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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Museums" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Museums"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Museums</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Museums-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Foreign_culture_centres" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Foreign_culture_centres"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Foreign culture centres</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Foreign_culture_centres-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cultural_events_and_festivals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cultural_events_and_festivals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Cultural events and festivals</span> </div> </a> <ul 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<span>Transport</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Transport-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Transport subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Public_transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Public_transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.1</span> <span>Public transport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Public_transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Air" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2</span> <span>Air</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rail" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B4" title="ياش – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ياش" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B5%D5%A1%D5%B7" title="Եաշ – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Եաշ" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yass%C4%B1" title="Yassı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Yassı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C" title="اییاشی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="اییاشی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C5%9Fi" title="Iaşi – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Iaşi" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Ясы – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Ясы" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Ясы – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Ясы" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D1%88" title="Яш – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Яш" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_(siyudad)" title="Iași (siyudad) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Iași (siyudad)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasy" title="Jasy – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Jasy" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B4" title="ياش – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="ياش" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BF" title="Ιάσιο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ιάσιο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D1%81%D1%81%D1%8B_%D0%BE%D1%88" title="Яссы ош – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Яссы ош" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B4" title="یاش – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="یاش" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C5%9Fi" title="Iaşi – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Iaşi" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EC%95%84%EC%8B%9C" title="이아시 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="이아시" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%85%D5%A1%D5%B7" title="Յաշ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Յաշ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_(grad)" title="Iași (grad) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Iași (grad)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C5%9Fi" title="Iaşi – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Iaşi" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D1%81%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Яссы – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Яссы" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C5%9Fi" title="Iaşi – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Iaşi" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%99" title="יאשי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="יאשי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="იასი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="იასი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D1%81%D1%81%D1%8B_(%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%BC%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Яссы (Румыния) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Яссы (Румыния)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iashi" title="Iashi – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Iashi" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iassium" title="Iassium – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Iassium" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ja%C5%A1i" title="Jaši – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Jaši" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasai_(Rumunija)" title="Jasai (Rumunija) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Jasai (Rumunija)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1szv%C3%A1s%C3%A1r" title="Jászvásár – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Jászvásár" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%B0%D1%88" title="Јаш – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Јаш" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6" title="याश – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="याश" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B4" title="ياش – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ياش" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D1%81%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Яссы – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Яссы" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D1%88" title="Яш – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Яш" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%82%B7_(%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2)" title="ヤシ (ルーマニア) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヤシ (ルーマニア)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D1%81%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Яссы – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Яссы" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yassi_(shahar)" title="Yassi (shahar) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Yassi (shahar)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C" title="ایاشی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ایاشی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jassy" title="Jassy – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Jassy" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rmy mw-list-item"><a href="https://rmy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yashi" title="Yashi – Vlax Romani" lang="rmy" hreflang="rmy" data-title="Yashi" data-language-autonym="Romani čhib" data-language-local-name="Vlax Romani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Romani čhib</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D1%81%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Яссы – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Яссы" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jashi" title="Jashi – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Jashi" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasy" title="Jasy – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Jasy" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Iași" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Iași</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Municipiu" title="Municipiu">City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style 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.tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="multiimageinner" style="width:242px;max-width:242px;border:none"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:240px;max-width:240px"><div style="height:163px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Palatculturaiasi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Palatculturaiasi.jpg/250px-Palatculturaiasi.jpg" decoding="async" width="238" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Palatculturaiasi.jpg/500px-Palatculturaiasi.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="742" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Culture_(Ia%C8%99i)" title="Palace of Culture (Iași)">Palace of Culture</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:119px;max-width:119px"><div style="height:78px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Catedrala_%E2%80%9ESf._Gheorghe%E2%80%9D_%C8%99i_%E2%80%9E%C3%8Ent%C3%A2mpinarea_Domnului%E2%80%9D_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Catedrala_%E2%80%9ESf._Gheorghe%E2%80%9D_%C8%99i_%E2%80%9E%C3%8Ent%C3%A2mpinarea_Domnului%E2%80%9D_%281%29.jpg/120px-Catedrala_%E2%80%9ESf._Gheorghe%E2%80%9D_%C8%99i_%E2%80%9E%C3%8Ent%C3%A2mpinarea_Domnului%E2%80%9D_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="117" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Catedrala_%E2%80%9ESf._Gheorghe%E2%80%9D_%C8%99i_%E2%80%9E%C3%8Ent%C3%A2mpinarea_Domnului%E2%80%9D_%281%29.jpg/250px-Catedrala_%E2%80%9ESf._Gheorghe%E2%80%9D_%C8%99i_%E2%80%9E%C3%8Ent%C3%A2mpinarea_Domnului%E2%80%9D_%281%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_Metropolitan_Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="Iași Metropolitan Cathedral">Iași Metropolitan Cathedral</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:119px;max-width:119px"><div style="height:78px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:M%C4%83n%C4%83stirea_%E2%80%9ESf._Trei_Ierarhi%E2%80%9C_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/M%C4%83n%C4%83stirea_%E2%80%9ESf._Trei_Ierarhi%E2%80%9C_%281%29.jpg/117px-M%C4%83n%C4%83stirea_%E2%80%9ESf._Trei_Ierarhi%E2%80%9C_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="117" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/M%C4%83n%C4%83stirea_%E2%80%9ESf._Trei_Ierarhi%E2%80%9C_%281%29.jpg/176px-M%C4%83n%C4%83stirea_%E2%80%9ESf._Trei_Ierarhi%E2%80%9C_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/M%C4%83n%C4%83stirea_%E2%80%9ESf._Trei_Ierarhi%E2%80%9C_%281%29.jpg/234px-M%C4%83n%C4%83stirea_%E2%80%9ESf._Trei_Ierarhi%E2%80%9C_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Trei_Ierarhi_Monastery" title="Trei Ierarhi Monastery">Trei Ierarhi Monastery</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:112px;max-width:112px"><div style="height:82px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Romania_Ia%C8%99i_National_Theatre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Romania_Ia%C8%99i_National_Theatre.jpg/120px-Romania_Ia%C8%99i_National_Theatre.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Romania_Ia%C8%99i_National_Theatre.jpg/250px-Romania_Ia%C8%99i_National_Theatre.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3550" data-file-height="2662" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_National_Theatre" title="Iași National Theatre">Vasile Alecsandri National Theater</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:126px;max-width:126px"><div style="height:82px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Teiul_lui_Eminescu_(panoram%C4%83_dinspre_sud).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Teiul_lui_Eminescu_%28panoram%C4%83_dinspre_sud%29.jpg/250px-Teiul_lui_Eminescu_%28panoram%C4%83_dinspre_sud%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="83" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Eminescu%27s_Linden_Tree" title="Eminescu's Linden Tree">Eminescu's Linden Tree</a> in <a href="/wiki/Copou_Park" title="Copou Park">Copou Park</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:158px;max-width:158px"><div style="height:104px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Universitatea_%E2%80%9EAlexandru_Ioan_Cuza%E2%80%9D_(5).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Universitatea_%E2%80%9EAlexandru_Ioan_Cuza%E2%80%9D_%285%29.jpg/250px-Universitatea_%E2%80%9EAlexandru_Ioan_Cuza%E2%80%9D_%285%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="156" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Universitatea_%E2%80%9EAlexandru_Ioan_Cuza%E2%80%9D_%285%29.jpg/330px-Universitatea_%E2%80%9EAlexandru_Ioan_Cuza%E2%80%9D_%285%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_University" title="Alexandru Ioan Cuza University">Alexandru Ioan Cuza University</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:80px;max-width:80px"><div style="height:104px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Golia_Monastery_Church_,_Ia%C5%9Fi_3.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Golia_Monastery_Church_%2C_Ia%C5%9Fi_3.JPG/120px-Golia_Monastery_Church_%2C_Ia%C5%9Fi_3.JPG" decoding="async" width="78" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Golia_Monastery_Church_%2C_Ia%C5%9Fi_3.JPG/250px-Golia_Monastery_Church_%2C_Ia%C5%9Fi_3.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3240" data-file-height="4320" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Golia_Monastery" title="Golia Monastery">Golia Monastery</a></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ROU_IS_Iasi_CoA.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Iași"><img alt="Coat of arms of Iași" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/ROU_IS_Iasi_CoA.png/60px-ROU_IS_Iasi_CoA.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/ROU_IS_Iasi_CoA.png/91px-ROU_IS_Iasi_CoA.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/ROU_IS_Iasi_CoA.png/121px-ROU_IS_Iasi_CoA.png 2x" data-file-width="436" data-file-height="719" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link"><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Ia%C8%99i" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of Iași">Coat of arms</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">The City of Great Loves, The City of the Famous Destinies, The City of Great Ideas, The City of the Three Unions, The City on Seven Hills<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Ia%C8%99i_within_Ia%C8%99i_County.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Map_of_Ia%C8%99i_within_Ia%C8%99i_County.svg/250px-Map_of_Ia%C8%99i_within_Ia%C8%99i_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Map_of_Ia%C8%99i_within_Ia%C8%99i_County.svg/330px-Map_of_Ia%C8%99i_within_Ia%C8%99i_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Map_of_Ia%C8%99i_within_Ia%C8%99i_County.svg/500px-Map_of_Ia%C8%99i_within_Ia%C8%99i_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="858" data-file-height="607" /></a></span><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none" data-switcher-default="">Show map of Iași</span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ia%C8%99i_metropolitan_area_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Ia%C8%99i_metropolitan_area_map.svg/220px-Ia%C8%99i_metropolitan_area_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Ia%C8%99i_metropolitan_area_map.svg/330px-Ia%C8%99i_metropolitan_area_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Ia%C8%99i_metropolitan_area_map.svg/440px-Ia%C8%99i_metropolitan_area_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="858" data-file-height="607" /></a></span><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of <a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_metropolitan_area" title="Iași metropolitan area">metropolitan area</a></span></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Iași inside <a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_County" title="Iași County">Iași County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Romania_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Iași is located in Romania"><img alt="Iași is located in Romania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Romania_location_map.svg/250px-Romania_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Romania_location_map.svg/375px-Romania_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Romania_location_map.svg/500px-Romania_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1611" data-file-height="1152" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:26.231%;left:75.889%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Iași"><img alt="Iași" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Iași</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Romania</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ia%C8%99i&params=47_09_44_N_27_35_20_E_region:RO_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">47°09′44″N</span> <span class="longitude">27°35′20″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">47.16222°N 27.58889°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">47.16222; 27.58889</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_world" class="mw-redirect" title="Countries of the world">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Romania" title="Counties of Romania">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_County" title="Iași County">Iași</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Romania">Status</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">County seat</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settled</th><td class="infobox-data">Before 14th century</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First official record</th><td class="infobox-data">1408</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(2020–2024)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Mihai Chirica<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(Romania)" title="National Liberal Party (Romania)">PNL</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/Municipiu" title="Municipiu">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">93.9 km<sup>2</sup> (36.3 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,159 km<sup>2</sup> (447 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">60 m (200 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2021_Romanian_census" title="2021 Romanian census">2021</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-RPL2021_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RPL2021-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/Municipiu" title="Municipiu">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">271,692</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,894/km<sup>2</sup> (7,500/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">423,154</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Romanian-language text"><i lang="ro">ieșean, ieșeancă</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Romanian_language" title="Romanian language">ro</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">EET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Summer_Time" title="Eastern European Summer Time">EEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postal Code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">700xxx</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">+40 x32</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Romanian_car_number_plates" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanian car number plates">Car Plates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">IS</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate#Mild/cool_summer_subtype" title="Humid continental climate">Dfb</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.primaria-iasi.ro">www<wbr />.primaria-iasi<wbr />.ro</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Iași</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small"><a href="/wiki/British_English" title="British English">UK</a>: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">YASH</span>-(y)</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991" /><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small"><a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">US</a>: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span></span>(<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>)/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">YAHSH(</span>-ee)</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MW_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MW-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991" /><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Romanian:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ro-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Romanian" title="Help:IPA/Romanian">[ˈjaʃʲ]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/9\/99\/Iasi.ogg\/Iasi.