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The Galatians (Ancient Greek: Γαλάται, romanized: Galátai; Latin: Galatae, Galati, Gallograeci; Greek: Γαλάτες, romanized: Galátes, lit. 'Gauls') were a Celtic people dwelling in Galatia, a region of central Anatolia in modern-day Turkey surrounding Ankara during the Hellenistic period. [1]
On 25 May 1921, the city of Galați was awarded "Croce di Guerra" by General Pietro Badoglio, Chief of Staff of the Italian Army, while French General Henri Berthelot presented it with the "Croix de Guerre". An arched monument was dedicated to the heroes of Galați, but it was torn down after the Communists took control of Romania after World ...
There was rebuilding between 1700 and 1703. During the revolution of 1821 the church was burned by the Turks. The current building dates from 1858 to 1861 and respects the original plan. Interior murals and other valuable elements were restored between 1973 and 1975. The monks of the church taught at Galați's first school in 1765. They taught ...
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It was founded in 1893 as the G. Fernic et Co Mechanical constructions and iron and bronze foundry (Uzinele de construcții mecanice și turnătorie de fier și bronz G. Fernic et Co). In 1897, it was renamed as the G. Fernic et Co Shipyard (Șantierul naval G. Fernic et Co).
If completed, it would represent one of the largest metropolitan areas in Romania.Several major infrastructure projects have been proposed, or are being actively built: the Brăila–Galați Expressway, [6] a bridge (the Brăila Bridge) across the Danube connecting Brăila and Galați counties to Tulcea County, [7] and a new airport in Braniștea-Schela area.
The operations of the Galați Airport started on 24 June 1926. [1] At the time, Galați had high relevance for the Kingdom of Romania, both because of its port on the Danube and for being regarded as an important crossroad between Muntenia, where the Romanian capital Bucharest was located, and Bessarabia, which belonged to Romania at the time.
Settling a Frontier Dispute by Richard Caton Woodville, 1880.. The main theme of the cycle is the brave warfare between the Albanian heroes (Albanian: kreshnikë or trima, and aga), who have supernatural strength and an extremely large body holding ordinary family lives, and opposing Slavic warriors (Albanian: shkje and krajla), who are likewise powerful and brave, but without besë.