Brăila

Brăila (Rumanian delivery in : /br ə' i.la/ ) is a town of Munténie, in the east of the Romania, a port on the the Danube and the capital of the judet of Brăila, very close to Galaţi. Brăila currently has a population of 216.929 inhabitants.

History

An installation in this place on left bank of the Danube (in Valachie) appears under the name of Drinago in approximately 1350 in the Libro of conoscimiento (in Spanish “Book of knowledge”) and in several Catalan charts (Angellino de Dalorto, 1325 \ 1330 and Angelino Dulcert, 1339). This is perhaps due to a transcription error of Brillago . In Greek documents of the same time, the city is named Proilabum or Proilava .

As a Kaza, the city and its surroundings were controlled by the Othoman from the Middle Ages (1538-1540) in 1829; the Turks called it Ibrail or Ibraila . The city was attacked, plundered and burned by the forces of Etienne III Large the ( Ştefan concealment Mare ) the February 2nd 1470, which pushed back the forces of Radu III Elegant the ( Radu concealment Frumos ), combined Turks, and brother of Vlad III Empaleur ( Vlad Ṭepeş ). It was also briefly controlled by Michel I the Brave man ( Mihai Viteazul ), prince of Valachie, in 1595-1596.

At the 19th century, the port became one of the most important ports on the Danube in Munténie, the two others being Turnu and Giurgiu. The greatest boom of the city was that of the end of the XIXe century, when it was an important port of goods, going and coming from Romania. After the events of 1989, the city entered during one time of economic decline.

The Rumanian writer of French expression Panaït Istrati was born in Braïla, in 1884, of a Greek father, grocer and smuggler and of a mother, girl of poor peasants, washing machine. Istrati died in Bucharest in 1935. Read and made read Istrati (Kyra Kyralina, Codine, Présentation of Haïdoucs, the Thistles of Baragan, Towards the other flame…).

To see

The principal monuments are:

the Greek church, built in 1865 by the Greek community.
the church of the Saints Archangels ( Sfinţii Arhangheli ), which was before a jāmi (small Moslem mosque) under the Othoman domination.
the church Saint Nicolas (19th century).
the Theater Maria Filotti.

The old center of the city has many buildings of the 19th century, some nicely restored. An important tourist site is the public garden, a park located above bank of the Danube, from where one has a pretty sight on the river and the Monts Măcin.

Above the Old Baths, a restaurant is, which rotates in one hour for the visitors.

Brăila has one of the oldest tram lines of Romania, inaugurated at the end of the 19th century, and which is still in service.

External bonds

braila.net
braila.org

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