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Iasi.ogg"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/Iasi.ogg/Iasi.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Iasi.ogg" title="File:Iasi.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span>; also known by other <a href="#Etymology_and_names">alternative names</a>), also referred to mostly historically as <b>Jassy</b><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SaurerLanzinger2006_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SaurerLanzinger2006-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991" /><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small"><a href="/wiki/British_English" title="British English">UK</a>: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">YASS</span>-ee</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991" /><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small"><a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">US</a>: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">YAH</span>-see</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-MW_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MW-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), is the <a href="/wiki/Cities_in_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Cities in Romania">third largest city</a> in <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a> and the seat of <a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_County" title="Iași County">Iași County</a>. Located in the historical region of <a href="/wiki/Western_Moldavia" title="Western Moldavia">Moldavia</a>, it has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life. The city was the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Moldavia" class="mw-redirect" title="Principality of Moldavia">Principality of Moldavia</a> from 1564 to 1859, then of the <a href="/wiki/United_Principalities" class="mw-redirect" title="United Principalities">United Principalities</a> from 1859 to 1862, and the capital of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Romania" title="Kingdom of Romania">Romania</a> from 1916 to 1918. </p><p>Known as the Cultural Capital of Romania Iași is a symbol of Romanian history. Historian <a href="/wiki/Nicolae_Iorga" title="Nicolae Iorga">Nicolae Iorga</a> stated that "there should be no Romanian who does not know of it".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Still referred to as "The Moldavian Capital", Iași is the main economic and business centre of Romania's Moldavian region.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2018, Iași was officially declared the Historical Capital of Romania.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2021_Romanian_census" title="2021 Romanian census">2021 census</a>, the city-proper had a population of 271,692, its <a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_metropolitan_area" title="Iași metropolitan area">metropolitan area</a> had a population of 423,154,<sup id="cite_ref-RPL2021_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RPL2021-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whereas more than 500,000 people live within its <a href="/wiki/Peri-urbanisation" title="Peri-urbanisation">peri-urban area</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-INSSER_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INSSER-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-periurban_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-periurban-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Counting 500,668 residents (as of 2018), the Iași <a href="/wiki/Larger_urban_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Larger urban zone">urban area</a> is the second most populous in Romania after <a href="/wiki/Bucharest" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-eurostat_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eurostat-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Home to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Ia%C8%99i" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Iași">oldest Romanian university</a> and to the <a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Asachi_Technical_University_of_Ia%C8%99i" title="Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași">first engineering school</a>, Iași is the third most important education and research centre of the country, accommodating over 60,000 students in five public universities.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pidpc_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pidpc-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The social and cultural life revolves around the <a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_National_Theatre" title="Iași National Theatre">Vasile Alecsandri National Theatre</a> (the oldest in Romania), the <a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_%22Moldova%22_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="Iași "Moldova" Philharmonic Orchestra">Moldova State Philharmonic</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ia%C5%9Fi_Romanian_National_Opera" class="mw-redirect" title="Iaşi Romanian National Opera">Opera House</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_Athenaeum" title="Iași Athenaeum">Iași Athenaeum</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_Botanical_Garden" title="Iași Botanical Garden">Botanical Garden</a> (the oldest and largest in Romania), the <a href="/wiki/Central_University_Library_of_Ia%C5%9Fi" class="mw-redirect" title="Central University Library of Iaşi">Central University Library</a> (the oldest in Romania), the cultural centres and festivals, an array of museums, memorial houses, religious and historical monuments. The city is also known as the site of the largest Romanian pilgrimage which takes place every year, in October.<sup id="cite_ref-pilgrim_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pilgrim-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology_and_names">Etymology and names</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology and names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Romania_2L_1871_telegraph_stamp_used_Jassy.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Romania_2L_1871_telegraph_stamp_used_Jassy.JPG/220px-Romania_2L_1871_telegraph_stamp_used_Jassy.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Romania_2L_1871_telegraph_stamp_used_Jassy.JPG/330px-Romania_2L_1871_telegraph_stamp_used_Jassy.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Romania_2L_1871_telegraph_stamp_used_Jassy.JPG/440px-Romania_2L_1871_telegraph_stamp_used_Jassy.JPG 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="322" /></a><figcaption>An 1871 Romanian <a href="/wiki/Telegraph_stamp" title="Telegraph stamp">telegraph stamp</a>, using the historic name of <i>Jassy</i></figcaption></figure> <p>Scholars have different theories on the origin of the name "Iași".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some argue that the name originates with the <a href="/wiki/Sarmatians" title="Sarmatians">Sarmatian</a> tribe <a href="/wiki/Iazyges" title="Iazyges">Iazyges</a> (of Iranian origin), one mentioned by <a href="/wiki/Ovid" title="Ovid">Ovid</a> as <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">"ipse vides, onerata ferox ut ducat <b>Iazyx</b>/ per medias Histri plaustra bubulcus aquas"</i></span><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">"<b>Iazyges</b> et Colchi Metereaque turba Getaque/ Danubii mediis vix prohibentur aquis"</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other explanations show that the name originated from the Iranian <a href="/wiki/Alans" title="Alans">Alanic</a> tribe of <b>Jassi</b>, having the same origin with the Yazyges tribes <a href="/wiki/Jassic_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Jassic people">Jassic people</a>. In medieval times the Prut river was known as <i>Alanus fluvius</i> and the city as <i>Forum Philistinorum</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From this population derived the plural of the town name, "Iașii". </p><p>Another historian wrote that the <b>Iasians</b> lived among the <a href="/wiki/Cumans" title="Cumans">Cumans</a> and that they left the Caucasus after the first Mongolian campaign in the West, settling temporarily near the Prut. He asserts that the ethnic name of Jasz which is given to the Iasians by the Hungarians has been erroneously identified with the Jazyges; also he shows that the word <i>jasz</i> is a Slavic loan word.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hungarian name of the city (<i>Jászvásár</i>) literally means "Jassic Market"; the antiquated Romanian name, <i>Târgul Ieșilor</i> (and the once-favoured <i>Iașii</i>), and the German <i>Jassenmarkt</i>, may indicate the same meaning. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Ia%C8%99i" title="Timeline of Iași">Timeline of Iași</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:M%C4%83n%C4%83stirea_Cet%C4%83%C5%A3uia23.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/M%C4%83n%C4%83stirea_Cet%C4%83%C5%A3uia23.jpg/220px-M%C4%83n%C4%83stirea_Cet%C4%83%C5%A3uia23.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/M%C4%83n%C4%83stirea_Cet%C4%83%C5%A3uia23.jpg/330px-M%C4%83n%C4%83stirea_Cet%C4%83%C5%A3uia23.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/M%C4%83n%C4%83stirea_Cet%C4%83%C5%A3uia23.jpg/440px-M%C4%83n%C4%83stirea_Cet%C4%83%C5%A3uia23.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>Coat of arms of the Principality of Moldavia at <a href="/wiki/Cet%C4%83%C5%A3uia_Monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Cetăţuia Monastery">Cetățuia Monastery</a></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:25em; ; font-size: 85%; color: #202122;background-color: #B0C4DE;"> <div class="quotebox-title" style="color: #202122;background-color: #B0C4DE;">Historical affiliations</div> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <div class="poem"> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Moldavia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Moldavia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Moldavia.svg/60px-Flag_of_Moldavia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Moldavia" title="Moldavia">Moldavia</a> 1408–1859<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_the_United_Principalities_of_Wallachia_and_Moldavia_%281859_-_1862%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_United_Principalities_of_Wallachia_and_Moldavia_%281859_-_1862%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_the_United_Principalities_of_Wallachia_and_Moldavia_%281859_-_1862%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_United_Principalities_of_Wallachia_and_Moldavia_%281859_-_1862%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_Principalities_of_Moldavia_and_Wallachia" title="United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia">United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia</a> 1859–1862<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a> 1862–present </p> </div> </blockquote> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient_times">Ancient times</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ancient times"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Archaeological investigations attest to the presence of human communities on the present territory of the city and around it as far back as the prehistoric age.<sup id="cite_ref-Mono_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mono-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later settlements included those of the <a href="/wiki/Cucuteni%E2%80%93Trypillia_culture" title="Cucuteni–Trypillia culture">Cucuteni–Trypillia culture</a>, a late <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> <a href="/wiki/Archaeological_culture" title="Archaeological culture">archaeological culture</a>. </p><p>There is archaeological evidence of human settlements in the area of Iași dating from the 6th to 7th centuries (Curtea Domnească) and 7th to 10th centuries; these settlements contained rectangular houses with semicircular ovens.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, many of the vessels (9th–11th centuries) found in Iași had a cross, potentially indicating that the inhabitants were Christians.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_development">Early development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Early development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1396, Iași is mentioned by the German crusader <a href="/wiki/Johann_Schiltberger" title="Johann Schiltberger">Johann Schiltberger</a> (a participant in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nicopolis" title="Battle of Nicopolis">Battle of Nicopolis</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name of the city is first found in an official document in 1408. This is a grant of certain commercial privileges by the Moldavian <a href="/wiki/List_of_Moldavian_rulers" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Moldavian rulers">Prince</a> <a href="/wiki/Alexander_I_of_Moldavia" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander I of Moldavia">Alexander</a> to the Polish merchants of <a href="/wiki/Lviv" title="Lviv">Lvov</a>. However, as buildings older than 1408 still exist, e.g. the Armenian Church believed to be originally built in 1395, it is certain that the city existed before its first surviving written mention. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Capital_of_Moldavia">Capital of Moldavia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Capital of Moldavia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Around 1564, Prince <a href="/wiki/Alexandru_L%C4%83pu%C5%9Fneanu" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexandru Lăpuşneanu">Alexandru Lăpușneanu</a> moved the Moldavian capital from <a href="/wiki/Suceava" title="Suceava">Suceava</a> to Iași. Between 1561 and 1563, a school and a <a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheran</a> church were founded by the <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greek</a> adventurer prince, <a href="/wiki/Ioan_Iacob_Heraclid" class="mw-redirect" title="Ioan Iacob Heraclid">Ioan Iacob Heraclid</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iassy-1701.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Iassy-1701.jpg/250px-Iassy-1701.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Iassy-1701.jpg/330px-Iassy-1701.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Iassy-1701.jpg/500px-Iassy-1701.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2564" data-file-height="1231" /></a><figcaption>Iași in the 1700s</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1640, <a href="/wiki/Vasile_Lupu" title="Vasile Lupu">Vasile Lupu</a> established the first school in which the Romanian replaced Greek, and set up a printing press in the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_architecture" title="Byzantine architecture">Byzantine</a> <a href="/wiki/Trei_Ierarhi_Monastery" title="Trei Ierarhi Monastery">Trei Ierarhi Monastery</a> (<i>Monastery of the <a href="/wiki/Three_Holy_Hierarchs" title="Three Holy Hierarchs">Three Hierarchs</a></i>; built 1635–39). Between 15 September – 27 October 1642, the city hosted the <a href="/wiki/Synod_of_Ia%C8%99i" class="mw-redirect" title="Synod of Iași">Synod of Iași</a> (also referred to as the Synod of Jassy).<sup id="cite_ref-McGuckin2010_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McGuckin2010-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1643, the first volume ever printed in <a href="/wiki/Moldavia" title="Moldavia">Moldavia</a> was published in Iași. </p><p>The city was often burned down and looted by the <a href="/wiki/Nogais" title="Nogais">Tatars</a> (in 1513, 1574, 1577, 1593), by the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Turks" title="Ottoman Turks">Ottomans</a> in 1538, the <a href="/wiki/Cossacks" title="Cossacks">Cossacks</a> and Tartars (1650), or the <a href="/wiki/Polish_people" title="Polish people">Poles</a> (1620, 1686).<sup id="cite_ref-foc_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foc-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1734, it was hit by the <a href="/wiki/Bubonic_plague" title="Bubonic plague">plague</a>. The city was also affected by famine (1575, 1724, 1739–1740), or large local fires (1725, 1735, 1753, 1766, 1785), propagated by many buildings that were built on wooden structures.<sup id="cite_ref-foc_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foc-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was through the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Jassy" title="Treaty of Jassy">Treaty of Jassy</a> that the sixth <a href="/wiki/Russo-Turkish_War,_1787-1792" class="mw-redirect" title="Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792">Russo-Turkish War</a> was brought to a close in 1792. A Greek revolutionary manoeuvre and occupation under <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ypsilantis_(1792%E2%80%931828)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Ypsilantis (1792–1828)">Alexander Ypsilanti</a> (Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης) and the <a href="/wiki/Filiki_Eteria" title="Filiki Eteria">Filiki Eteria</a> (Φιλική Εταιρία) (1821, at the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence" title="Greek War of Independence">Greek War of Independence</a>) led to the storming of the city by the Turks in 1822.