Craiova-the Bibescu family:.
The inhabitants of this part of country took part to all the important moments of Romanian history. In 1821 the inhabitants of the nowdays Dolj county participated in great number to the revolution led by Tudor Vladimirescu . In 1848 Nicolae Balcescu, Gheorghe Magheru, I.Heliade Radulescu and the citizen of Craiova Costache Romanescu took the leadership of the provisional government. The 1877-1878 Independence War reunited in the line of fire many soldiers coming from this geographical area, directly territorially involved through the towns near the Danube: Calafat and Corabia, where the Headquarters of the Romanian troops carried on their activity.
The period following the Independence War was a time of economical and cultural progress. As a result, at the end of the nineteenth century, in the 40,000-inhabitants city of Craiova, there were small factories and workshops of textiles, chemical products, farming machines and construction materials.
During the First World War the people of the Dolj county fought hard against the foreign occupation, giving their lives for the 1918 reunification of Romania.
The period between the two World Wars can be characterized by an economy preponderantly based on farming, situation that slowed the process of industrialization and led to the development of a social class of important landowners, people who invested their fortunes in magnificent palaces, banks and commercial companies. After the Second World War, the machine industry, the food industry, the chemical industry, the light industry, the construction materials industry, the electrotechnic industry, the drilling and mining industry and also the aeronautical industry developed quickily.
For the tourist visiting the Dolj county there are available 1,100 accommodation places in hotels, inns, motels and villas.
Besides historical sights, the architectural and art monuments lure the tourists to visiting Dolj, a stroll through the "Romanescu" Park becomes compulsory, as the Park is an architectural landscape monument and it is considered to be the most beautiful in the country and the largest in Europe.
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