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Four other museums are located in the Palace of Culture: with its roots dating back to 1860, the Iași Art Museum is the oldest of its kind in Romania, [80] and, with more than 8,700 works (many of them belonging to the universal patrimony), has the largest art collection in the country; the Moldavia's History Museum, offers more than 48,000 ...
1859 – City becomes seat of the Romanian United Principalities. 1860 University of Iași founded. Music and Declamation School and School for Sculpture and Painting founded. 1861 – Seat of Romanian government relocated from Iași to Bucharest. [2] 1864 – Central State Library of Iași in operation. [4] 1870 – Iași railway station opens.
The Synod of Jassy [1] or Synod of Iași (also referred to as the Council of Jassy or the Council of Iași [2]), was convened in Iași in Moldavia (present-day Romania) between 15 September and 27 October 1642 by the Ecumenical Patriarch Parthenius I of Constantinople, with the support of the Moldavian Prince Vasile Lupu. [3]
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The Palace of Culture (Romanian: Palatul Culturii) is an edifice located in Iași, Romania.The building served as the Administrative and Justice Palace until 1955, when its designation and use was changed, and assigned to the four museums nowadays united under the name of Moldavia National Museum Complex.
At the end of the 8th century the establishment of the Khazar Khaganate north of the Caucasus Mountains created an obstacle in the path of nomadic people moving westward. [1] [2] In the following period, the local population of the Carpathian–Danubian area profited from the peaceful political climate and a unitary material culture, called "Dridu", that developed in the region.
The history of the Jews in Iași dates back to the late 16th century, when Sephardi Jews first arrived in the city. Iași has been the center of Jewish life in Moldavia for centuries. Once home to a thriving Yiddish culture, the first Yiddish theater in the world was founded in the city.
December 1 – Battle of the Argeș; December 6 – After the fall of Bucharest, Iași becomes the country's wartime capital, [2] holding this position until the end of the war. December 25 – The law transferring the Romanian Treasure to Moscow for safekeeping is passed. The Treasure would never entirely return to Romania.