Iaşi (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈjaʃʲ]) (also historically referred to as Iassy in French, Jassy in German or Jászvásár in Hungarian), is a city and municipality in Moldavia, in north-eastern Romania. The city was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia from 1564 to 1859, the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia between 1859–1862 and Romania between 1916–1918.
Called “The city on seven hills” and "The city of great loves", Iaşi repr...
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Iaşi (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈjaʃʲ]) (also historically referred to as Iassy in French, Jassy in German or Jászvásár in Hungarian), is a city and municipality in Moldavia, in north-eastern Romania. The city was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia from 1564 to 1859, the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia between 1859–1862 and Romania between 1916–1918.
Called “The city on seven hills” and "The city of great loves", Iaşi represents a symbol of Romanian history about which the greatest Romanian historian Nicolae Iorga said "There should be no Romanian who does not know it".
Nowadays, one of the largest Romanian city (the third, as of January 1, 2009), Iaşi is the social, economic, cultural and academic centre of the Romanian region of Moldavia.
The city is home to the oldest Romanian university and accommodates over 80,000 students in 5 public and 3 private universities. The social and cultural life gravitates around the National Theater (the oldest in Romania),...
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