Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Chișinău Municipality, Moldova

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 8.2 km
Ascend 122 m
Descend 71 m

Explore Chișinău Municipality in Moldova with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Chișinău Municipality

Sight 1: 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 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)

428 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: Biserica armenească apostolică Sf. Maica Domnului

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688 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 3: 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)

12 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 4: Măzărache Hill

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Măzărache Hill

Măzărache Hill is one of the seven hills of Chisinau.

Wikipedia: Colina Măzărache (RO)

542 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: Catedrala „Înălțarea Domnului”

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Catedrala „Înălțarea Domnului”

The Ascension Cathedral is a place of worship and architectural monument of national significance, entered in the Register of monuments of history and culture in Chisinau.

Wikipedia: Catedrala Înălțarea Domnului din Chișinău (RO)

581 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 6: 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 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. It was the readership of the merchant Haralambie, whose name for a long time carried the street in front of the church.

Wikipedia: Biserica Sfântul Mucenic Haralambie din Chișinău (RO)

475 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: Anton Chekhov State Russian Drama Theatre

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805 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 8: Nicolai Costenco

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Nicolai Costenco

Nicolai Costenco was a writer from Moldova. He was managing editor of Viaţa Basarabiei (1934–1940) and was deported to Siberia în 1941.

Wikipedia: Nicolai Costenco (EN)

564 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 9: Organ Hall

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Organ Hall

The Organ Hall is an architectural monument and concert hall in Chisinau. The building is located at number 81 on Stefan cel Mare si Sfânt Boulevard.

Wikipedia: Sala cu Orgă din Chișinău (RO), Website

309 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Saint Pantaleon's Church

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Saint Panteleimon Church is a place of worship and architectural monument of national significance, entered in the Register of monuments of history and culture in Chisinau. It was built in 1891, in the spirit of historical stylizations, based on medieval Greek architecture according to a plan drawn up by architect Alexandru Bernardazzi.

Wikipedia: Biserica Sfântul Pantelimon din Chișinău (RO)

262 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: 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)

155 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: 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

162 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Nicolae Sulac National Palace

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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 Hall of Sessions, where theater and entertainment performances were organized. It was renamed in 1990.

Wikipedia: Palatul Național „Nicolae Sulac” (RO)

406 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 14: 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)

437 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 15: 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)

528 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 16: 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)

453 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 17: Nicolae Iorga

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Nicolae Iorga

Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian politician who held top posts, including Prime Minister and president of the Senate. He was also a historian, literary critic, memoirist, albanologist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party (PND), he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly, and cabinet minister. A child prodigy, polymath and polyglot, Iorga produced an unusually large body of scholarly works, establishing his international reputation as a medievalist, Byzantinist, Latinist, Slavist, art historian and philosopher of history. Holding teaching positions at the University of Bucharest, the University of Paris and several other academic institutions, Iorga was founder of the International Congress of Byzantine Studies and the Institute of South-East European Studies (ISSEE). His activity also included the transformation of Vălenii de Munte town into a cultural and academic center.

Wikipedia: Nicolae Iorga (EN)

629 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 18: 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 Bessarabian Gubernial zemstva", is a historical building located in Chisinau, on 103 Alexei Şciusev Street. It is an architectural and historical 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.

Wikipedia: Muzeul zemstvei (RO)

122 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 19: 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

676 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 20: National Museum of Romanian Literature

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National Museum of Romanian Literature

The National Museum of Romanian Literature is a museum in Chișinău, Moldova.

Wikipedia: National Museum of Romanian Literature (EN), Website

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