Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Chișinău Municipality, Moldova

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Number of sights 22 sights
Distance 6.7 km
Ascend 77 m
Descend 118 m

Experience Chișinău Municipality in Moldova in a whole new way with our free 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 Municipality

Sight 1: National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History

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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

122 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Muzeul Zemstvei

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The Zemstva Museum, included in the Register of Architectural Monuments under the name "The building of the former orphanage, later the government of the Gubernial zemstva of Bessarabia", is a historical building located in Chisinau, on 103 Alexei Shciusev Street. It is a monument of architecture and history of national significance, entered in the Register of Monuments of History and Culture of Chisinau Municipality at the initiative of the Academy of Sciences.

Wikipedia: Muzeul zemstvei (RO)

304 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Teatrul „Alexei Mateevici”

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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.

Wikipedia: Teatrul „Alexei Mateevici” din Chișinău (RO)

451 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Capitoline Wolf Statue

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Capitoline Wolf StatueTony Bowden from Tallinn, Estonia / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Capitoline Wolf is a monument in Central Chișinău, Moldova. It is located in front of the National History Museum of Moldova.

Wikipedia: Capitoline Wolf, Chișinău (EN)

167 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: National Museum of Fine Arts

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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

155 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: St. Teodora de la Sihla Church

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St. Teodora de la Sihla Church

The St. Teodora de la Sihla Church is a cathedral in Central Chișinău, Moldova.

Wikipedia: St. Teodora de la Sihla Church (EN)

262 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Saint Pantaleon's Church

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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.

Wikipedia: Biserica Sfântul Pantelimon din Chișinău (RO)

293 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Nicolae Sulac National Palace

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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.

Wikipedia: Palatul Național „Nicolae Sulac” (RO)

399 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: Monument to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation

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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)

366 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Alley of Classics

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Alley of Classics

The Alley of Classics is a sculptural complex located in the Stephen the Great Park in Central Chișinău, Moldova.

Wikipedia: Alley of Classics, Chișinău (EN)

408 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 11: Triumphal Arch

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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.

Wikipedia: Triumphal Arch, Chișinău (EN)

204 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ's Nativity

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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

366 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Anton Chekhov State Russian Drama Theatre

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18 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 14: Clădirea fostei sinagogi Talmud Tora (sf. sec. XIX)

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Clădirea fostei sinagogi Talmud Tora (sf. sec. XIX)

The Chișinău Choral Synagogue is a former Liberal Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 75, Vlaicu Pircalab Street, in the city of Chișinău, in Moldova. It was once the most famous synagogue in the country. The building was repurposed as a theater in the 1950s.

Wikipedia: Chișinău Choral Synagogue (EN)

456 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 15: Biserica Sfântul Mucenic Haralambie

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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)

243 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 16: Rabbi Tsirelson Synagogue Ruins

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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.

Wikipedia: Sinagoga Rabbi Țirilson (RO)

596 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 17: Catedrala „Înălțarea Domnului”

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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.

Wikipedia: Catedrala Înălțarea Domnului din Chișinău (RO)

542 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 18: Măzărache Hill

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Măzărache Hill

The Măzărache Hill is one of the seven hills of Chisinau.

Wikipedia: Colina Măzărache (RO)

12 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 19: Biserica „Acoperământul Maicii Domnului”

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Biserica „Acoperământul Maicii Domnului”

The Măzărache Church is a church in Chişinău, Moldova.

Wikipedia: Măzărache Church (EN)

688 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 20: Biserica armenească apostolică Sf. Maica Domnului

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The Church of the Holy Mother of God is a temple of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the city of Kishinev, Moldova.

Wikipedia: Церковь Святой Богородицы (Кишинёв) (RU)

341 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 21: Eugène Ionesco National Theater

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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

281 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 22: Monument to the Victims of the Jewish Ghetto

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Monument to the Victims of the Jewish GhettoTony Bowden from Tallinn, Estonia / CC BY-SA 2.0

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.

Wikipedia: Памятник жертвам еврейского гетто (Кишинёв) (RU)

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