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1844 a severe fire affected much of the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mid–19th_century_to_20th_century"><span id="Mid.E2.80.9319th_century_to_20th_century"></span>Mid–19th century to 20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Mid–19th century to 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Statuia_lui_Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_din_Ia%C5%9Fi3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Statuia_lui_Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_din_Ia%C5%9Fi3.jpg/250px-Statuia_lui_Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_din_Ia%C5%9Fi3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Statuia_lui_Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_din_Ia%C5%9Fi3.jpg/330px-Statuia_lui_Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_din_Ia%C5%9Fi3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Statuia_lui_Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_din_Ia%C5%9Fi3.jpg/500px-Statuia_lui_Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_din_Ia%C5%9Fi3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1092" data-file-height="702" /></a><figcaption>Union Square</figcaption></figure> <p>Between 1564 and 1859, the city was the capital of Moldavia; then, between 1859 and 1862, both Iași and <a href="/wiki/Bucharest" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a> were de facto capitals of the <a href="/wiki/United_Principalities" class="mw-redirect" title="United Principalities">United Principalities</a> of Moldavia and Wallachia. In 1862, when the union of the two principalities was recognised under the name of <i>Romania</i>, the national capital was established in Bucharest. For the loss caused to the city in 1861 by the removal of the seat of government to Bucharest the <a href="/wiki/Constituent_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Constituent Assembly">constituent assembly</a> voted 148,150 <a href="/wiki/Romanian_leu" title="Romanian leu">lei</a> to be paid in ten annual instalments, but no payment was ever made.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, Iași was the capital of a much reduced Romania for two years, following the <a href="/wiki/Central_Powers" title="Central Powers">Central Powers</a>' occupation of Bucharest on 6 December 1916. The capital was returned to Bucharest after the defeat of <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Germany">Imperial Germany</a> and its allies in November 1918. In November–December 1918 Iași hosted the <a href="/wiki/Jassy_Conference" title="Jassy Conference">Jassy Conference</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jewish_community">Jewish community</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Jewish community"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Romania" title="History of the Jews in Romania">History of the Jews in Romania</a></div> <p>Iași also figures prominently in <a href="/wiki/Jew" class="mw-redirect" title="Jew">Jewish</a> history, with the first documented presence of <a href="/wiki/Sephardi_Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Sephardi Jews">Sephardi Jews</a> from the late 16th century. The oldest tomb inscription in the local cemetery probably dates to 1610.<sup id="cite_ref-yivo_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yivo-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the mid-19th century, owing to widespread <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="History of the Jews in the Soviet Union">Russian Jewish</a> and <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Poland" title="History of the Jews in Poland">Galician Jewish</a> <a href="/wiki/Immigration" title="Immigration">immigration</a> into Moldavia, the city was at least one-third Jewish, growing to 50% Jewish by 1899 according to the <i>Great Geographic Dictionary of Romania</i> cited by <a href="/wiki/JewishGen" title="JewishGen">JewishGen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Pod_Ro%C8%99u_Synagogue" title="Pod Roșu Synagogue">Podu Roș Synagogue</a> was built in Iași, circa 1810, by <a href="/wiki/Avraham_Yehoshua_Heshel" title="Avraham Yehoshua Heshel">Avraham Yehoshua Heshel</a> of <a href="/wiki/Apta_(Hasidic_dynasty)" title="Apta (Hasidic dynasty)">Apta</a>, but the synagogue became mostly <a href="/wiki/Misnagdim" title="Misnagdim">Misnagdic</a> not long thereafter. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sinagoga_Mare_Iasi_Dec_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Sinagoga_Mare_Iasi_Dec_2015.jpg/220px-Sinagoga_Mare_Iasi_Dec_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Sinagoga_Mare_Iasi_Dec_2015.jpg/330px-Sinagoga_Mare_Iasi_Dec_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Sinagoga_Mare_Iasi_Dec_2015.jpg/440px-Sinagoga_Mare_Iasi_Dec_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Great_Synagogue_(Ia%C5%9Fi)" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Synagogue (Iaşi)">Great Synagogue</a> (1671)</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1855, Iași was the home of the first-ever <a href="/wiki/Yiddish" title="Yiddish">Yiddish</a>-language newspaper, <i>Korot Haitim</i>, and, in 1876, the site of what was arguably the first-ever professional <a href="/wiki/Yiddish_theatre" title="Yiddish theatre">Yiddish theatre</a> performance, established by <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Goldfaden" title="Abraham Goldfaden">Avraham Goldfaden</a>. The words of <a href="/wiki/HaTikvah" class="mw-redirect" title="HaTikvah">HaTikvah</a>, the national anthem of Israel, were written in Iași by <a href="/wiki/Naftali_Herz_Imber" title="Naftali Herz Imber">Naftali Herz Imber</a>. Jewish musicians in Iași played an important role as preservers of Yiddish folklore, as performers and composers. </p><p>The first Zionist <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew-language</a> newspaper in Romania, <i>Emek Israel</i>, was published in Iași in 1882. Zionist sports clubs, student associations and discussion groups were established in the city, most of which later merged into the <a href="/wiki/World_Zionist_Organization" title="World Zionist Organization">Organizația Sionistă</a>. The Hachshara Farms in Iași were a type of training farms to prepare young people for resettlement in the Palestine region.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the 1930 census, with a population of 34,662 (some 34% of the city's population), Jews were the second largest ethnic group in Iași. There were over 127 <a href="/wiki/Synagogue" title="Synagogue">synagogues</a>. After <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, in 1947, there were about 38,000 Jews living in Iași. Because of massive emigration to Israel, in 1975 there were about 3,000 Jews living in Iași and four synagogues were active.<sup id="cite_ref-yivo_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yivo-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gesher_edom_shul.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Gesher_edom_shul.jpg/220px-Gesher_edom_shul.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Gesher_edom_shul.jpg/330px-Gesher_edom_shul.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Gesher_edom_shul.jpg/440px-Gesher_edom_shul.jpg 2x" data-file-width="763" data-file-height="651" /></a><figcaption>Podu Roș Synagogue (photo circa 1910)</figcaption></figure> <p>Currently, Iași has a dwindling Jewish population of ca. 300 to 600 members and two working synagogues, one of which, the 1671 <a href="/wiki/Great_Synagogue_(Ia%C5%9Fi)" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Synagogue (Iaşi)">Great Synagogue</a>, is the <a href="/wiki/Oldest_synagogues_in_the_world" class="mw-redirect" title="Oldest synagogues in the world">oldest surviving synagogue</a> in Romania and among the oldest synagogues still active in Europe. A 10-year restoration project funded by UNESCO, the Romanian Ministry of Culture and the local authorities of Iași restored it to its former glory, opening in time for <a href="/wiki/Hanukkah" title="Hanukkah">Hanukkah</a> on 4 December 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_pogrom" title="Iași pogrom">Iași pogrom</a></div> <p>During the war, while the full scale of <a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust" title="The Holocaust">the Holocaust</a> remained generally unknown to the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied Powers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ia%C5%9Fi_pogrom" class="mw-redirect" title="Iaşi pogrom">Iași pogrom</a> stood as one of the known examples of <a href="/wiki/Axis_Powers" class="mw-redirect" title="Axis Powers">Axis</a> brutality toward the Jews. The pogrom lasted from 29 June to 6 July 1941, and over 13,266 people,<sup id="cite_ref-Iasipogrom_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iasipogrom-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or one third of the Jewish population, were massacred in the pogrom itself or in its aftermath, and many were deported. Particularly brutal was the massacre of Jews who were forced on sealed trains in the brutal summer heat. Over half of the occupants perished in these trains, which were aimlessly driven throughout the countryside with no particular destination. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/First_Jassy%E2%80%93Kishinev_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="First Jassy–Kishinev Offensive">First Jassy–Kishinev Offensive</a> and <a href="/wiki/Second_Jassy%E2%80%93Kishinev_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive">Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive</a></div> <p>In May 1944, the Iași area became the scene of ferocious fighting between Romanian-<a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">German</a> forces and the advancing <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> and the city was partially destroyed. The German <a href="/wiki/Grossdeutschland_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Grossdeutschland Division">Panzergrenadier Division <i>Großdeutschland</i></a> won a defensive victory at the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_T%C3%A2rgu_Frumos" title="First Battle of Târgu Frumos">Battle of Târgu Frumos</a>, near Iași, which was the object of several <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> studies during the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>. By 20 August, Iași had been taken by Soviet forces.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Iași suffered heavy damage due to Soviet (June–July 1941, June 1944) and American (June 1944) airstrikes, respectively. The bombing of Soviet aviation and artillery on 20 August 1944, resulted in more than 5,000 civilian deaths and the destruction of two-thirds of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-World_War_II_era">Post-World War II era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Post-World War II era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Iași experienced a major wave of industrialisation, in 1955–1989.<sup id="cite_ref-monumente_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monumente-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this period of time, it received numerous migrants from rural regions, and the urban area expanded.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Republic_of_Romania" title="Socialist Republic of Romania">Communist era</a>, Iași saw a growth of 235% in population and 69% in area. The local systematisation plans of the old city started in 1960 and continued in the 1970s and 1980s as part of the larger national <a href="/wiki/Systematization_(Romania)" title="Systematization (Romania)">systematisation</a> programme; however, the urban planning was sometimes arbitrary and followed by dysfunctions.<sup id="cite_ref-Spatial_Evolution_Iași_Stoleriu_and_Stoleriu_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spatial_Evolution_Iași_Stoleriu_and_Stoleriu-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1989, Iași had become highly industrialised, with 108,000 employees (representing 47% of the total workforce) active in 46 large <a href="/wiki/State-owned_enterprise" title="State-owned enterprise">state-owned enterprises</a>, in various industries: machine building and heavy equipment, chemical, textile, pharmaceutical, metallurgical, electronics, food, energy, building materials, furniture.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-industria_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-industria-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After <a href="/wiki/Romanian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanian Revolution">the end of the Communist regime</a> and the transition to a free market economy, the private sector has grown steadily, while much of the old industry (such as the industrial sector) gradually decayed. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cemetery_Gate2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Cemetery_Gate2.jpg/220px-Cemetery_Gate2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Cemetery_Gate2.jpg/330px-Cemetery_Gate2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Cemetery_Gate2.jpg/440px-Cemetery_Gate2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="452" /></a><figcaption>Păcurari Cemetery Gate (the old Jewish cemetery)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Topography">Topography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Topography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Seven_hills_of_Ia%C8%99i" title="Seven hills of Iași">Seven hills of Iași</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RO_IS_Ia%C5%9Fi_,_panoramic_view_4.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/RO_IS_Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_panoramic_view_4.JPG/250px-RO_IS_Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_panoramic_view_4.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/RO_IS_Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_panoramic_view_4.JPG/330px-RO_IS_Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_panoramic_view_4.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/RO_IS_Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_panoramic_view_4.JPG/500px-RO_IS_Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_panoramic_view_4.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Panoramic view of the Copou Hill</figcaption></figure> <p>Located in the North-East of Romania, at the contact between the <a href="/wiki/Jijia_Plain" title="Jijia Plain">Jijia Plain</a> and the <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A2rlad_Plateau" title="Bârlad Plateau">Bârlad Plateau</a>, Iași used to be the crossroads place of the historic trade routes that passed through Moldavia coming from the <a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Kingdom of Poland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Habsburg_monarchy" title="Habsburg monarchy">Habsburg monarchy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsardom_of_Russia" title="Tsardom of Russia">Tsardom of Russia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a>. </p><p>The city lies on the <a href="/wiki/Bahlui_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahlui River">Bahlui River</a> valley, a tributary of the <a href="/wiki/Jijia_River_(Prut)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jijia River (Prut)">Jijia River</a> (tributary of the <a href="/wiki/Prut_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Prut River">Prut River</a>). 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.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The central part of the city is located on the 25 m (82 <a href="/wiki/Foot_(unit)" title="Foot (unit)">ft</a>) fluvial terrace of the Bahlui River (the so-called Palat Terrace).<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From this nucleus, the city evolved after the medieval times toward south and north on the Bahlui River floodplain and on the adjacent hills. The southern part of the city lies on the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i_Ridge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iași Ridge (page does not exist)">Iași Ridge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Romanian_language" title="Romanian language">Romanian</a>: <i lang="ro">Coasta Iașilor</i>) (the northernmost hill of the Bârlad Plateau). Considering the present day extension of the administrative boundaries, the city territory has an altitudinal extension of 320 m (1,050 ft), between the 34.5 <a href="/wiki/Metres_above_sea_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Metres above sea level">m a.s.l.</a> (113.19 ft) in the Bahlui River floodplain, at the Holboca bridge, and 354.77 m a.s.l. (1,163.94 ft), at the edge of the <a href="/wiki/Repedea_Hill_Fossil_Site" title="Repedea Hill Fossil Site">Repedea Hill</a>. </p><p>It is a common belief that Iași is built on seven hills (<a href="/wiki/Romanian_language" title="Romanian language">Romanian</a>: <i lang="ro">coline</i>): Breazu, Bucium, Cetățuia, Copou, Galata, Repedea and Șorogari, thus triggering comparisons with <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>, Iaşi falls within either a <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">humid continental climate</a> (<i>Dfa</i>, near <i>Dfb</i>) if the 0 °C (32 °F) isotherm is used, or a <a href="/wiki/Humid_temperate_climate" title="Humid temperate climate">humid temperate climate</a> (<i>Cfa</i>) bordering on an <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic climate</a> (<i>Cfb</i>) if the −3 °C (27 °F) isotherm is used. Iași experiences four distinct seasons. Summers are warm with temperatures sometimes exceeding 35 °C (95 °F) while winters are cold and windy with moderate snowfall and temperatures at night sometimes dropping below −15 °C (5 °F). </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Iași, Romania (<a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_International_Airport" title="Iași International Airport">Iași International Airport</a>) (1991–2020, extremes 1896-2020) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.7<br />(62.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8206; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.5<br />(72.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.8<br />(89.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF2300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.4<br />(97.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.0<br />(100.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF0900; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.1<br />(104.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF0100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.3<br />(106.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.0<br />(100.