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Targoviste
Tārgovişte is a city in the Dāmboviţa county of Romania, it is situated on the right bank to the Ialomiţa River and it has a population of 89,000 (2003).
History
First attested in 1396, in the "Travel Memories" of Johannes Schiltberger , it became the capital of the Wallachian voivodship, probably during the reign of Mircea the Elder, when the Royal Court ("Curtea Domnească") was built. Vlad Ţepeş built the Chindia Tower , now a symbol of the city.
Mihai Viteazul fought and won a decissive battle against the Turks in Tārgovişte in 1597.
After Constantin Brāncoveanu moved the capital to Bucharest, Tārgovişte lost its importance, decayed economically and its population decreased.
Tārgovişte was the site of the trial and execution of Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena in December 1989.
Population
- 16th century: 60,000
- 1900: 9,400
- 1977:61,300
- 2003: 89,000
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