targoviste

Trgovişte is a city in the Dmboviţa county of Romania, it is situated on the right bank to the Ialomiţa River and it has a population of 89,000 (2003).

History

First attested in 1396, in the "Travel Memories" of Johannes Schiltberger, it became the capital of the Wallachian voivodship, probably during the reign of Mircea the Elder, when the Royal Court ("Curtea Domnească") was built. Vlad Ţepeş built the Chindia Tower, now a symbol of the city. Mihai Viteazul fought and won a decissive battle against the Turks in Trgovişte in 1597. After Constantin Brncoveanu moved the capital to Bucharest, Trgovişte lost its importance, decayed economically and its population decreased. Trgovişte was the site of the trial and execution of Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena in December 1989.

Population

16th century: 60,000
1900: 9,400
1977:61,300
2003: 89,000

External links

Map of the city

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