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.9<br />(93.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.0<br />(84.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF0100; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">41.3<br />(106.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.3<br />(34.3) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.9<br />(39.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2<br />(50.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA54B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.5<br />(63.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.0<br />(84.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.8<br />(83.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.1<br />(73.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.3<br />(61.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8<br />(47.8) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.8<br />(37.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">16.0<br />(60.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.1<br />(28.2) </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.3<br />(31.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5<br />(40.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(62.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8F1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.7<br />(69.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(72.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.7<br />(71.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.3<br />(61.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4<br />(50.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8<br />(40.6) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.5<br />(31.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD5AC; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">10.5<br />(50.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.1<br />(22.8) </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.6<br />(25.5) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2<br />(32.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF7EF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6<br />(42.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7<br />(51.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.7<br />(58.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.3<br />(61.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB266; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.6<br />(60.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(51.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1<br />(43.0) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7<br />(35.1) </td> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.3<br />(26.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6ED; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5.8<br />(42.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #4141FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−30.6<br />(−23.1) </td> <td style="background: #2222FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−36.3<br />(−33.3) </td> <td style="background: #6C6CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−22.7<br />(−8.9) </td> <td style="background: #B3B3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9.4<br />(15.1) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.0<br />(26.6) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5<br />(38.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3<br />(43.3) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.5<br />(31.1) </td> <td style="background: #C2C2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.7<br />(19.9) </td> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−21.1<br />(−6.0) </td> <td style="background: #5353FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−27.2<br />(−17.0) </td> <td style="background: #4747FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−29.5<br />(−21.1) </td> <td style="background: #2222FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−36.3<br />(−33.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #D5FFD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.7<br />(1.09) </td> <td style="background: #D4FFD4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(1.02) </td> <td style="background: #CDFFCD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.5<br />(1.32) </td> <td style="background: #BCFFBC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.5<br />(1.71) </td> <td style="background: #A5FFA5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.9<br />(2.36) </td> <td style="background: #86FF86; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.0<br />(3.07) </td> <td style="background: #95FF95; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.8<br />(2.79) </td> <td style="background: #B5FFB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.4<br />(1.94) </td> <td style="background: #B3FFB3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.2<br />(1.94) </td> <td style="background: #BBFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.4<br />(1.79) </td> <td style="background: #CCFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.0<br />(1.30) </td> <td style="background: #CFFFCF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.8<br />(1.25) </td> <td style="background: #B9FFB9; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">548.0<br />(21.57) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall cm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #5656FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">11.3<br />(4.4) </td> <td style="background: #1515FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.3<br />(5.6) </td> <td style="background: #4D4DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">11.9<br />(4.7) </td> <td style="background: #9494FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9<br />(2.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7<br />(0.3) </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">10.4<br />(4.1) </td> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3<br />(2.5) </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">61.8<br />(24.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9 </td> <td style="background: #BCBCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9 </td> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.2 </td> <td style="background: #ACACFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5 </td> <td style="background: #9797FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4 </td> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4 </td> <td style="background: #A2A2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5 </td> <td style="background: #BCBCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.4 </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.5 </td> <td style="background: #BCBCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.4 </td> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0 </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0 </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">75.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000C4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">82 </td> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #1111FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">62 </td> <td style="background: #1515FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">61 </td> <td style="background: #1111FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">62 </td> <td style="background: #1919FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">60 </td> <td style="background: #0E0EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">63 </td> <td style="background: #0202FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #0000CF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79 </td> <td style="background: #0000C0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83 </td> <td style="background: #0000F2; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">70 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Dew_point" title="Dew point">dew point</a> °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #C8C8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.6<br />(21.9) </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.7<br />(23.5) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.1<br />(31.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFDFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7<br />(40.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6<br />(49.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.2<br />(55.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.6<br />(58.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.9<br />(57.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4AA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6<br />(51.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1<br />(43.0) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.0<br />(35.6) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.0<br />(28.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF5; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5.2<br />(41.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #828282; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71.3 </td> <td style="background: #AFAF8B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95.0 </td> <td style="background: #C2C214; color:#000000;" class="notheme">147.6 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">196.1 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">254.0 </td> <td style="background: #E8E800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">265.5 </td> <td style="background: #ECEC06; color:#000000;" class="notheme">291.2 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">276.0 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">200.5 </td> <td style="background: #C2C216; color:#000000;" class="notheme">146.9 </td> <td style="background: #939393; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">77.9 </td> <td style="background: #707070; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">61.5 </td> <td style="background: #D0D000; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,083.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: NOAA (snowfall and dew point 1961–1990)<sup id="cite_ref-WMONormals_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMONormals-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: Romanian National Statistic Institute (extremes 1901–2000),<sup id="cite_ref-extremes_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-extremes-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Deutscher_Wetterdienst" title="Deutscher Wetterdienst">Deutscher Wetterdienst</a> (extremes, 1896–2015 and humidity, 1896–1960)<sup id="cite_ref-DWD_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DWD-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cityscape">Cityscape</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Cityscape"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Architecture">Architecture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pia%C8%9Ba_Palat,_Ia%C8%99i,_Roumanie.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Pia%C8%9Ba_Palat%2C_Ia%C8%99i%2C_Roumanie.jpg/220px-Pia%C8%9Ba_Palat%2C_Ia%C8%99i%2C_Roumanie.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Pia%C8%9Ba_Palat%2C_Ia%C8%99i%2C_Roumanie.jpg/330px-Pia%C8%9Ba_Palat%2C_Ia%C8%99i%2C_Roumanie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Pia%C8%9Ba_Palat%2C_Ia%C8%99i%2C_Roumanie.jpg/440px-Pia%C8%9Ba_Palat%2C_Ia%C8%99i%2C_Roumanie.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2506" data-file-height="1534" /></a><figcaption>The neo-Gothic <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Culture_(Ia%C8%99i)" title="Palace of Culture (Iași)">Palace of Culture</a>, built on the old ruins of the mediaeval Princely Court is a reconstruction of the former neoclassical Princely Palace of Moldavia</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hotel_Traian,_Ia%C8%99i.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Hotel_Traian%2C_Ia%C8%99i.JPG/220px-Hotel_Traian%2C_Ia%C8%99i.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Hotel_Traian%2C_Ia%C8%99i.JPG/330px-Hotel_Traian%2C_Ia%C8%99i.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Hotel_Traian%2C_Ia%C8%99i.JPG/440px-Hotel_Traian%2C_Ia%C8%99i.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Grand Hotel Traian (Union Square), designed and built by <a href="/wiki/Gustave_Eiffel" title="Gustave Eiffel">Gustave Eiffel</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Iași features historical monuments, 500-year-old churches and monasteries, contemporary architecture, many of them listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Monuments_in_Romania" title="National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania">National Register of Historic Monuments</a>. Notable architecture includes the <a href="/wiki/Trei_Ierarhi_Monastery" title="Trei Ierarhi Monastery">Trei Ierarhi Monastery</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Romania" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Romania">tentative list</a> of <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a>, or the neo-Gothic <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Culture_(Ia%C5%9Fi)" class="mw-redirect" title="Palace of Culture (Iaşi)">Palace of Culture</a>, built on the old ruins of the mediaeval Princely Court of Moldavia. </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Romania">Communist era</a> many historical buildings in the old city centre (around Union Square area) were destroyed or demolished, and replaced by <a href="/wiki/International_style_(architecture)" class="mw-redirect" title="International style (architecture)">International style</a> buildings and also a new mainly <a href="/wiki/Mid-Century_modern" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid-Century modern">Mid-Century modern</a> style <a href="/wiki/Civic_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Civic Centre">Civic Centre</a> was built around the Old Market Square (The Central Hall).<sup id="cite_ref-monumente_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monumente-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The mid-1990s to early-2000s brought the first non-industrial glass <a href="/wiki/Curtain_wall_(architecture)" title="Curtain wall (architecture)">curtain walled</a> buildings (Romtelecom, Hotel Europa), while in 2012, in close proximity to the Palace of Culture, the <a href="/wiki/Palas_Ia%C8%99i" title="Palas Iași">Palas</a> shopping mall and office complex was inaugurated. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RO_IS_Ia%C5%9Fi_,_panoramic_view_9.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/RO_IS_Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_panoramic_view_9.JPG/220px-RO_IS_Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_panoramic_view_9.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/RO_IS_Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_panoramic_view_9.JPG/330px-RO_IS_Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_panoramic_view_9.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/RO_IS_Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_panoramic_view_9.JPG/440px-RO_IS_Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_panoramic_view_9.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2882" data-file-height="2297" /></a><figcaption>Communist era Central Hall Square</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Muzeul_Unirii_02.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Muzeul_Unirii_02.JPG/220px-Muzeul_Unirii_02.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Muzeul_Unirii_02.JPG/330px-Muzeul_Unirii_02.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Muzeul_Unirii_02.JPG/440px-Muzeul_Unirii_02.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza" title="Alexandru Ioan Cuza">Cuza Palace</a>, now the Union Museum</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Casa_Dosoftei3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Casa_Dosoftei3.jpg/250px-Casa_Dosoftei3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Casa_Dosoftei3.jpg/330px-Casa_Dosoftei3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Casa_Dosoftei3.jpg/500px-Casa_Dosoftei3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dosoftei" title="Dosoftei">Dosoftei House</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Other significant buildings include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_University" title="Alexandru Ioan Cuza University">Alexandru Ioan Cuza University</a> main building (1897), a mixture of the <a href="/wiki/Neoclassical_architecture" title="Neoclassical architecture">Neoclassical</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baroque_architecture" title="Baroque architecture">Baroque</a> styles, houses the famous <i>Hall of the Lost Footsteps</i> where one can admire the works of the painter <a href="/wiki/Sabin_B%C4%83la%C5%9Fa" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabin Bălaşa">Sabin Bălașa</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ia%C5%9Fi_National_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Iaşi National Theatre">"Vasile Alecsandri" National Theatre</a>, built between 1894 and 1896 in Neoclassic style with Baroque and <a href="/wiki/Rococo" title="Rococo">Rococo</a> inspired painted and sculpted ornaments;</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dosoftei_House&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dosoftei House (page does not exist)">Dosoftei House</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Dosoftei" class="extiw" title="ro:Casa Dosoftei">ro</a>]</span>, a building from the second half of the 17th century in which in 1679, the metropolitan bishop Dosoftei settled the second typography in Moldavia. With three façades, arched and right-angled windows, the edifice was restored between 1966 and 1969. It houses the department of old literature of the Romanian Literature Museum;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roznovanu_Palace" title="Roznovanu Palace">Roznovanu Palace</a> (The City Hall), second half of the 18th century, rebuilt between 1830 and 1833, it hosted the Romanian government during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>;</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_Museum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Union Museum (page does not exist)">Union Museum</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzeul_Unirii_din_Ia%C8%99i" class="extiw" title="ro:Muzeul Unirii din Iași">ro</a>]</span>, 1806, <a href="/wiki/Empire_style" title="Empire style">Empire style</a>, the palace served as the royal residence of <a href="/wiki/Prince_Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza">Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza</a> between 1859 and 1862 and in 1917–1918, during World War I, as the royal residence of king <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_of_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferdinand of Romania">Ferdinand</a>;</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pogor_House&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pogor House (page does not exist)">Pogor House</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Memorial%C4%83_%E2%80%9EVasile_Pogor%E2%80%9D" class="extiw" title="ro:Casa Memorială „Vasile Pogor”">ro</a>]</span>, 1850, a meeting place for the city intellectuals, the headquarters of Literary Society <a href="/wiki/Junimea" title="Junimea">Junimea</a> (1863) and of the <a href="/wiki/Convorbiri_Literare" title="Convorbiri Literare">Convorbiri Literare</a> (Literary Interlocutions) magazine (1867), houses the Romanian Literature Museum;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luceaf%C4%83rul_Theatre_(Ia%C8%99i)" class="mw-redirect" title="Luceafărul Theatre (Iași)">Luceafărul Theatre</a>, 1987, a unique modern building in Romania;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_University_Library_of_Ia%C5%9Fi" class="mw-redirect" title="Central University Library of Iaşi">Central University Library</a>, 1934, incorporates <a href="/wiki/Greek_Revival_architecture" title="Greek Revival architecture">Greek Revival</a> elements;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ia%C5%9Fi_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Iaşi railway station">Great Railway Station</a>, 1870, inspired by the Venetian <a href="/wiki/Doge%27s_Palace,_Venice" class="mw-redirect" title="Doge's Palace, Venice">Doge's Palace</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religious_buildings">Religious buildings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Religious buildings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_churches_in_Ia%C8%99i" title="List of churches in Iași">List of churches in Iași</a></div> <p>Iași is the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Romanian_Orthodox_Church" title="Romanian Orthodox Church">Romanian Orthodox</a> <a href="/wiki/Metropolis_of_Moldavia_and_Bukovina" title="Metropolis of Moldavia and Bukovina">Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bukovina</a>, and of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Ia%C8%99i" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Iași">Roman Catholic Bishop of Iași</a>. The city and the surrounding area house more than 10 monasteries and 100 historical churches.