Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Ploiești, Romania

The Ploiești Philharmonic Orchestra is a Romanian orchestra based in Ploiești, Prahova County. The orchestra's home is the Paul Constantinescu Philharmonic, located in centre of Ploiești.

Wikipedia: Ploiești Philharmonic Orchestra (EN), Website

The "Ion Luca Caragiale" Museum is a county museum in Ploiești, located in Str. Kutuzov no. 1. Ion Luca Caragiale was born on January 30, 1852 in the village of Haimanale, near Ploiești, Prahova county. The primary classes and the gymnasium graduated in Ploiești, and between 1868 and 1870, he attended the declaration and mimic courses at the Conservatory of Bucharest, Costache Caragiale. Between 1870 and 1872, he was a copyist at the Prahova Tribunal, then a soul and a copyist at the National Theater in Bucharest. He debuted in the press of the time in the satirical magazine "Ghimpele" (1873), where he signed different chronicles, and between 1876 - 1877, he was a corrector to "Democratic Union" - the newspaper of the group of liberals of the same name -, drafted entirely The humorous magazine "Clapon" and removed the newspaper "Romanian Nation". On May 26, 1877, he began to attend the Bucharest meetings of the "Junimii", in which he will read his comedies. Also during this time he collaborated in the newspaper "Timpul" together with Mihai Eminescu and Ioan Slavici, but also to other magazines. After the withdrawal from the newspaper "Timpul" was a school reviewer in Suceava and Neamț counties, during which he met Veronica Micle, Eminescu's friend. In 1893 he edited with Anton Bacalbașa Humoristic Magazine "Moftul Român", and in 1894, the magazine "Vatra", together with Ioan Slavici and George Coșbuc. In addition to the advertising activity, Caragiale also carried out an intense literary activity, proving to be fully, is and will be the greatest playwright of Romanian literature, his four comedies, "a stormy night" (1879), "Conu Leonida in front of the reaction "(1880)," a lost letter "(1884)," Carnavalului "(1885) and the drama" Şăastasta "(1890), being published in a relatively short period. Starting with 1897, Caragiale will "betray" the theater and publish short prose, volumes of sketches and novels: "sketches" (1897), "moments" (1901), "Moments, sketches" (1910) and "Sketch Nine ”(1910), in which a satirical comic approaches. Some of the novels are at the confluence of the comic with the tragic, and others, although psychological, are influenced by naturalism, or make room for the fantastic. In his entire work, I.L. Caragiale has managed to outline as no other writer, a comic universe and another tragic, illustrated by both dramatic and prose works, but his greatest merit is that he knew how to show artistically. a complex realized and to paint human types of great diversity. In the memory of the great playwright, in 1979, in a house built in rustic style, located on the national road Târgoviște-Ploiești opened the Memorial Museum I.L. Caragiale, which illustrates through an impressive collection the main moments of the writer's life and work: the family from which he descends and from which he inherited the passion for theater, the school years in Ploiești, the debut in the newspaper and the main publications he collaborated. affirmation in theater and prose.

Wikipedia: Muzeul „Ion Luca Caragiale” (RO), Website

The "Saint George" - Old Church is a Romanian Orthodox church located in the central area of Ploiesti in Romania, on Independence Boulevard, which connects the central square of the city to the South Railway Station. It is known for its bell tower, classified as a historical monument and dating from 1830–1831, although the church itself has been demolished and rebuilt since then, no longer retaining any aspect that would give it the status of a monument building.

Wikipedia: Biserica „Sfântul Gheorghe” - Vechi din Ploiești (RO)

The Prahova County Museum of Art "Ion Ionescu-Quintus" is a county museum in Ploiesti, located in Independenței Blvd. no. 1. Housed in a recently restored historical monument building, the museum holds valuable works of Romanian fine art; Graphics. From 1929 to 1956 it functioned under the name of the Pinacoteca of the city of Ploiești.

Wikipedia: Muzeul Județean de Artă Prahova „Ion Ionescu-Quintus” (RO), Website, Heritage Website

The Prahova County Museum of History and Archaeology is a county museum in Ploiesti, located in Toma Caragiu Street no. 10.

Wikipedia: Muzeul Județean de Istorie și Arheologie Prahova (RO), Heritage Website

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

Wikipedia: Busturi din Ploiești (RO)

The "Paul Constantinescu" Memorial Museum is a county museum in Ploiesti, located in Str. Nicolae Bălcescu nr. 15. The establishment of this important establishment of musical culture is due, first of all, to the sister-in-law of the 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 in which she lived and a valuable patrimony including a rich collection of books, pieces of furniture and documents about the life and work of the composer, who lived part of his life in this edifice.

Wikipedia: Muzeul Memorial „Paul Constantinescu” (RO)

The Mother 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.

Wikipedia: Biserica Maica Precistă din Ploiești (RO)

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.

Wikipedia: Reformed Church in Romania (EN)

Wikipedia: Biserica Sfânta Vineri din Ploiești (RO)

The Beth Israel Synagogue is a Jewish place of worship in Ploiesti, located on Basarabi Street no. 12, in the central area of the city. The edifice was inaugurated in April 1912.

Wikipedia: Sinagoga Beth Israel din Ploiești (RO)

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

Wikipedia: D-l Goe (RO)

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

Wikipedia: Muzeul Județean de Științele Naturii „Prahova” (RO), Website

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

Wikipedia: Halele Centrale din Ploiești (RO)

The Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, located on Republicii Boulevard no. 12, is the most imposing church in Ploiesti and one of the main architectural landmarks of the municipality. The cathedral's bell tower 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 Statue of Liberty is one of the oldest statues in Ploiesti. It has been declared a historical monument and is inscribed in the List of Historical Monuments with code LMI PH-III-m-A-16868 under the name Statue of Liberty.

Wikipedia: Statuia Libertății din Ploiești (RO), Heritage Website

The work, designed in May 1968, was executed according to the plans of the architect Gheorghe Dorin by T.C.M. Prahova, and was completed in May 1972. It has hosted numerous political or cultural meetings, symposia and conferences, performances, patronizes the "Chindia" Folklore Ensemble, the "Pastel" Plastic Circle, activated the "Ioan Cristu Danielescu" Choir, literary and ballet circles, etc.

Wikipedia: Casa de Cultură a Sindicatelor din Ploiești (RO), Website