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In terms of religion, 92.5% of the population were Christian Orthodox, 4.9% Roman Catholic, other religious groups 2.6%. There are currently almost 10,000 Roman Catholics living in Iași. [ 70 ] There is a debate between historians as to whether the Catholics are originally of Romanian or Hungarian descent.
The Metropolitan Cathedral, Iași (Romanian: Catedrala Mitropolitană din Iași), located at 16 Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt Boulevard, Iași, Romania, is the seat of the Romanian Orthodox Archbishop of Iași and Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bukovina, and the largest historic Orthodox church in Romania. [ 1 ] It is dedicated to Saint Parascheva ...
1769 – City taken by Russians. [6] 1792 – 9 January: Treaty of Jassy signed in city, ending Russo-Turkish War (1787–92). [6] 1806 – Iași occupied by Russian forces. [7] 1813 – First engineering classes at the School of Surveying and Civil Engineers (part of the Princely Academy) 1822 – City besieged by Turkish forces. [2]
Architect (s) Nicolae Singurov (1841) The Palace of Culture ( Romanian: Palatul Culturii) is an edifice located in Iași, Romania. The building served as Administrative and Justice Palace until 1955, when its destination was changed, being assigned to the four museums nowadays united under the name of Moldavia National Museum Complex.
A dog breeder has been found dead and as many as 10 of his Doberman puppies have gone missing as police investigate his death as a homicide, authorities said. The Clear Creek County Sheriff’s ...
Saint Parascheva Church (Romanian: Biserica Sfânta Parascheva) is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 6 Păcurari Street in Iași, Romania. It is dedicated to Parascheva of the Balkans. Located right by the Central University Library, it stands on the site of an earlier wooden church from 1730, [1] dedicated to the Archangels Michael and ...
GDP (nominal) US$ 5.431 billion (2015) GDP/ per capita. US$ 27,032 (2022) Website. County Council. Prefecture. Iași County (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈjaʃʲ]) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia, with the administrative seat at Iași. It is the most populous county in Romania, after the Municipality of Bucharest (which has ...
The second Jassy–Kishinev offensive, [1][8][9][10][Notes 1] named after the two major cities, Jassy and Kishinev, in the staging area, was a Soviet offensive against Axis forces, which took place in Eastern Romania from 20 to 29 August 1944 during World War II. The 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts of the Red Army engaged Army Group South Ukraine ...