<sup id="cite_ref-Pilgrimage_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pilgrimage-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the oldest is <a href="/wiki/Princely_Saint_Nicholas_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Princely Saint Nicholas Church">Princely Saint Nicholas</a> (1491), dating from the reign of <a href="/wiki/Stephen_the_Great" title="Stephen the Great">Stephen the Great</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Cathedral,_Ia%C8%99i" title="Metropolitan Cathedral, Iași">Metropolitan Cathedral</a> is the largest of its kind in Romania. The <a href="/wiki/Trei_Ierarhi_Monastery" title="Trei Ierarhi Monastery">Trei Ierarhi Monastery</a>, a unique monument, considered to be an architectural masterpiece,<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was erected in 1635–1639 by Vasile Lupu, and adorned with gilded carvings on its outer walls and twin towers. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Cathedral,_Ia%C8%99i" title="Metropolitan Cathedral, Iași">Metropolitan Cathedral</a> (1839/1886), the largest <a href="/wiki/Romanian_Orthodox_Church" title="Romanian Orthodox Church">Orthodox</a> church in Romania, a late <a href="/wiki/Renaissance_architecture" title="Renaissance architecture">Renaissance style</a>, with Baroque elements and <a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Tattarescu" title="Gheorghe Tattarescu">Gheorghe Tattarescu</a> paintings, it contains the relics of Saint Paracheva (sometimes known colloquially in English as Saint Friday);<sup id="cite_ref-Pilgrimage_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pilgrimage-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golia_Monastery" title="Golia Monastery">Golia Monastery</a>, 1564, rebuilt in 1650 in late-Renaissance style with Byzantine frescoes and intricately carved doorways, is a monumental construction, a monastery in the middle of the city, surrounded by tall walls, with corner turrets, and a 30 m (98.43 <a href="/wiki/Foot_(unit)" title="Foot (unit)">ft</a>) height bell tower;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary_Church,_Ia%C8%99i" title="Assumption of Mary Church, Iași">Old Catholic Cathedral</a>, 1782, in Baroque style, and <a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_Queen_of_Ia%C8%99i_Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="Our Lady Queen of Iași Cathedral">New Catholic Cathedral</a>, 2005;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Church,_Ia%C8%99i" title="Armenian Church, Iași">Armenian Church</a>, built in 1395, testifies the existence of an important Armenian community in these parts of Romania;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Synagogue_(Ia%C8%99i)" title="Great Synagogue (Iași)">Great Synagogue</a>, in late Baroque style, built in 1657–1671, is the <a href="/wiki/Oldest_synagogues_in_the_World" class="mw-redirect" title="Oldest synagogues in the World">oldest surviving synagogue</a> in Romania and one of the oldest in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-Pilgrimage_54-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pilgrimage-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Other examples of historic churches and monasteries (some of them surrounded by defence walls and towers) include: <a href="/wiki/Socola_Monastery" title="Socola Monastery">Socola</a> (1562), <a href="/wiki/Galata_Monastery" title="Galata Monastery">Galata</a> (1582), <a href="/wiki/Saint_Sabbas_Church,_Ia%C8%99i" title="Saint Sabbas Church, Iași">Saint Sava</a> (1583), <a href="/wiki/Hlincea_Monastery" title="Hlincea Monastery">Hlincea</a> (1587), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aroneanu_Church&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aroneanu Church (page does not exist)">Aroneanu</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biserica_Aroneanu" class="extiw" title="ro:Biserica Aroneanu">ro</a>]</span> (1594), <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A2rnova_Monastery" title="Bârnova Monastery">Bârnova</a> (1603), <a href="/wiki/Barnovschi_Church" title="Barnovschi Church">Barnovschi</a> (1627), <a href="/wiki/Golia_Monastery" title="Golia Monastery">Golia</a> (1650), <a href="/wiki/Cet%C4%83%C5%A3uia_Monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Cetăţuia Monastery">Cetățuia</a> (1668), <a href="/wiki/Frumoasa_Monastery" title="Frumoasa Monastery">Frumoasa</a> (1726), <a href="/wiki/Saint_Spiridon_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Spiridon Church">Saint Spiridon</a> (1747), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Old_Metropolitan_Cathedral,_Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Old Metropolitan Cathedral, Iași (page does not exist)">Old Metropolitan Cathedral</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biserica_Sf%C3%A2ntul_Gheorghe_%E2%80%93_Mitropolia_Veche_din_Ia%C8%99i" class="extiw" title="ro:Biserica Sfântul Gheorghe – Mitropolia Veche din Iași">ro</a>]</span> (1761), <a href="/wiki/B%C4%83rboi_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Bărboi Church">Bărboi</a> (1843 with 18th-century bell tower), <a href="/wiki/Bucium_Monastery" title="Bucium Monastery">Bucium</a> (1853).<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Biserica_Armeana_Iasi_03.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Armenian Church"><img alt="Armenian Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Biserica_Armeana_Iasi_03.JPG/120px-Biserica_Armeana_Iasi_03.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Biserica_Armeana_Iasi_03.JPG/250px-Biserica_Armeana_Iasi_03.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Church,_Ia%C8%99i" title="Armenian Church, Iași">Armenian Church</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Biserica_Barnovschi02.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Barnovschi Church"><img alt="Barnovschi Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Biserica_Barnovschi02.JPG/120px-Biserica_Barnovschi02.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Biserica_Barnovschi02.JPG/250px-Biserica_Barnovschi02.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Barnovschi Church</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Golia25.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Golia Church architectural elements"><img alt="Golia Church architectural elements" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Golia25.JPG/120px-Golia25.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Golia25.JPG/250px-Golia25.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Golia_Monastery" title="Golia Monastery">Golia Church</a> architectural elements</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:M%C4%83n%C4%83stirea_Cet%C4%83%C5%A3uia25.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Moldavian princely palace at Cetățuia Monastery"><img alt="Moldavian princely palace at Cetățuia Monastery" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/M%C4%83n%C4%83stirea_Cet%C4%83%C5%A3uia25.jpg/120px-M%C4%83n%C4%83stirea_Cet%C4%83%C5%A3uia25.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/M%C4%83n%C4%83stirea_Cet%C4%83%C5%A3uia25.jpg/250px-M%C4%83n%C4%83stirea_Cet%C4%83%C5%A3uia25.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Moldavian princely palace at <a href="/wiki/Cet%C4%83%C8%9Buia_Monastery" title="Cetățuia Monastery">Cetățuia Monastery</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manastirea_Frumoasa_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Frumoasa Monastery"><img alt="Frumoasa Monastery" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Manastirea_Frumoasa_01.JPG/120px-Manastirea_Frumoasa_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Manastirea_Frumoasa_01.JPG/180px-Manastirea_Frumoasa_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Manastirea_Frumoasa_01.JPG/240px-Manastirea_Frumoasa_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Frumoasa_Monastery" title="Frumoasa Monastery">Frumoasa Monastery</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Catedrala_veche_din_Iasi41.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="St. George Church (Old Metropolitan Cathedral)"><img alt="St. George Church (Old Metropolitan Cathedral)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Catedrala_veche_din_Iasi41.jpg/120px-Catedrala_veche_din_Iasi41.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Catedrala_veche_din_Iasi41.jpg/250px-Catedrala_veche_din_Iasi41.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">St. George Church (Old Metropolitan Cathedral)</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pilgrimage">Pilgrimage</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Pilgrimage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city has become a major Christian pilgrimage site since the <a href="/wiki/Early_modern_period" title="Early modern period">early modern period</a>. In 1641, the relics of <a href="/wiki/Parascheva_of_the_Balkans" class="mw-redirect" title="Parascheva of the Balkans">Saint Parascheva</a> were brought to Iași. Each year, around 14 October, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims gather to commemorate Saint Parascheva, while the city itself established its Celebration Days at the same time.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The October pilgrimage is one of the largest in Europe, drawing people all over Romania as well as from neighbouring Orthodox countries.<sup id="cite_ref-pilgrim_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pilgrim-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the entire year, pilgrimages to Iași can also involve visits to a large number of religious sites, both within and around the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gardens,_parks_and_natural_landmarks"><span id="Gardens.2C_parks_and_natural_landmarks"></span>Gardens, parks and natural landmarks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Gardens, parks and natural landmarks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Barajul_Ciric_II.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Barajul_Ciric_II.jpg/220px-Barajul_Ciric_II.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Barajul_Ciric_II.jpg/330px-Barajul_Ciric_II.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Barajul_Ciric_II.jpg/440px-Barajul_Ciric_II.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Ciric Park</figcaption></figure> <p>Iași has a diverse array of public spaces, from city squares to public parks. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eminescu_copou.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Eminescu_copou.JPG/250px-Eminescu_copou.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Eminescu_copou.JPG/330px-Eminescu_copou.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Eminescu_copou.JPG/500px-Eminescu_copou.JPG 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mihai_Eminescu" title="Mihai Eminescu">Mihai Eminescu</a>'s statue and his Linden Tree in <a href="/wiki/Copou_Park" title="Copou Park">Copou Park</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Begun in 1833, at the time when Iași was the capital of <a href="/wiki/Moldavia" title="Moldavia">Moldavia</a>, by Prince <a href="/wiki/Mihail_Sturdza" title="Mihail Sturdza">Mihail Sturdza</a> and under the plans of Gheorghe Asachi and Mihail Singurov, <a href="/wiki/Copou_Park" title="Copou Park">Copou Park</a> was integrated into the city and marks one of the first Romanian coordinated public parks. The oldest monument in Romania stands in the middle of the park, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Obelisk_of_Lions&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Obelisk of Lions (page does not exist)">Obelisk of Lions</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obeliscul_cu_lei_din_Ia%C8%99i" class="extiw" title="ro:Obeliscul cu lei din Iași">ro</a>]</span> (1834), a 13.5 m (44.29 <a href="/wiki/Foot_(unit)" title="Foot (unit)">ft</a>) tall <a href="/wiki/Obelisk" title="Obelisk">obelisk</a>, dedicated to the <i><a href="/wiki/Regulamentul_Organic" title="Regulamentul Organic">Regulamentul Organic</a></i>, the first law on political, administrative and juridical organisation in Romanian Principalities.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Founded in 1856, the <a href="/wiki/Botanical_Garden_of_Ia%C5%9Fi" class="mw-redirect" title="Botanical Garden of Iaşi">Botanical Garden of Iași</a>, the first botanical garden in Romania, has an area of over 100 hectares, and more than 10,000 species of plants. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_Exhibition_Park" title="Iași Exhibition Park">Iași Exhibition Park</a> was opened in 1923 and built under the co-ordination of the architect <a href="/wiki/Ghica_family" title="Ghica family">N. Ghica Budești</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ciric_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ciric Park (page does not exist)">Ciric Park</a>, located in the north-eastern part of Iași, consists of parkland and four lakes. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Eminescu%27s_Linden_Tree" title="Eminescu's Linden Tree">Eminescu's Linden Tree</a> (<a href="/wiki/Romanian_language" title="Romanian language">Romanian</a>: <i lang="ro">Teiul lui Eminescu</i>) is a 500-year-old silver linden (<i><a href="/wiki/Tilia_tomentosa" title="Tilia tomentosa">Tilia tomentosa</a> <a href="/wiki/Conrad_Moench" title="Conrad Moench">Moench</a></i>) situated in <a href="/wiki/Copou_Park" title="Copou Park">Copou Park</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mihai_Eminescu" title="Mihai Eminescu">Mihai Eminescu</a> reportedly wrote some of his best works underneath this linden tree, rendering it one of Romania's most important <a href="/wiki/Natural_monument" title="Natural monument">natural monuments</a> and a notable Iași landmark.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Odd_Poplars_Alley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Odd Poplars Alley (page does not exist)">Odd Poplars Alley</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plopii_f%C4%83r%C4%83_so%C8%9B" class="extiw" title="ro:Plopii fără soț">ro</a>]</span>, in Bucium neighbourhood, is another spot where Mihai Eminescu sought inspiration (the poem "Down Where the Lonely Poplars Grow"). In 1973, the 15 white poplars still left (with the age ranges between 233 and 371 years) were declared natural monuments. </p><p>Iași County has 387 centuries-old trees, of which 224 were declared monument trees and 160 got the <a href="/wiki/Romanian_Academy" title="Romanian Academy">Romanian Academy</a>'s approval and are proposed for such a classification. Most of them are oak or linden trees. The oldest tree in the county is the 675-year-old hybrid linden (<i><a href="/wiki/Tilia" title="Tilia">Tilia</a></i>) tree located in the courtyard of <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A2rnova_Monastery" title="Bârnova Monastery">Bârnova Monastery</a>, in the vicinity of Iași. When the linden was about 57 years old and about 14 cm (5.5 in) in diameter, Iași was mentioned as an urban settlement, during the reign of Prince <a href="/wiki/Alexander_I_of_Moldavia" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander I of Moldavia">Alexander the Good</a> (1408).<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1774 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">15,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1803 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">20,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+33.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1820 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">25,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+25.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1831 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">59,880</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+139.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1851 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">70,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+16.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1859 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">65,745</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−6.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1900 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">78,067</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+18.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1912 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">75,229</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−3.