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Next to County Suceava in the Bucovina Region,
Botoşani is a Moldovan County
Botoşani is bordered by Counties Suceava and Iaşi
Bold Botoşani
With
a population of about 120,000 the capital city
Botoşani rests on the sloping plain of hills and river valleys
stretching from the Eastern Carpathian mountains down to the Prut River.
Long a crossroads of Romanian history, the Botoşani region has been
both a border frontier and crucible of Moldovan culture, influenced by
Avars, Armenians, and Austrians. See more
in History Below
In addition to the county seat of Botoşani, the
other main towns are Dorohoi, and the smaller towns of Darabani,
Săveni, and Flămânzi.
For an overview of a typical Botoşani village, see our
About Truşeşti special section.
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Art galeries Ştefan Luchian - it is the art section of the county museum.
It has art masterpieces of Ştefan Lucian,Octav Băncilă and the contemporan
work of Ligia Macovei(the best ilusrator of Mihai Eminescu's poetry,
sculptures signed by Octav Băncilă and Dan Covataru.
County library "Mihai Eminescu" - known also as the "Moscovici house" an
arhitectural jewel, build in the late XIX-th century, containing
arhitectural elements from the french and the german architecture.
Memorial museum "Octav Onicescu" - that dates from 1995. It is dadicated
to the matematician with the same name. Te exibition is composed from
books, diplomas, handwritten papers, and furniture.
The village of Ipoteşti
Mihai Eminescu's birthplace situated at 8km from
Botoşani.
The village of Liveni
George Enescu's birthplace.
The museum at Săveni
Founded in 1964, it is dedicated to archeology, and
it covers the settlements and the necropolis of Ripiceni, Miorcani,
Draguşeni, Honeşti and Săveni.
The name of the city probably has its origin in the name of a boyar
family called Botaş, whose name can be found in old records from the time
of Prince Stephen the Great (late 15th century) as one of the most
important families of Moldavia, records which trace it back to the 11th
century.
Another possible origin of the name is that of a Mongol chief, Batu
Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, who occupied this region in the 13th
century.
Botoşani City Hall
Mihai Eminescu, Romania's national poet, was born near Botoşani, in
Ipoteşti, and the famous Romanian historian Nicolae Iorga was born in the
city.
It is also the location of A. T. Laurian National College, one of
Romania's oldest (founded 1859) and most prestigious pre-university
educational institutions.
Cătălin Mugurel Flutur, in the National Liberal
Party, has been mayor since 2004
The City of Botoşani is centred at 47°44′55″N,
26°40′10″E
People
County Botoşani has a rather remarkable list of notables which sprung
forth from it's soil. Ever heard of Mihăi Eminescu?
Well, HRH The Prince of Wales certainly has, and Prince Charles named
his preservation trust after the famous Romania poet.
It was in the main town of Botoşani, as well as out in Ipoteşti, in
his parents' family home that Romania's famous son grew up. From 1858 to
1866 he attended school in Cernăuţi, now part of The Ukraine, finishing
at the top of his class. His first published work was there in
1866, "The Tears of the Gymnasium Students", where his poem "At the
Grave of Aron Pumnul" appears, signed "M. Eminovici".
In addition to Eminescu, the County is home to Nicolae Iorga, George
Enescu, and a host of others, including Georgeta Damian, Luminiţa Gheorghiu, Abraham Goldfaden (born in Podolia), Isidore Isou, Ştefan Luchian
and Octav Onicescu.
Culture
Botosánka is a dance of the Csángós of the region, and you can see
some interesting spectaculars at the State Jewish Theater (Romania)
Sport
Football is represented in Botoşani by the team FC Botoşani.
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The City of Botoşani is centred at 47°44′55″N,
26°40′10″E
Geography
County Botoşani is bordered by the Moldovan
Republic in the East, the Edineţ Raion, Suceava County in the West,
Ukraine in the North (Chernivtsi Oblast), and County Iaşi
to the south.
It is situated between Siret and Prut, in the north-east part of the
county, Ucraine in the north and Moldavian Republic in the east. At the
west and south it has borders with the Suceava County and Iaşi County.
The County has a total area of 4,986 km˛ (2.1% of the Romanian territory).
The relief of County Botoşani is a high plain, between the valleys of the Siret River, the
Prut River and it's affluent the Jijia River. The county has a
temperate climate, influenced by the eastern air masses of the continent.
Demographics
In 2002, the County had a population of 452,834 and the population density
was 91/km˛, with a startlingly unsurprising 98% being Romanian, and the
rest made up of
Russians, Ukrainians and Rromas.
Economy
The "Upper Country" of Suceava in which County Botoşani
makes up the eastern half, has always been predominantly
agricultural as it is today, with textiles and food taking up most of the
industry, along with some electrical components, glass and porcelain
manufacture.
At Stânca-Costeşti there is one of the greatest hydroelectrical power
plants in Romania.
A Commune is a larger village which usually acts as a regional centre, with a
mayor, postal and police services, and sometimes larger stores. Other
villages may belong to the commune, and the over 2500 communes in Romania vary
widely in size.
This website is a
general tourist guide, designed to help English-speaking tourists
understand Romania, and as such, provides historical
information for the interest of our traveller readers. History
can be a contentious issue, and we welcome input where readers think
clarification or correction is advisable. Please
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if you have questions or comments about anything in this history
section.
Church in Ipoteşti
Botoşani is Romania's northern-most tip, and has long had a rich
history of influences from the neighbouring peoples to the north (known
through history as the Ruthenians, now in today's Ukraine).
While both the County Botoşani and County Suceava areas were ruled
jointly under the Avars from Dorohoi in the 8th century, although the
river Siret kept Bucovina and Suceava more separated by the time that
the early Romanian fiefdoms and minor princes started to rule the area.
Of Armenians and Austrians
The oldest item (to be dated precisely) found in the area is an
Armenian tombstone dated 1350.
The first mention of Botoşani in writing
is the Chronicles of Moldavia by Grigore Ureche, which records a
devastating invasion of the Tatars on November 28, 1493. The city was
initially a market town, being placed at the juncture of several
commercial roads; in the 16th century, it already had "the biggest and the
oldest fair of Moldavia".
Whereas Bucovina fell under Austro-Hungarian control and culture as
an extension of it's Transilvanian territories, their official control
and most of Austrian influence largely ended at the Sireţ river.
Large communities of Jewish and Armenian traders were present in this
city starting with the 17th century.
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