Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Ploiești, Romania

The Reformed Church in Romania is a Calvinist denomination and the largest Protestant church in Romania. The majority of its followers are of Hungarian ethnicity and Hungarian is the main church language. The large majority of the Church's parishes are in Transylvania; according to the 2021 census, 495,380 people or 2.6% of the total population belong to the Reformed Church. About 95% of the members were of Hungarian ethnicity.

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Ilie Oană was a football player and manager.

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Beth Israel Synagogue is a Jewish place of worship in Ploieşti, located on Str. Basarabi nr. 12, in the downtown area. The edifice was inaugurated in April 1912.

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Ion Negulici was a Romanian painter who participated in the Wallachian Revolution of 1848.

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In the municipality of Ploiești, among the statues and monuments existing in public places, there are a series of busts of some prominent personalities born in Ploiești or whose activity is closely linked to this city.

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The "Paul Constantinescu" Memorial Museum is a county museum in Ploieşti, located in Str. Nicolae Bălcescu nr. 15. The establishment of this important musical culture establishment is due, first of all, to the sister-in-law of composer Paul Constantinescu, eng. chemist Eleonora Constantinescu who, in the summer of 1993, donated to the state, respectively to the Prahova County Museum of History and Archaeology, the building where she lived and a valuable patrimony comprising a rich fund of books, furniture and documents about the life and work of the composer, who lived part of his life in this edifice.

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Mihai Eminescu was a Romanian Romantic poet from Moldavia, novelist, and journalist, generally regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul, the official newspaper of the Conservative Party (1880–1918). His poetry was first published when he was 16 and he went to Vienna, Austria to study when he was 19. The poet's manuscripts, containing 46 volumes and approximately 14,000 pages, were offered by Titu Maiorescu as a gift to the Romanian Academy during the meeting that was held on 25 January 1902. Notable works include Luceafărul, Odă în metru antic, and the five Letters (Epistles/Satires). In his poems, he frequently used metaphysical, mythological and historical subjects.

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Maica Precista Church in Ploiesti is dedicated to "The Assumption of the Virgin Mary" and is one of the most important religious, historical and art monuments in Prahova County, belonging to the local and national heritage. It has more than three centuries of existence and is located at the intersection of Armoniei, Artei and Mihai Bravul streets.

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Michael the Brave, born as Mihai Pătrașcu, was the Prince of Wallachia, Prince of Moldavia (1600) and de facto ruler of Transylvania (1599–1600). He is considered one of Romania's greatest national heroes. Since the 19th century, Michael the Brave has been regarded by Romanian nationalists as a symbol of Romanian unity, as his reign marked the first time all principalities inhabited by Romanians were under the same ruler.

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Alexandru Ioan Cuza was the first domnitor (Ruler) of the Romanian Principalities through his double election as prince of Moldavia on 5 January 1859 and prince of Wallachia on 24 January 1859, which resulted in the unification of the two states. He was a prominent figure of the Revolution of 1848 in Moldavia. Following his double election, he initiated a series of reforms that contributed to the modernization of Romanian society and of state structures.

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Prahova County Museum of History and Archaeology is a county museum in Ploieşti, located in Str. Toma Caragiu nr. 10.

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Ion Gheorghe Duca was Romanian politician and the Prime Minister of Romania from 14 November to 29 December 1933, when he was assassinated for his efforts to suppress the fascist Iron Guard movement.

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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.

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Ion Luca Caragiale, commonly referred to as I. L. Caragiale, was a Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist. Leaving behind an important cultural legacy, he is considered one of the greatest playwrights in Romanian language and literature, as well as one of its most important writers and a leading representative of local humour. Alongside Mihai Eminescu, Ioan Slavici and Ion Creangă, he is seen as one of the main representatives of Junimea, an influential literary society with which he nonetheless parted during the second half of his life. His work, spanning four decades, covers the ground between Neoclassicism, Realism, and Naturalism, building on an original synthesis of foreign and local influences.

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Mr. Goe... is a sketch by Ion Luca Caragiale. It was published in the volume "Moments and sketches".

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Motto: "Earth is not an inheritance from parents, but a loan from our children"

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The Central Halls of Ploiesti are one of the symbols of Ploiesti, a historical monument with the code PH-II-m-A-16306.

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Saint John the Baptist Cathedral, located on Republicii Boulevard nr. 12, is the most imposing church in Ploiesti and one of the main architectural landmarks of the city. The bell tower of the cathedral is included on the list of historical monuments in Prahova County with the code number LMI PH-II-m-A-16261.

Wikipedia: Catedrala Sfântul Ioan Botezătorul din Ploiești (RO)

The work, conceived in May 1968, was executed according to the plans of architect Gheorghe Dorin by T.C.M. Prahova, and ended in May 1972. She hosted numerous political or cultural meetings, symposiums and conferences, performances, patronizes the folk ensemble "Chindia", the Plastic Club "Pastel", activated the "Ioan Cristu Danielescu" Choir, literary circles, ballet circles, etc.

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