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1930 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">102,872</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+36.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1941 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">111,669</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+8.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1948 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">94,075</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−15.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1956 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">112,977</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+20.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1966 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">161,023</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+42.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1977 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">265,002</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+64.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1992 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">344,425</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+30.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2002 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">320,888</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−6.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">290,422</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−9.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2021 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">271,692</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−6.4%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Sources: 1774, 1803, 1820,<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1831, 1859,<sup id="cite_ref-uaic_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uaic-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1851,<sup id="cite_ref-chambers_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chambers-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900,<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1912 Census,<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1930, 1956–2011: <a href="/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Romania" title="Demographic history of Romania">Censuses</a>, 1941, 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Palatul_Roset-Roznovanu_-_Prim%C4%83ria_Municipiului_Ia%C8%99i_(6).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Palatul_Roset-Roznovanu_-_Prim%C4%83ria_Municipiului_Ia%C8%99i_%286%29.jpg/250px-Palatul_Roset-Roznovanu_-_Prim%C4%83ria_Municipiului_Ia%C8%99i_%286%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Palatul_Roset-Roznovanu_-_Prim%C4%83ria_Municipiului_Ia%C8%99i_%286%29.jpg/330px-Palatul_Roset-Roznovanu_-_Prim%C4%83ria_Municipiului_Ia%C8%99i_%286%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Palatul_Roset-Roznovanu_-_Prim%C4%83ria_Municipiului_Ia%C8%99i_%286%29.jpg/500px-Palatul_Roset-Roznovanu_-_Prim%C4%83ria_Municipiului_Ia%C8%99i_%286%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Roznovanu_Palace" title="Roznovanu Palace">Roznovanu Palace</a>, today Iași City Hall</figcaption></figure> <p>As of <a href="/wiki/2021_Romanian_census" title="2021 Romanian census">2021 census</a>, with 271,692 inhabitants, Iași is the country's third most populous city.<sup id="cite_ref-RPL2021_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RPL2021-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With a population of 500,668 residents (2018), the Iași <a href="/wiki/Larger_urban_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Larger urban zone">urban area</a> is the second largest in Romania.<sup id="cite_ref-eurostat_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eurostat-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2021, the <a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_metropolitan_area" title="Iași metropolitan area">Iași metropolitan area</a> (which includes Iași and 19 other nearby communities) had a population of 423,154, while <a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_County" title="Iași County">Iași County</a>, with its 760,774 inhabitants, was the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Romanian_counties_by_population" title="List of Romanian counties by population">most populous county</a> in Romania (after the Municipality of Bucharest).<sup id="cite_ref-RPL2021_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RPL2021-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally there were 60,000 more residents (mostly students) and thousands of daily commuters. </p><p>According to the 2002 census, in Iași there were 109,357 housing units and 320,888 people living within the city proper. Of this population, 98.5% were ethnic <a href="/wiki/Romanians" title="Romanians">Romanians</a>, while 0.59% were ethnic <a href="/wiki/Romani_people_in_Romania" title="Romani people in Romania">Romani</a>, 0.13% <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a>, 0.13% <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greeks</a>, 0.13% <a href="/wiki/Lipovans" title="Lipovans">Lipovans</a>, 0.08% <a href="/wiki/Hungarians" title="Hungarians">Hungarians</a>, 0.05% <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_German" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic German">Germans</a> and 0.39% others.<sup id="cite_ref-census_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In terms of religion, 92.5% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Christian Orthodox</a>, 4.9% <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a>, other religious groups 2.6%. There are currently almost 10,000 Roman Catholics living in Iași.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is a debate between historians as to whether the Catholics are originally of Romanian or Hungarian descent.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iasi,_Public_Garden_Palas_6.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Iasi%2C_Public_Garden_Palas_6.jpg/220px-Iasi%2C_Public_Garden_Palas_6.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Iasi%2C_Public_Garden_Palas_6.jpg/330px-Iasi%2C_Public_Garden_Palas_6.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Iasi%2C_Public_Garden_Palas_6.jpg/440px-Iasi%2C_Public_Garden_Palas_6.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4336" data-file-height="3256" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Palas_Mall" class="mw-redirect" title="Palas Mall">Palas</a> commercial and business centre</figcaption></figure> <p>Iași is an important economic centre in Romania. The local and regional economy relies on <a href="/wiki/Industrial_sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrial sector">industry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tertiary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Tertiary sector of the economy">service sector</a> institutions and establishments. The most important service sectors are related to education, health care, banking, research, culture, government and tourism. </p><p>The city is an important <a href="/wiki/Information_technology" title="Information technology">information technology</a> sector centre, with the presence of several large multinational companies (<a href="/wiki/Amazon.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazon.com">Amazon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oracle_Corporation" title="Oracle Corporation">Oracle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Continental_AG" title="Continental AG">Continental</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conduent" title="Conduent">Conduent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xerox" title="Xerox">Xerox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Accenture" title="Accenture">Accenture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Capgemini" title="Capgemini">Capgemini</a>, <a href="/wiki/SCC_(Specialist_Computer_Centres)" class="mw-redirect" title="SCC (Specialist Computer Centres)">SCC</a>) and many other local and foreign companies such as <a href="/wiki/Bentley_Systems" title="Bentley Systems">Bentley Systems</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bitdefender" title="Bitdefender">Bitdefender</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comodo_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Comodo Group">Comodo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Endava" title="Endava">Endava</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ness_Technologies" class="mw-redirect" title="Ness Technologies">Ness</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pentalog" title="Pentalog">Pentalog</a>, or <a href="/wiki/TiVo_Inc." title="TiVo Inc.">TiVo</a> (to name a few),<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as two universities which offer specific degree programmes. Industry forecasts expect the Iași ITC workforce to grow from the current 16,000 (end of 2016) employees to more than 33,000, by 2030.<sup id="cite_ref-fum_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fum-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An estimated workforce of more than 35,000 employees is active in Iași's <a href="/wiki/Manufacturing" title="Manufacturing">industrial manufacturing</a> sector,<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> particularly in automotive (<a href="/wiki/Delphi_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Delphi Corporation">Delphi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lear_Corporation" title="Lear Corporation">Lear</a>, Conex Distribution), pharmaceutical industry (<a href="/wiki/Antibiotice_Ia%C8%99i" title="Antibiotice Iași">Antibiotice Iași</a>, Fiterman Pharma, Ircon SRL), metallurgical production (<a href="/wiki/ArcelorMittal" title="ArcelorMittal">ArcelorMittal</a>, Technosteel LBR), aerospace (<a href="/wiki/IGW" title="IGW">BMT Aerospace</a>), industrial equipment (Agmus, ASAM, Fortus), energy (<a href="/wiki/E.ON" title="E.ON">E.ON Moldova Distribuție</a>, <a href="/wiki/Veolia" title="Veolia">Veolia Energie</a>), textiles and clothing (<a href="/wiki/Benetton_Group" title="Benetton Group">Benetton</a>, Iași Conf, Iașitex), home appliances (<a href="/wiki/Tehnoton" title="Tehnoton">Tehnoton</a>), building materials (Brikston, Build Corp), food (Compan, Panifcom, Zeelandia).<sup id="cite_ref-industria_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-industria-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Located in an area recognised for its vineyards and wines, Iași is part of a traditional <a href="/wiki/Romanian_wine" title="Romanian wine">wine region</a> with viticultural centres surrounding the city: Copou, Bucium, Uricani, Comarna, Plugari, and Probota. Iași County is also home to renowned <a href="/wiki/Cotnari" title="Cotnari">Cotnari</a> and <a href="/wiki/Busuioac%C4%83_de_Bohotin" title="Busuioacă de Bohotin">Bohotin</a> vineyards.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With large shopping malls and commercial centres located in the area, Iași also has a well-developed <a href="/wiki/Retail" title="Retail">retail</a> business. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Largest_employers">Largest employers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Largest employers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><b>Top 10 Employers</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:280px">Company </th> <th>Industry </th> <th>Employees </th></tr> <tr> <td><i>Sf. Spiridon</i> University Hospital</td> <td>Health care</td> <td>2,944 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BorgWarner" title="BorgWarner">BorgWarner</a></td> <td>Automotive industry</td> <td>2,612 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_University" title="Alexandru Ioan Cuza University">Alexandru Ioan Cuza University</a></td> <td>High education</td> <td>2,021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Continental_AG" title="Continental AG">Continental Automotive Romania</a></td> <td>Automotive engineering</td> <td>2,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Amazon_(company)" title="Amazon (company)">Amazon Development Center</a></td> <td>IT services</td> <td>1,956 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Asachi_Technical_University_of_Ia%C5%9Fi" class="mw-redirect" title="Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iaşi">Gheorghe Asachi Technical University</a></td> <td>High education</td> <td>1,710 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>AlmavivA Services</i></td> <td>Customer services</td> <td>1,486 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Antibiotice_Ia%C8%99i" title="Antibiotice Iași">Antibiotice Iași</a></td> <td>Pharmaceutical industry</td> <td>1,415 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/CTP_Ia%C8%99i" title="CTP Iași">CTP Iași</a></td> <td>Public transport</td> <td>1,349 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>ApaVital</i></td> <td>Water industry</td> <td>1,347 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Sources:<sup id="cite_ref-fum_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fum-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics_and_administration">Politics and administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Politics and administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city's current local council has the following multi-party political composition, based on the results of the ballots cast at the <a href="/wiki/2020_Romanian_local_elections" title="2020 Romanian local elections">2020 Romanian local elections</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#ccc">    </th> <th style="background:#ccc">Party </th> <th style="background:#ccc">Seats </th> <th style="background:#ccc" colspan="11">Current Council </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFDD00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(Romania)" title="National Liberal Party (Romania)">National Liberal Party</a> (PNL) </td> <td style="text-align: right"><b>11</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDD00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDD00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDD00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDD00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDD00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDD00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDD00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDD00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDD00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDD00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDD00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#00A6FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Save_Romania_Union" title="Save Romania Union">Save Romania Union</a> (USR) </td> <td style="text-align: right"><b>9</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#00A6FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#00A6FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#00A6FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#00A6FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#00A6FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#00A6FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#00A6FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#00A6FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#00A6FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#EF3340; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Romania)" title="Social Democratic Party (Romania)">Social Democratic Party</a> (PSD) </td> <td style="text-align: right"><b>5</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#EF3340; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#EF3340; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#EF3340; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#EF3340; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#EF3340; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#A7CF35; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Movement_Party" title="People's Movement Party">People's Movement Party</a> (PMP) </td> <td style="text-align: right"><b>2</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#A7CF35; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td style="background-color:#A7CF35; color:inherit; width:0.3em;">  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ia%C5%9Fi_,_Romanian_Literature_Museum_(House_Pogor)_9.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_Romanian_Literature_Museum_%28House_Pogor%29_9.JPG/250px-Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_Romanian_Literature_Museum_%28House_Pogor%29_9.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_Romanian_Literature_Museum_%28House_Pogor%29_9.JPG/330px-Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_Romanian_Literature_Museum_%28House_Pogor%29_9.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_Romanian_Literature_Museum_%28House_Pogor%29_9.JPG/500px-Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_Romanian_Literature_Museum_%28House_Pogor%29_9.