 Map of Romania showing Iasi Iaşi (also known as Jassy) is a city and a county (see Iasi (county)) in north-eastern Romania, in the historic region of Moldavia. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ...
Administrative map of Romania with Iaşi county highlighted Iaşi is a Romanian county (judeţ) in the Moldavia region, with the capital city at Iaşi. ...
Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ...
The city of Iaşi lies on the Bahlui river, a tributary of the Prut river. Length 953 km Elevation of the source - m Average discharge - m³/s Area watershed 27,500 km² Origin Ukraine Mouth Danube Basin countries Ukraine, Romania, Moldova The Prut, or Pruth river (Ukrainian: Прут) is 953 km long, originating in the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine and flowing southeast to join the...
The surrounding country is one of uplands and woods, among which rise the monasteries of Cetăţuia, Frumoasa, and Galata with its mineral springs, and the dendrologic park of Repedea. Iaşi itself stands pleasantly amid vineyards and gardens, partly on two hills, partly in the hollow between. Dendrology, from the Ancient Greek dendron meaning tree and logos meaning study, is the science of trees, and more generally the study of woody vegetation. ...
Population - 1900: 78,000
- 1992: 344,425
- 2002: 320,888
Population density as of 2002: 3417/km²
History The inscription by which the existence of a Jassiorum municipium in the time of the Roman Empire is sought to be proved, lies open to grave suspicion; but the city is mentioned in a 1408 document by Prince (Voivode) Alexandru cel Bun (Alexander the Kind). The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Caesar Augustus. ...
Events December 13 - The Order of the Dragon is officially formated under King Sigismund of Hungary. ...
Alexandru cel Bun (Alexandru I Muşat, Alexander the Kind) was the ruler of Moldavia 1400- 1432, son of Roman I Muşat. ...
The name of the city is probably derived from the tribe of the Iazyges. The Jazyges (Jazyges is an orthographic variant) were a nomadic tribe. ...
It was often visited by the Moldavian court. About 1564, Prince Alexandru Lăpuşneanu, after whom one of the chief streets is named, chose Jassy for the Moldavian capital, instead of Suceava. It was already famous as a centre of culture. Suceava (German Suczawa, Yiddish שאָץ Shots; population 106,000) is a city in the Suceava county, Bucovina, Romania. ...
Between 1561 and 1563 an excellent school and a Lutheran church were founded by the Greek adventurer, Jacob Basilicus. In 1643 the first printed book published in Moldavia was issued from a press established by Vasile Lupu. He also founded a school, the first in which the mother-tongue took the place of Greek. Jassy was burned by the Tatars in 1513, by the Turks in 1538, and by the Russians in 1686. Tatars or Tartars is a collective name applied to the Turkic-speaking people of Europe and Asia. ...
By the Peace of Jassy the second Russo-Turkish War was brought to a close in 1792. A Greek insurrection under Alexander Ypsilanti in 1821 led to the storming of the city by the Turks in 1822. In 1844 there was a severe conflagration. The Russo-Turkish Wars were a series of ten wars fought between the Russian Empire and the Turkish-ruled Ottoman Empire during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. ...
Alexander Ypsilanti (1792 - January 31, 1828) was a Greek military commander and national hero. ...
For the loss caused to the city in 1861 by the removal of the seat of government to Bucharest the constituent assembly voted 148,150 lei to be paid in ten annual instalments, but no payment was ever made. A Constituent Assembly is a body elected with the express and limited purpose of drafting, and in some cases, adopting a constitution. ...
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Its primitive houses of timber and plaster were mostly swept away after 1860, when brick or stone came into general use, and good streets were cut among the network of narrow, insanitary lanes.
Iaşi and Jewish history Iaşi also figures prominently in Jewish history. In the mid-19th century, the city was at least one third Jewish. In 1855 it was the home of the first-ever Yiddish-language newspaper, Korot Haitim; in 1876 it was the site of what was arguably the first-ever professional Yiddish theater performance (See Abraham Goldfaden); during World War II it was the site of the Iaşi pogrom (June 29–July 6, 1941), in which several thousand Jews were killed; toward the end of the war, it played a prominent part in the revival of Yiddish culture in Romania: from 1949 to 1964, it was home to a second company of the State Jewish Theater. The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ...
