City of Iași was the capital of Moldavia between 1564-1859, one of the two capitals of the United Principalities between 1859 and 1862 and the capital of the Kingdom of Romania between 1916 and 1918 (during the First World War, when Bucharest was under German occupation).
Being a former European capital, Iasi has adaptations of the name in different languages: in French Jassy or Iassy, in German Jassy, in Hungarian Jászvásár, in Italian Iasi or Jassi, in Belarusian Горад Ясы, in Bulgarian Яш, in Serbian Stara Ias, in Greek Jási, in Turkish Yaş, in Polish Narodowie Jassy, in Ukrainian Ясси, in Croatian Jaši, in Russian Яссы, in Lithuanian Jasai.
The richest documented explanation is that the name of the city has its origins in the early Middle Ages, from the Alanic people of Iasi, but protochronist historians have another theory regarding the origin of the name "Iasi".
Points of atractions - Tourist objectives
Museums
Bojdeuca's to Ion Creangă
Bojdeuca's to Ion Creangă is a house in the Țicău neighborhood, Iași, where the great storyteller Ion Creangă lived between 1872 and 1889. The threshold of this house was also crossed by Mihai Eminescu, Creangă's good friend. The house, with two rooms arranged on either side of an entrance hall, became a memorial museum on April 15, 1918, restorations taking place in 1942 and 1985. The house is inscribed in the List of Historical Monuments.
Bojdeuca's to Ion Creangă is the first memorial house in Romania. The first museographer who introduced Bojdeuca to those who came to visit her had the right to live in the small kitchen to the left of the entrance, together with his wife, three children and grandmother.
The building houses the documentary exhibition on the life and work of Creanga, the library, as well as the open-air amphitheater were built between 1984-1989 and inaugurated on June 11, 1989, on the occasion of the centenary of the death of the brilliant storyteller.
Historic buildings and areas
Palace of Culture
The
Palace of Culture in Iasi is an emblematic building, built between 1906
and 1925, in the perimeter of the former medieval Moldavian royal
court, on the site of the former royal palace. The building is inscribed
on the List of Historical Monuments.
Today, the Palace of
Culture is the headquarters of the National Museum Complex "Moldova",
which includes the Museum of Moldovan History (1916), Ethnographic
Museum of Moldova (1943), Art Museum (1860), Museum of Science and
Technology "Stefan Procopiu" (1955) , as well as the Center for
Conservation-Restoration of Cultural Heritage (1975). Until the
beginning of the renovation works, in the northeast wing of the palace
was the headquarters of the County Library "Gheorghe Asachi" (1920).
The building initially served as the Administrative and Justice Palace. In 1955, the destination of the building was changed to a cultural one, becoming the host of some cultural institutions from Iași.
Metropolitan Cathedral
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Iași, dedicated to Saint Parascheva, the Reception of the Lord and the Holy Martyr George, is the cathedral church of the Metropolitan Church of Moldova and Bucovina, one of the six Orthodox metropolitan cathedrals in Romania. It has been included in the List of Historical Monuments.
The idea of building a monumental church in Iasi belongs to the ruler Mihail Sturdza (main financier) and Metropolitan Veniamin Costache. The royal deed of August 8, 1826, issued by Ioniță Sandu Sturdza, Lord of Moldavia between 1822-1828, regarding the design and construction works of the new church, is considered to be the birth certificate of the Metropolitan Cathedral.
Iași Cathedral is a monumental building, rectangular in plan, marked at the corners by four detached towers. The architectural style is inspired by late forms of the Italian Renaissance. The decorative elements, both inside and outside, are dominated by baroque.
"Mihai Eminescu" Central University Library
"Mihai Eminescu" Central University Library in Iași is the oldest university library and one of the most important libraries in Romania.
Incorporating funds that were part of the former libraries of the Royal Academies (the oldest, the Vasilian Academy, from 1640, being in the Monastery of the Three Hierarchs), the current Central University Library "Mihai Eminescu" in Iasi enjoys continuity and stability since 1835, as the Library of the Mihăilene Academy, changing in time only its name: the Library of the University of Iași, the “Ulpia” Library, the Central Library. He worked, between 1835-1860, in the building of the Mihăilene Academy, in the old University (current University of Medicine and Pharmacy), until 1897, then in the new University (currently the Library and building A of the Technical University "Gh. Asachi"), for to move to the building of the “King Ferdinand I” University Foundation, whose library houses it, after the Second World War.
"Vasile Alecsandri" National Theater
The “Vasile Alecsandri” National Theater in Iași is a public cultural institution, subordinated to the Ministry of Culture and Cults, being the oldest National Theater in Romania. The building of the National Theater from Iași is inscribed in the List of historical monuments.
Founded in 1840, under the direction of Costache Negruzzi, Vasile Alecsandri and Mihail Kogălniceanu, the leadership of the Romanian troupe being provided by Costache Caragiali, the National Theater functioned from December 22, 1846 in the new hall of the Great Theater of Copou.
In 1956, on the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the first show in Romanian, the Iași theater received the name of the great poet, playwright and man of culture Vasile Alecsandri (1821 - 1890).
The Great Hall with 740 seats organized in the stable, lodges and balcony impresses with its refinement, fantasy and sumptuous ornaments of baroque and rococo inspiration, whether it is sculptural or pictorial representations.
Currently, this building also houses the Romanian National Opera in Iași.
Roznovanu Palace
Roset-Roznovanu Palace is an architectural monument built in the 7th - 10th centuries of the 18th century, in Iași.
The building houses the current headquarters of Iasi City Hall. Impressive by its sumptuousness and by the pomp of its interiors, it was built in the 7th - 10th centuries. 18th century and restored between 1830 and 1833 by the well-known architect Gustav Freywald, who also designed the Metropolitan Cathedral of Iași.
Overall, as architecture but also through the interior frescoes and statues that adorned the exterior in 1830, the palace belongs to the neoclassical style, with electico-baroque ornamental elements. Until 1891, when it was sold to the state, the building was the residence of the Rosetti-Roznovanu family, the strongest and most influential family in the city's Moldavian political arena. Being one of the most important houses of Iasi at the time, it hosted many personalities and witnessed significant historical events.
Places for relaxation and fun
Botanical Garden
The "Anastasie Fătu" Botanical Garden in Iași is the oldest botanical garden in Romania.
The first botanical garden, founded in 1856 by Anastasie Fătu at Râpa Galbenă, existed until the death of its creator, in 1886, when the land was sold by his successors. A street located here perpetuates the memory of Anastasie Fătu.
In 1873, the Society of Physicians and Naturalists of Iasi established a second botanical garden, near the old one. Dimitrie Brândză is in charge of organizing it, and most of the plants were donated by Anastasie Fătu. Some of the plants cultivated then still exist today, in the courtyard of the Museum of Natural History.
In 1870, the University „Al.I. Cuza ”decides to build a botanical garden herself, in the current space of the Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy, which is expanded in 1876. But, because even now it did not meet educational standards, it is planned to create one behind the Palace of Culture, which but it is not completed due to lack of funds, and later due to the First World War.
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