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Vasile_Pogor" title="Vasile Pogor">Pogor House</a>, the Romanian Literature Museum</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:French_Institute_for_girls_%22Notre_Dame_de_Sion%22_in_Ia%C5%9Fi_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/French_Institute_for_girls_%22Notre_Dame_de_Sion%22_in_Ia%C5%9Fi_3.jpg/220px-French_Institute_for_girls_%22Notre_Dame_de_Sion%22_in_Ia%C5%9Fi_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/French_Institute_for_girls_%22Notre_Dame_de_Sion%22_in_Ia%C5%9Fi_3.jpg/330px-French_Institute_for_girls_%22Notre_Dame_de_Sion%22_in_Ia%C5%9Fi_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/French_Institute_for_girls_%22Notre_Dame_de_Sion%22_in_Ia%C5%9Fi_3.jpg/440px-French_Institute_for_girls_%22Notre_Dame_de_Sion%22_in_Ia%C5%9Fi_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a><figcaption>Alecu Balș House, where <a href="/wiki/Franz_Liszt" title="Franz Liszt">Franz Liszt</a> performed in 1847, nowadays <a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_%22Moldova%22_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="Iași "Moldova" Philharmonic Orchestra">Moldova State Philharmonic</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Major events in the political and cultural history of Moldavia are connected with the name of the city of Iași. The great scholars of the 17th century, <a href="/wiki/Grigore_Ureche" title="Grigore Ureche">Grigore Ureche</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miron_Costin" title="Miron Costin">Miron Costin</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Ion_Neculce" title="Ion Neculce">Ion Neculce</a>, wrote most of their works in the city or not far from it and the famous scholar <a href="/wiki/Dimitrie_Cantemir" title="Dimitrie Cantemir">Dimitrie Cantemir</a> known throughout all Europe also linked his name to the capital of Moldavia. </p><p>The first newspaper in Romanian was published in 1829 in Iași and it is in Iași where, in 1867, appeared under literary society <a href="/wiki/Junimea" title="Junimea">Junimea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Convorbiri_Literare" title="Convorbiri Literare">Convorbiri Literare</a> review in which <a href="/wiki/Ion_Creang%C4%83_(writer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ion Creangă (writer)">Ion Creangă</a>’s <a href="/wiki/Childhood_Memories_(Creang%C4%83)" class="mw-redirect" title="Childhood Memories (Creangă)">Childhood Memories</a> and the best poems by <a href="/wiki/Mihai_Eminescu" title="Mihai Eminescu">Mihai Eminescu</a> were published. The reviews <a href="/wiki/Contemporanul" title="Contemporanul">Contemporanul</a> and <a href="/wiki/Via%C5%A3a_Rom%C3%A2neasc%C4%83" class="mw-redirect" title="Viaţa Românească">Viața Românească</a> appeared in 1871, respectively in 1906 with great contributions to promoting Romanian national cultural values. </p><p>Many great personalities of Romanian culture are connected to Iași: the chronicler <a href="/wiki/Nicolae_Milescu" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicolae Milescu">Nicolae Milescu</a>, the historians and politicians <a href="/wiki/Mihail_Kog%C4%83lniceanu" title="Mihail Kogălniceanu">Mihail Kogălniceanu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Simion_B%C4%83rnu%C5%A3iu" class="mw-redirect" title="Simion Bărnuţiu">Simion Bărnuțiu</a>, the poets <a href="/wiki/Vasile_Alecsandri" title="Vasile Alecsandri">Vasile Alecsandri</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Top%C3%A2rceanu" class="mw-redirect" title="George Topârceanu">George Topârceanu</a>, the writers <a href="/wiki/Mihail_Sadoveanu" title="Mihail Sadoveanu">Mihail Sadoveanu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alecu_Russo" title="Alecu Russo">Alecu Russo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ionel_Teodoreanu" title="Ionel Teodoreanu">Ionel Teodoreanu</a>, the literary critic <a href="/wiki/Titu_Maiorescu" title="Titu Maiorescu">Titu Maiorescu</a>, the historian <a href="/wiki/A.D._Xenopol" class="mw-redirect" title="A.D. Xenopol">A.D. Xenopol</a>, the philosophers <a href="/wiki/Vasile_Conta" title="Vasile Conta">Vasile Conta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Petre_Andrei" title="Petre Andrei">Petre Andrei</a>, the sociologist <a href="/wiki/Dimitrie_Gusti" title="Dimitrie Gusti">Dimitrie Gusti</a>, the geographer <a href="/wiki/Emil_Racovi%C5%A3%C4%83" class="mw-redirect" title="Emil Racoviţă">Emil Racoviță</a> and the painter <a href="/wiki/Octav_B%C4%83ncil%C4%83" title="Octav Băncilă">Octav Băncilă</a>, only to name a few. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theatres_and_orchestras">Theatres and orchestras</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Theatres and orchestras"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Teatrul_Na%C8%9Bional_%E2%80%9EVasile_Alecsandri%E2%80%9C_(7).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Teatrul_Na%C8%9Bional_%E2%80%9EVasile_Alecsandri%E2%80%9C_%287%29.jpg/220px-Teatrul_Na%C8%9Bional_%E2%80%9EVasile_Alecsandri%E2%80%9C_%287%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Teatrul_Na%C8%9Bional_%E2%80%9EVasile_Alecsandri%E2%80%9C_%287%29.jpg/330px-Teatrul_Na%C8%9Bional_%E2%80%9EVasile_Alecsandri%E2%80%9C_%287%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Teatrul_Na%C8%9Bional_%E2%80%9EVasile_Alecsandri%E2%80%9C_%287%29.jpg/440px-Teatrul_Na%C8%9Bional_%E2%80%9EVasile_Alecsandri%E2%80%9C_%287%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_National_Theatre" title="Iași National Theatre">Vasile Alecsandri National Theatre</a> and <a href="/wiki/Romanian_National_Opera,_Ia%C8%99i" title="Romanian National Opera, Iași">Iași Romanian National Opera</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Luceafarul.Theathre-Iasi-Romania.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/29/Luceafarul.Theathre-Iasi-Romania.JPG/220px-Luceafarul.Theathre-Iasi-Romania.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/29/Luceafarul.Theathre-Iasi-Romania.JPG/330px-Luceafarul.Theathre-Iasi-Romania.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/29/Luceafarul.Theathre-Iasi-Romania.JPG/440px-Luceafarul.Theathre-Iasi-Romania.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="1224" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Luceaf%C4%83rul_Theatre_(Ia%C8%99i)" class="mw-redirect" title="Luceafărul Theatre (Iași)">Luceafărul Theatre</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ia%C5%9Fi_National_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Iaşi National Theatre">Vasile Alecsandri National Theatre</a>, opened in 1840, is the first National Theatre in Romania. The building, designed according to the plans of the Viennese architects <a href="/wiki/Hermann_Helmer" title="Hermann Helmer">Hermann Helmer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Fellner" title="Ferdinand Fellner">Ferdinand Fellner</a>, was raised between 1894 and 1896, and also hosts, starting 1956, the <a href="/wiki/Romanian_National_Opera,_Ia%C8%99i" title="Romanian National Opera, Iași">Iași Romanian National Opera</a>. </p><p>Iași is also home to: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_%22Moldova%22_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="Iași "Moldova" Philharmonic Orchestra">Moldova State Philharmonic Orchestra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luceaf%C4%83rul_Theatre_(Ia%C8%99i)" class="mw-redirect" title="Luceafărul Theatre (Iași)">Luceafărul Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_Athenaeum" title="Iași Athenaeum">Iași Athenaeum</a> (also known as Tătărași Athenaeum)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ludic_Theatre" title="Ludic Theatre">Ludic Student Theatre</a></li> <li>Teatru Fix <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://teatrufix.ro/">[1]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums">Museums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Museums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RO_IS_bojdeuca_lui_ion_creanga.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/RO_IS_bojdeuca_lui_ion_creanga.jpeg/220px-RO_IS_bojdeuca_lui_ion_creanga.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/RO_IS_bojdeuca_lui_ion_creanga.jpeg/330px-RO_IS_bojdeuca_lui_ion_creanga.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/RO_IS_bojdeuca_lui_ion_creanga.jpeg/440px-RO_IS_bojdeuca_lui_ion_creanga.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ion_Creang%C4%83_(writer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ion Creangă (writer)">Ion Creangă</a> Memorial House</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ia%C5%9Fi_,_Memorial_House_%E2%80%9EMihai_Codreanu%E2%80%9C_(Sonnet_Villa)1.1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_Memorial_House_%E2%80%9EMihai_Codreanu%E2%80%9C_%28Sonnet_Villa%291.1.jpg/220px-Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_Memorial_House_%E2%80%9EMihai_Codreanu%E2%80%9C_%28Sonnet_Villa%291.1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_Memorial_House_%E2%80%9EMihai_Codreanu%E2%80%9C_%28Sonnet_Villa%291.1.jpg/330px-Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_Memorial_House_%E2%80%9EMihai_Codreanu%E2%80%9C_%28Sonnet_Villa%291.1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_Memorial_House_%E2%80%9EMihai_Codreanu%E2%80%9C_%28Sonnet_Villa%291.1.jpg/440px-Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_Memorial_House_%E2%80%9EMihai_Codreanu%E2%80%9C_%28Sonnet_Villa%291.1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Mihai Codreanu Memorial House</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Muzeul_de_Istorie_Naturala_Iasi_011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Muzeul_de_Istorie_Naturala_Iasi_011.jpg/250px-Muzeul_de_Istorie_Naturala_Iasi_011.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Muzeul_de_Istorie_Naturala_Iasi_011.jpg/330px-Muzeul_de_Istorie_Naturala_Iasi_011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Muzeul_de_Istorie_Naturala_Iasi_011.jpg/500px-Muzeul_de_Istorie_Naturala_Iasi_011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Iași Museum of Natural History</figcaption></figure> <p>Iași is home to many museums, memorial houses, and art galleries. </p><p>The first memorial museum from Romania opened in Iași in 1918, as the <a href="/wiki/Ion_Creang%C4%83_(writer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ion Creangă (writer)">Ion Creangă</a> Memorial House, and today the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.muzeulliteraturiiiasi.ro/">Iași National Museum of Romanian Literature</a> owns several memorial houses and museums. The <a href="/wiki/Mihai_Eminescu" title="Mihai Eminescu">Mihai Eminescu</a> Museum, situated in <a href="/wiki/Copou_Park" title="Copou Park">Copou Park</a>, is dedicated to the great poet's life and creation; other museums are dedicated to: <a href="/wiki/Dosoftei" title="Dosoftei">Dosoftei</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mihail_Kog%C4%83lniceanu" title="Mihail Kogălniceanu">Mihail Kogălniceanu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vasile_Alecsandri" title="Vasile Alecsandri">Vasile Alecsandri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mihai_Codreanu" title="Mihai Codreanu">Mihai Codreanu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vasile_Pogor" title="Vasile Pogor">Vasile Pogor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Otilia_Cazimir" title="Otilia Cazimir">Otilia Cazimir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mihail_Sadoveanu" title="Mihail Sadoveanu">Mihail Sadoveanu</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Top%C3%AErceanu" title="George Topîrceanu">George Topîrceanu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicolae_Gane" title="Nicolae Gane">Nicolae Gane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Constantin_Negruzzi" title="Constantin Negruzzi">Constantin Negruzzi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garabet_Ibr%C4%83ileanu" title="Garabet Ibrăileanu">Garabet Ibrăileanu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ionel_Teodoreanu" title="Ionel Teodoreanu">Ionel Teodoreanu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Petru_Poni" title="Petru Poni">Petru Poni</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Radu_Cern%C4%83tescu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Radu Cernătescu (page does not exist)">Radu Cernătescu</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radu_Cern%C4%83tescu" class="extiw" title="ro:Radu Cernătescu">ro</a>]</span>, <a href="/wiki/Cezar_Petrescu" title="Cezar Petrescu">Cezar Petrescu</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dimitrie_Anghel" title="Dimitrie Anghel">Dimitrie Anghel</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_Romanian_Theatre_Collection&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of Romanian Theatre Collection (page does not exist)">Theatre Museum</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colec%C8%9Bia_Muzeal%C4%83_%E2%80%9EIstoria_teatrului_rom%C3%A2nesc%E2%80%9D_din_Ia%C8%99i" class="extiw" title="ro:Colecția Muzeală „Istoria teatrului românesc” din Iași">ro</a>]</span>, opened in 1976 at the celebration of 160 years since the first theatrical performance in Romanian, illustrates the development of the theatrical phenomenon since the beginning, important moments of the history of Iași National Theatre, the foundation, in 1840, of the Philharmonic-dramatic Conservatoire, prestigious figures that have contributed to the development of the Romanian theatre. </p><p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_Museum,_Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Union Museum, Iași (page does not exist)">Union Museum</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzeul_Unirii_din_Ia%C8%99i" class="extiw" title="ro:Muzeul Unirii din Iași">ro</a>]</span>, includes original pieces and documents which belonged to prince <a href="/wiki/Al._I._Cuza" class="mw-redirect" title="Al. I. Cuza">Al. I. Cuza</a> and his family. </p><p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i_Museum_of_Natural_History&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iași Museum of Natural History (page does not exist)">Museum of Natural History</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzeul_de_Istorie_Natural%C4%83_din_Ia%C8%99i" class="extiw" title="ro:Muzeul de Istorie Naturală din Iași">ro</a>]</span>, founded on 4 February 1834, is the first museum of this kind in Romania with over 300,000 items, the most valuable being the collections of insects, mollusc, amphibians, reptiles, birds, plants and minerals. </p><p>Four other museums are located in the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Culture_(Ia%C5%9Fi)" class="mw-redirect" title="Palace of Culture (Iaşi)">Palace of Culture</a>: with its roots dating back to 1860, the <i>Iași Art Museum</i> is the oldest of its kind in Romania,<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, with more than 8,700 works (many of them belonging to the universal patrimony), has the largest art collection in the country; the <i>Moldavia's History Museum</i>, offers more than 48,000 objects from various fields, archaeology, numismatics, decorative art, ancient books, documents; the <i>Ethnographic Museum of Moldavia</i> owns more than 13,000 objects depicting the Romanian advance through the ages; the <i>Science and Technology Museum's</i> collection has more than 11,200 objects in five distinct sections and one memorial house.<sup id="cite_ref-ra_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ra-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2016, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i_Municipal_Museum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iași Municipal Museum (page does not exist)">Iași Municipal Museum</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzeul_Municipal_din_Ia%C8%99i" class="extiw" title="ro:Muzeul Municipal din Iași">ro</a>]</span> was re-established, while in July 2021 four new museums, located in the House of Museums, were opened to the public: the Museum of Iași Pogrom, the Museum of the Jewish Theatre in Romania, the Museum of Poetry, and the Museum of Childhood under Communism.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Iași is home to the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University Library, voted the most beautiful library in the world in a 2015 online poll. The library is situated within the historical University Palace, a building designed by architects Louis Blanc and Petru Poni, who drew inspiration from prominent European academic architecture.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_culture_centres">Foreign culture centres</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Foreign culture centres"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ia%C5%9Fi_,_French_Cultural_Center_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_French_Cultural_Center_2.JPG/250px-Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_French_Cultural_Center_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_French_Cultural_Center_2.JPG/330px-Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_French_Cultural_Center_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_French_Cultural_Center_2.JPG/500px-Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_French_Cultural_Center_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>French Institute in Iași</figcaption></figure> <p>Iași hosts six cultural centres: <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_France" title="Culture of France">French</a>, <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Germany" title="Culture of Germany">German</a>, <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Culture of the United Kingdom">British</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latin_American_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin American culture">Latin American</a> & <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Greece" title="Culture of Greece">Hellenic</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Arab_culture" title="Arab culture">Arab</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cultural_events_and_festivals">Cultural events and festivals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Cultural events and festivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.filit-iasi.ro/">FILIT</a> (<i>International Festival of Literature and Translation</i>) is a yearly literature and translation festival organised through the Iași Museum of Romanian Literature, begun in 2013;</li> <li>FIE (<i>International Education Festival</i>), launched in 2013, is a mix of cultural and educative events;</li> <li><i>International Theatre Festival for Young Audience</i> was launched in 2008 and it is hosted each October by <a href="/wiki/Luceaf%C4%83rul_Theatre_(Ia%C8%99i)" class="mw-redirect" title="Luceafărul Theatre (Iași)">Luceafărul Theatre</a>;</li> <li>Since 2010 at SFR(Romanian Film Nights) are presented films from different periods of Romanian cinema, as well as new films, debut films or short films, with the invitation of actors, directors, scriptwriters and film critics in the projection;</li> <li>Started in 2017, afterhills is the biggest music festival in Moldavia. Other music festivals: Rock'n'Iași since 2007 and Rocanotherworld since 2016.</li> <li>Hangariada is an aeronautics and art festival organised each year in May;</li></ul> <p>Live music and different other artistic events (poetry nights, readings) are a habitual occurrence in the various bars and coffee shops the city has to offer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ia%C5%9Fi_,_%22Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza%22_University_,_detail_1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_%22Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza%22_University_%2C_detail_1.JPG/250px-Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_%22Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza%22_University_%2C_detail_1.