Yiddish (ייִדיש, Jiddisch) is a Germanic language spoken by about four million Jews throughout the world. ...
Yiddish theatre consists of plays written and performed primarily by Jews in Yiddish, the language of the Eastern European Ashkenazaic Jewish community. ...
Abraham Goldfaden Abraham Goldfaden (July 24, 1840 – January 9, 1908), born Abraham Goldenfoden (first name alternately Avram, Avron, Avrohom, Avrom, or Avrum, last name alternately Goldfadn; the Romanian spelling Avram Goldfaden is common) was a Russian-born Jewish poet and playwright, author of some 40 plays. ...
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ...
July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ...
Teatrul Evreiesc de Stat (TES, the State Jewish Theater) in Bucharest, Romania is a theater specializing in Jewish-related plays. ...
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Churches Iaşi is the seat of the metropolitan of Moldavia, and of a Roman Catholic archbishopry. There are more than 40 churches. The two oldest churches date from the reign of Stephen the Great (1458-1504); perhaps the finest, however, are the 17th century metropolitan, St Spiridion and Trei Ierarhi, the last a curious example of Byzantine art, erected in 1639 or 1640 by Vasile Lupu, and adorned with countless gilded carvings on its outer walls and twin towers. Trei Ierarhi Church File links The following pages link to this file: Iasi User:Glenlarson Categories: Free use images ...
Trei Ierarhi Church File links The following pages link to this file: Iasi User:Glenlarson Categories: Free use images ...
When the word metropolitan (from the Greek metera = mother and polis = town) is used as an adjective, as in metropolitan bishop, metropolitan France, or metropolitan area it can mean: of or characteristic of a metropolis; see also metropolitan area of or belonging to the home territories of a country, as...
Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ...
In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop heading a diocese of particular importance due to either its size, history, or both, called an archdiocese. ...
A church building is a building used in Christian worship. ...
The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ...
(16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...
The most famous of the surviving Byzantine mosaics of the Church of the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sofia) in Istanbul (formerly Constantinople) - the image of Christ on the walls of the upper southern gallery. ...
Vasile Lupu was a Moldavian voivode between 1634 and 1653. ...
Education, science Iaşi is home to the oldest Romanian university ("Al. I. Cuza" University of Iasi), opened by Prince Alexander John Cuza in 1860. Nowadays the city hosts five universities. Iaşi is widely regarded as the cultural "heart" of the "Old Kingdom" (that is Moldavia and Wallachia, the basis of the first Romanian state). Alexander John (Alexandru Ioan) Cuza Alexandru Ioan Cuza (March 20, 1820, Galaţi - May 15, 1873, Heidelberg), known more commonly in English as Alexander John Cuza, was the domnitor (ruler) of the United Principalites of Romania between 1859 and 1866. ...
Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ...
Map of Romania with Wallachia in yellow. ...
A society of physicians and naturalists has existed in Iaşi since the early part of the 19th century, and a number of periodicals are published. A physician is a person who practices medicine. ...
Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as a number of distinct scientific disciplines. ...
External links - www.primaria-iasi.ro
- www.politia-iasi.ro
- www.icc.ro
- "Al. I. Cuza" University of Iasi Official Website (http://www.uaic.ro/default.php?t=site&lang=EN)
- "Gh. Asachi" Technical University of Iasi Official Website (http://www.tuiasi.ro)
- "Gr. T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi Official Website (http://www.umfiasi.ro/surse_eng/index.htm)
- "G. Enescu" University of Arts of Iasi Official Website (http://www.arteiasi.ro/indexe.html)
- "I. Ionescu de la Brad" University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Iasi Official Website (http://www.univagro-iasi.ro/index.php?lang=en&pagina=pagini/home.html)
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...
The Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1911) in many ways represents the sum of knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century. ...
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