2. Iasi [jaʃʲ] is one of the largest cities and a
municipality in Romania. Located in the Moldavia
region, Iași has traditionally been one of the
leading centres of Romanian social, cultural,
academic and artistic life.
The city was the capital of the Principality of
Moldavia from 1564 to 1859, then of the United
principalites from 1859 to 1862, and the capital
of Romania from 1916 to 1918.

3. Known as The Cultural Capital of
Romania, Iași is a symbol in Romanian
history. The historian Nicolae Iorga said
"There should be no Romanian who does not
know of it".Still referred to as The Moldavian
Capital, Iași is the seat of Iași County and the
main economic centre of the Romanian
region of Moldavia.

4. • Is home of: the first Romanian university and to
the first engineering school,
• it is the second largest university centre in the
country and accommodates over 75,000 students in
5 public and 7 private universities.
• The social and cultural life revolves around
the Vasile Alecsandri National Theater (the oldest
in Romania), the Moldova State Philharmonic,
the Opera House, the Tătărași Athenaeum, a
famous Botanical Garden (the oldest and largest in
Romania),
• The Central University Library(the oldest in
Romania),
• the high quality cultural centres and festivals, an
array of museums, memorial houses, religious and
historical monuments.

5. Located in the
North-East of Romania,
between the Iași Iasi
Ridge (Romanian: Coasta
Iașilor) (the northern-most hill
formation of the Bârlad
Plateau) and the Jijia Plain.
The city lies on
the Bahlui River, a tributary
of the Jijia (tributary of
the Prut). The surrounding
country is one of uplands
and woods, featuring
monasteries and parks. Iași
itself stands amid vineyards
and gardens, partly on hills,
partly in the in-between
valley.
It is a common belief that Iași is built on seven hills (Romanian: coline):
Cetățuia, Galata, Copou-Aurora, Bucium-Păun, Șorogari, Repedea and Breazu, thus
triggering comparisons withRome.

6. Iasi has historical monuments, 500-year-old
churches and monasteries, contemporary
architecture, many of them listed on
the National Register of Historic
Monuments, Iași is an outstanding
educational center. Pieces of architecture
include the Trei Ierarhi Monastery, part of
the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage
Site, or the neo-Gothic Palace of Culture,
built on the old ruins of the mediaeval
Princely Court of Moldavia.

7. The Trei Ierarhi Monastery

8. The city and the surrounding area
house more than 10 monasteries and
100 historical churches.Among the
oldest is Princely Saint
Nicholas (1491), dating from the
reign of Stehen the Great, and
the Metropolitan Cathedral is the
largest of its kind in Romania.
TheThree Holy Hierarchs Monastery,
a unique monument, considered to be
an architectural masterpiece, was
erected in 1635–1639 by Vasile Lupu,
and adorned with gilded carvings on
its outer walls and twin towers.

9. The neo-Gothic Palace of Culture
The Palace of Culture (Romanian: Palatul Culturii) is an edifice located
in Iaşi,Romania. The building served as Administrative Palace and then
Palace of Justice until 1955, when its destination was changed again, being
assigned to the four museums nowadays united under the name
of Moldova National Museum Complex.

10. • Four other museums are located in the Palace of
Culture, The Art Museum has the largest art
collection in Romania, with more than 8,000
paintings, out of which 1,000 belong to the
national and universal patrimony, The Moldavia's
History Museum, offers more than 35,000 objects
from various fields, archaeology, numismatics,
decorative art, ancient books, documents, The
Ethnographic Museum of Moldavia owns more
than 11,000 objects depicting the Romanian
advance through the ages and The Science and
Technology Museum with five distinct sections and
one memorial house.

12. Also, the building houses the Cultural Heritage Conservation-Restoration Centre, the
main branch of the Gheorghe Asachi Iaşi County Library and hosts various exhibitions
and other events.

13. Iași has a diverse array of public spaces, from city squares to public parks.
Begun in 1833, at the time when Iași was the capital ofMoldavia, by
Prince Mihail Sturdza and under the plans of Gheorghe Asachi and Mihail
Singurov, Copou Parkwas integrated into the city and marks one of the first
Romanian coordinated public parks.
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14. The oldest monument in Romania stands in the middle of the park, the Obelisk of
Lions (1834), a 13.5 m (44.29 ft) tall obelisk, dedicated to the Law of Organic Rules,
the first law on political, administrative and juridical organization in Romanian
Principalities.

15. Founded in 1856, the Botanical Garden of Iași, the first botanical garden in
Romania, has an area of over 100 hectares, and more than 10,000 species of
plants.

16. Iași is home to many museums, memorial houses, art galleries.
First Memorial House from Romania opened in Iași in 1918
as Ion Creangă Memorial House, and today the Iași Romanian
Literature Museum owns twelve memorial houses. The Mihai
Eminescu Museum is situated in Copou Park and it is dedicated
to the great poet’s life and creation.

17. The Physicians and Naturalists Society, founded in Iași, has
existed since the early part of the 19th century, and a number of
periodicals are published. One of the oldest medical universities
in Romania, founded in 1879, is in Iași. It is now known as
the Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy.

18. Alexandru Ioan Cuza University

19. • Located in the historic core of the city, near the Palace of
Culture, the PALAS ensemble is a "city in the heart of the
city".

20. • Designed and developed pursuant to the “lifestyle center” concept,
PALAS integrates in this unique complex areas for retail, hotels, A-class
offices, apartments, underground parking lot with approximately 2,500
parking spaces and a perimeter set up for entertainment, all these on a
built area of over 270,000 square meters.

21. The grand opening of the ensemble took place on the 31st
of May 2012.
It’s an amazing place,when I was there I feel like in “Seems”.It’s
really really beautiful,you can do whatever you want there,It’s
the perfect place to spandng a few hours in peace!

23. • In my opinion, is one of the most beautiful
cities of my country! If you arrive in Romania,
Iasi worth visiting!
• I hope you liked!