Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Ploiești, Romania

The Royal Church of Ploiesti, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, is a historical monument located on the territory of Ploiesti. In the National Archaeological Repertoire, the monument appears with the code 130543.36.

Wikipedia: Biserica Domnească din Ploiești (RO)

Ilie Oană was a football player and manager.

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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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Wikipedia: Biserica Sfânta Vineri din Ploiești (RO)

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.

Wikipedia: Biserica Maica Precistă din Ploiești (RO)

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

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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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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)

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.

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

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.

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The "Saint George" - Old Church is a Romanian Orthodox church located in the central area of Ploieşti, 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 preserving any aspect that would give it the status of a monument-building.

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

Henry IV, also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarch of France from the House of Bourbon, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. He pragmatically balanced the interests of the Catholic and Protestant parties in France as well as among the European states. He was assassinated in 1610 by a Catholic zealot, and was succeeded by his son Louis XIII.

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Anghel Saligny was a Romanian engineer, most famous for designing the Fetești-Cernavodă railway bridge (1895) over the Danube, the longest bridge in Europe at that time. He also designed the storage facilities in Constanța seaport, one of the earliest examples of reinforced concrete architecture in Europe.

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The Church of the Holy Voivodes in Ploiesti has its name from the first church in 1628, and from the data existing in the archive it is believed to be the second oldest church in the city of Ploiesti, after the Princely Church. Before the current parish church there was a church built of wooden beams, from 1648, but in 1711 the building of the current church began, ending in 1720. The church preserves the Brâncoveanu style as architecture, being a historical monument of architecture. Between 2000 and 2005, consolidation works, capital repairs with underbuilding were carried out, the old painting was removed, because it had no patrimony value, and a new painting was made between 2002 and 2005, in fresco technique.

Wikipedia: Biserica Sfinții Voevozi din Ploiești (RO), Website

Anthony of Padua, OFM or Anthony of Lisbon was a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order.

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"Christ, King" Church in Ploieşti is a Roman-Catholic place of worship located in Stefan cel Mare nr. 13, which serves as a parish church within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest.

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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.

Wikipedia: Busturi din Ploiești (RO)