Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Chișinău Municipality, Moldova
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Experience Chișinău Municipality in Moldova in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in Chișinău MunicipalityIndividual Sights in Chișinău MunicipalitySight 1: National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History
The National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History is a museum in Chisinau, located on 82 Mihail Kogălniceanu Street. It was created in October 1889 based on the collection of exhibits of the first agrarian exhibition in Bessarabia, organized under the initiative of Baron A. Stuart.
Wikipedia: Muzeul Național de Etnografie și Istorie Naturală din Chișinău (RO), Website
Sight 2: Muzeul Zemstvei
The Zemstvei Museum, included in the Register of Architecture Monuments under the name "The building of the former orphanage, later the rule of the Gubernial Zemstve of Bessarabia", is a historical building located in Chisinau, on Alexei Șciusev 103. It represents a monument of architecture and history of national significance, introduced in the Register of Monuments of History and Culture of Chisinau municipality at the initiative of the Academy of Sciences.
Sight 3: Teatrul „Alexei Mateevici”
The "Alexei Mateevici" Theatre is a public institution in the Republic of Moldova whose mission is to promote lyrical and dramatic theatrical art and non-formal education for all categories of audiences. It was founded in 1979 by actor Andrei Vartic, working within the State Philharmonic of Moldova.
Sight 4: Capitoline Wolf Statue
The Capitoline Wolf is a monument in Central Chișinău, Moldova. It is located in front of the National History Museum of Moldova.
Sight 5: National Museum of Fine Arts
The National Museum of Fine Arts of Moldova is a museum in Chișinău, Moldova, founded in November 1939 by Alexandru Plămădeală and Auguste Baillayre.
Wikipedia: National Museum of Fine Arts, Chișinău (EN), Website
Sight 6: St. Teodora de la Sihla Church
The St. Teodora de la Sihla Church is a cathedral in Central Chișinău, Moldova.
Sight 7: Saint Pantaleon's Church
The Church of Saint Pantelimon is a place of worship and architectural monument of national significance, entered in the Register of Monuments of History and Culture in the municipality of Chisinau. It was built in 1891, in the spirit of historical stylizations, based on medieval Greek architecture according to a plan drawn up by the architect Alexandru Bernardazzi.
Sight 8: Nicolae Sulac National Palace
The "Nicolae Sulac" National Palace is a concert and festival venue in the center of Chisinau. The construction of the Palace was completed in 1972 and then it was called the Session Hall, where theater and entertainment performances were organized. It was renamed in 1990.
Sight 9: Monument to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation
The Monument to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation is a proposed monument in Chișinău, Moldova.
Wikipedia: Monument to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation (EN)
Sight 10: Alley of Classics
The Alley of Classics is a sculptural complex located in the Stephen the Great Park in Central Chișinău, Moldova.
Sight 11: Triumphal Arch
The Triumphal Arch is a monument situated in Central Chișinău next to the Nativity Cathedral on Piața Marii Adunări Naționale nr. 2 and directly opposite Government House.
Sight 12: Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ's Nativity
The Metropolitan Cathedral "Nativity of the Lord" is an Orthodox cathedral in Chisinau that is located near the Great National Assembly Square and belongs to the Orthodox Church of Moldova. The cathedral building is an architectural monument of national significance, introduced in the Register of Monuments of History and Culture of Chisinau Municipality at the initiative of the Academy of Sciences. The first radio station in Chisinau, Radio Bessarabia, was officially inaugurated by broadcasting the liturgy from the Metropolitan Cathedral on October 8, 1939.
Wikipedia: Catedrala Mitropolitană din Chișinău (RO), Website
Sight 13: Anton Chekhov State Russian Drama Theatre
The Chekhov State Russian Drama Theater is a theater in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova.
Wikipedia: Государственный русский драматический театр им. А. П. Чехова (RU), Website
Sight 14: Clădirea fostei sinagogi Talmud Tora (sf. sec. XIX)
The Chișinău Choral Synagogue is a former synagogue in the city of Chișinău. It was once the most famous synagogue in Moldova.
Sight 15: Biserica Sfântul Mucenic Haralambie
The Church of the Holy Martyr Haralambie is a place of worship and architectural monument of national significance, entered in the Register of Monuments of History and Culture in the municipality of Chisinau. It was built in 1836. A lapidary inscription inside it with the year 1812 testifies to a possible older stage in the history of the church. She was the reader of the merchant Haralambie, whose name the street in front of the church bore for a long time.
Wikipedia: Biserica Sfântul Mucenic Haralambie din Chișinău (RO)
Sight 16: Rabbi Tsirelson Synagogue Ruins
The Rabbi Tsirilson Synagogue is an architectural monument of local significance, included in the Register of Monuments of History and Culture of Chisinau Municipality. The place is named after Yehuda Leib Tsirelson, a Jewish theologian, who served as Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Bessarabia between 1908 and 1941. The edifice was seriously damaged following an earthquake.
Sight 17: Catedrala „Înălțarea Domnului”
The Ascension of the Lord Cathedral is a place of worship and architectural monument of national significance, entered in the Register of Monuments of History and Culture in the municipality of Chisinau.
Sight 18: Măzărache Hill
The Măzărache Hill is one of the seven hills of Chisinau.
Sight 19: Biserica „Acoperământul Maicii Domnului”
The Măzărache Church is a church in Chişinău, Moldova.
Sight 20: Biserica armenească apostolică Sf. Maica Domnului
The Church of the Holy Mother of God is a temple of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the city of Kishinev, Moldova.
Sight 21: Eugène Ionesco National Theater
The "Eugène Ionesco" National Theatre is one of the main theatres in Chisinau. It was founded shortly after the proclamation of the independence of the Republic of Moldova, on September 11, 1991. The theater was created at the initiative of a team of actors, recent graduates of the "Shchukin" Theater School in Moscow, led by Petru Vutcărău. Eugène Ionesco personally gave his consent for the new theater to bear his name, this being the first trophy obtained by the descendants of the Vakhtangovian school. The well-known Bessarabian director and actor Petru Vutcărău was the first director and artistic director of the theater, currently being the director of the theater.
Wikipedia: Teatrul „Eugène Ionesco” din Chișinău (RO), Website
Sight 22: Monument to the Victims of the Jewish Ghetto
The Monument to the Victims of the Jewish Ghetto is a memorial structure in the city of Chisinau in memory of the Jews killed by the German-Romanian occupiers during the Great Patriotic War as part of the policy of persecution and extermination of Jews.
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