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_%22Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza%22_University_%2C_detail_1.JPG/330px-Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_%22Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza%22_University_%2C_detail_1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_%22Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza%22_University_%2C_detail_1.JPG/500px-Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_%22Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza%22_University_%2C_detail_1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_University" title="Alexandru Ioan Cuza University">Al. I. Cuza University</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Central_University_Library_Jan_1st_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Central_University_Library_Jan_1st_2016.jpg/250px-Central_University_Library_Jan_1st_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Central_University_Library_Jan_1st_2016.jpg/330px-Central_University_Library_Jan_1st_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Central_University_Library_Jan_1st_2016.jpg/500px-Central_University_Library_Jan_1st_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Central_University_Library_of_Ia%C8%99i" title="Central University Library of Iași">Central University Library</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The first institute of higher learning that functioned on the territory of Romania was <a href="/wiki/Vasilian_College" title="Vasilian College">Academia Vasiliană</a> (1640) founded by Prince <a href="/wiki/Vasile_Lupu" title="Vasile Lupu">Vasile Lupu</a> as a "higher school for Latin and Slavonic languages", followed by the <a href="/wiki/Princely_Academy,_Ia%C5%9Fi" class="mw-redirect" title="Princely Academy, Iaşi">Princely Academy</a> in 1707. </p><p>The first high education structure in <a href="/wiki/Romanian_language" title="Romanian language">Romanian</a> was established in the autumn of 1813, when engineer <a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Asachi" title="Gheorghe Asachi">Gheorghe Asachi</a> laid the foundations of a class of engineers, its activities taking place within the <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> Princely Academy. </p><p>After 1813, other moments marked the development of higher education in Romanian, regarding both <a href="/wiki/Humanities" title="Humanities">humanities</a> and the technical science. In 1835, <a href="/wiki/Academia_Mih%C4%83ilean%C4%83" title="Academia Mihăileană">Academia Mihăileană</a> founded by <a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Moldavia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of rulers of Moldavia">Prince</a> <a href="/wiki/Mihail_Sturdza" title="Mihail Sturdza">Mihail Sturdza</a> is considered first Romanian superior institute in the country. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ia%C5%9Fi_,_Faculty_of_Electrical_Engineering_,_Energetical_and_Applied_Informatics_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_Faculty_of_Electrical_Engineering_%2C_Energetical_and_Applied_Informatics_3.jpg/220px-Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_Faculty_of_Electrical_Engineering_%2C_Energetical_and_Applied_Informatics_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_Faculty_of_Electrical_Engineering_%2C_Energetical_and_Applied_Informatics_3.jpg/330px-Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_Faculty_of_Electrical_Engineering_%2C_Energetical_and_Applied_Informatics_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_Faculty_of_Electrical_Engineering_%2C_Energetical_and_Applied_Informatics_3.jpg/440px-Ia%C5%9Fi_%2C_Faculty_of_Electrical_Engineering_%2C_Energetical_and_Applied_Informatics_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Faculty of Electrical Engineering, <a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Asachi_Technical_University_of_Ia%C8%99i" title="Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași">Gheorghe Asachi Technical University</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1860, three faculties part of the Academia Mihăileană formed the nucleus for the newly established <a href="/wiki/University_of_Ia%C5%9Fi" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Iaşi">University of Iași</a>, the first Romanian university. </p><p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Physicians_and_Naturalists_Society_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Physicians and Naturalists Society (Iași) (page does not exist)">Physicians and Naturalists Society</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societatea_de_Medici_%C8%99i_Naturali%C8%99ti" class="extiw" title="ro:Societatea de Medici și Naturaliști">ro</a>]</span>, founded in Iași, has existed since the early part of the 19th century, and a number of periodicals are published.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911_33-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the oldest medical universities in Romania, founded in 1879, is located in Iași. It is now known as the <a href="/wiki/Grigore_T._Popa_University_of_Medicine_and_Pharmacy" title="Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy">Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy</a>. </p><p>In 1937, the two <a href="/wiki/Applied_science" title="Applied science">applied science</a> sections of the University of Iași became departments of the newly created <a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Asachi_Technical_University_of_Ia%C5%9Fi" class="mw-redirect" title="Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iaşi">Gheorghe Asachi Polytechnic School</a>. In the period before and after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the later (renamed <i>Polytechnic Institute</i> in 1948) extended its domain of activity, especially in the field of engineering, and became known as Gheorghe Asachi Technical University in 1993. </p><p>Public universities include: </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Universitatea_de_Medicin%C4%83_%C5%9Fi_Farmacie_%22Grigore_T._Popa%22.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Universitatea_de_Medicin%C4%83_%C5%9Fi_Farmacie_%22Grigore_T._Popa%22.jpg/220px-Universitatea_de_Medicin%C4%83_%C5%9Fi_Farmacie_%22Grigore_T._Popa%22.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Universitatea_de_Medicin%C4%83_%C5%9Fi_Farmacie_%22Grigore_T._Popa%22.jpg/330px-Universitatea_de_Medicin%C4%83_%C5%9Fi_Farmacie_%22Grigore_T._Popa%22.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Universitatea_de_Medicin%C4%83_%C5%9Fi_Farmacie_%22Grigore_T._Popa%22.jpg/440px-Universitatea_de_Medicin%C4%83_%C5%9Fi_Farmacie_%22Grigore_T._Popa%22.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2496" data-file-height="1664" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Grigore_T._Popa_University_of_Medicine_and_Pharmacy" title="Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy">University of Medicine and Pharmacy</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_University" title="Alexandru Ioan Cuza University">Alexandru Ioan Cuza University</a>- situated in Copou, is the oldest higher education institution in Romania;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Asachi_Technical_University_of_Ia%C5%9Fi" class="mw-redirect" title="Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iaşi">Gheorghe Asachi Technical University</a> – the school with the oldest engineering tradition in Romania;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grigore_T._Popa_University_of_Medicine_and_Pharmacy" title="Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy">Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy</a> – one of the oldest medicine schools in Romania;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Enescu_National_University_of_Arts" title="George Enescu National University of Arts">George Enescu National University of Arts</a> – the oldest tradition in music and arts education in Romania;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_University_of_Life_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Iași University of Life Sciences">Ion Ionescu de la Brad University of Life Sciences</a> – one of the oldest schools of its kind.</li></ul> <p>There are also some private higher education institutions including <a href="/wiki/Petre_Andrei_University_of_Ia%C8%99i" title="Petre Andrei University of Iași">Petre Andrei University</a>, the largest private university in the historical region of Moldavia.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Central_University_Library_of_Ia%C5%9Fi" class="mw-redirect" title="Central University Library of Iaşi">Central University Library of Iași</a>, where the chief records of Romanian history are preserved, is the oldest and the second largest in Romania. </p><p>As of 2016<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Iași has 74 <a href="/wiki/Public_school_(government_funded)" class="mw-redirect" title="Public school (government funded)">public schools</a>, coordinated by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i_County_School_Inspectorate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iași County School Inspectorate (page does not exist)">Iași County School Inspectorate</a>. The city is also home to 19 private schools.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Notable high schools: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_National_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Iași National College">Iași National College</a> (1828)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costache_Negruzzi_National_College" title="Costache Negruzzi National College">Costache Negruzzi National College</a> (1895)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emil_Racovi%C8%9B%C4%83_National_College&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emil Racoviță National College (page does not exist)">Emil Racoviță National College</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mihai_Eminescu_National_College_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mihai Eminescu National College (Iași) (page does not exist)">Mihai Eminescu National College</a> (1865)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vasile_Lupu_Pedagogical_High_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vasile Lupu Pedagogical High School (page does not exist)">Vasile Lupu Pedagogical High School</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%98coala_Normal%C4%83_%E2%80%9EVasile_Lupu%E2%80%9D_din_Ia%C8%99i" class="extiw" title="ro:Școala Normală „Vasile Lupu” din Iași">ro</a>]</span> (1855)</li></ul> <p>Iași Science Festival is a week long festival organised every year in April (starting 2013) for high school and grade school students to get be able to observe and take part in scientific experiments and be given detailed tours of the scientific and technical universities and research labs in Iași. Over 200 experiments were performed and over 10,000 students took part in the 2014 edition, from throughout the Moldavia region.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Media_in_Ia%C8%99i" title="Media in Iași">Media in Iași</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2012</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 2012, Iași was selected as one of the European Cities of Sport.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city also recently hosted the <a href="/wiki/International_Esports_Federation" title="International Esports Federation">International Esports Federation (IESF)</a> World Championships 2023, in which it was participated by 111 countries around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_teams">Current teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Current teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti" /><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:224px;max-width:224px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stadionul_Emil_Alexandrescu_panorama.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Stadionul_Emil_Alexandrescu_panorama.jpg/250px-Stadionul_Emil_Alexandrescu_panorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Stadionul_Emil_Alexandrescu_panorama.jpg/330px-Stadionul_Emil_Alexandrescu_panorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Stadionul_Emil_Alexandrescu_panorama.jpg/500px-Stadionul_Emil_Alexandrescu_panorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="10000" data-file-height="2830" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Panorama of Emil Alexandrescu Stadium, home to the FC Politehnica</div></div></div></div></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Sport </th> <th>League </th> <th>Club </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Venue </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Football</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liga_I" title="Liga I">Liga I</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Politehnica_Ia%C8%99i_(2010)" title="FC Politehnica Iași (2010)">FC Politehnica Iași (2010)</a> (as the informal successor to Politehnica Iași) </td> <td>16 August 2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stadionul_Emil_Alexandrescu" class="mw-redirect" title="Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu">Emil Alexandrescu Stadium</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a> </td> <td>Men's Liga I </td> <td>CS Politehnica Iași </td> <td>1967 </td> <td>Sala Polivalentă </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Team_handball" class="mw-redirect" title="Team handball">Handball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Divizia_A_(men%27s_handball)" title="Divizia A (men's handball)">Men's Divizia A</a> </td> <td>CS Politehnica Iași </td> <td> </td> <td>Sala Polivalentă </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">Rugby</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Divizia_Na%C8%9Bional%C4%83_de_Seniori" title="Divizia Națională de Seniori">Divizia Națională de Seniori</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CS_Politehnica_Ia%C8%99i_(rugby)" class="mw-redirect" title="CS Politehnica Iași (rugby)">CS Politehnica Iași (rugby)</a> </td> <td>1964 </td> <td>Agronomia Stadium </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_teams">Former teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Former teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FC_Politehnica_Ia%C8%99i_(1945)" title="FC Politehnica Iași (1945)">FC Politehnica Iași</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Romanian_football_league_system" title="Romanian football league system">Romanian football league system</a> from 1945 to 2010;</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=FC_Constructorul_Ia%C8%99i_(1949)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FC Constructorul Iași (1949) (page does not exist)">FC Constructorul Iași</a> of the Romanian football league system from 1952 to 1995;</li> <li>Clubul Sportiv Armata Iași of the Republican Basketball Championship (from 1950);<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>ACS Penicilina Iași of the <a href="/wiki/Divizia_A1_(women%27s_volleyball)" title="Divizia A1 (women's volleyball)">Divizia A1 (women's volleyball)</a> (from 1962);</li> <li>Terom Iași of the <a href="/wiki/Liga_Na%C8%9Bional%C4%83_(women%27s_handball)" title="Liga Națională (women's handball)">Liga Națională (women's handball)</a> (from 1983 to 2012);</li> <li>Politehnica Național Iași of the <a href="/wiki/Liga_Na%C8%9Bional%C4%83_(women%27s_basketball)" title="Liga Națională (women's basketball)">Liga Națională (women's basketball)</a> (until 2017).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pesa_Swing_122NaJ.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Pesa_Swing_122NaJ.jpg/250px-Pesa_Swing_122NaJ.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Pesa_Swing_122NaJ.jpg/330px-Pesa_Swing_122NaJ.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Pesa_Swing_122NaJ.jpg/500px-Pesa_Swing_122NaJ.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Ia%C8%99i" class="mw-redirect" title="Trams in Iași">Iași tram network</a> is the backbone of the city's public transport</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_transport">Public transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Public transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Iași's public transportation system is served by the <a href="/wiki/CTP_Ia%C8%99i" title="CTP Iași">CTP Iași</a> (former RATP), which operates an extensive network using 126 <a href="/wiki/Tram" title="Tram">trams</a> (electric trams began operating in Iași in 1900) and 150 buses.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, CTP carried 50,358,000 passengers, an average of 140,000 passengers per day.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air">Air</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ia%C5%9Fi_Airport.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Ia%C5%9Fi_Airport.JPG/220px-Ia%C5%9Fi_Airport.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Ia%C5%9Fi_Airport.JPG/330px-Ia%C5%9Fi_Airport.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Ia%C5%9Fi_Airport.JPG/440px-Ia%C5%9Fi_Airport.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_International_Airport" title="Iași International Airport">Iași Airport</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Iași is served by the <a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_International_Airport" title="Iași International Airport">Iași International Airport</a> (IAS) located 8 km (5.0 mi) east of the city centre. The airport is the 3rd busiest in Romania and offers direct domestic, <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle Eastern</a> scheduled or charter connections. After extensive modernisation works, the number of connections and traffic volumes have seen a significant increase since 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gara_Iasi3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Gara_Iasi3.jpg/220px-Gara_Iasi3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Gara_Iasi3.jpg/330px-Gara_Iasi3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Gara_Iasi3.jpg/440px-Gara_Iasi3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ia%C5%9Fi_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Iaşi railway station">Iași Grand Station</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Iași-<a href="/wiki/Pa%C8%99cani" title="Pașcani">Pașcani</a> railway was opened on 1 June [<a href="/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates" title="Old Style and New Style dates">O.S.</a> 20 May] 1870, Iași-<a href="/wiki/Ungheni" title="Ungheni">Ungheni</a> on 1 August 1874 and Iași-<a href="/wiki/Chi%C8%99in%C4%83u" title="Chișinău">Chișinău</a> railway was opened on 1 June 1875 by the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> in preparation for the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Turkish_War_(1877%E2%80%931878)" title="Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)">Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)</a>. </p><p>Nowadays, three railway stations, <a href="/wiki/Ia%C5%9Fi_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Iaşi railway station">Grand Railway Station</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicolina_International_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nicolina International railway station (page does not exist)">Nicolina International railway station</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gara_Interna%C8%9Bional%C4%83_Nicolina" class="extiw" title="ro:Gara Internațională Nicolina">ro</a>]</span> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Socola_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Socola railway station (page does not exist)">Socola railway station</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gara_Socola" class="extiw" title="ro:Gara Socola">ro</a>]</span> serve the city and are operated by <a href="/wiki/C%C4%83ile_Ferate_Rom%C3%A2ne" title="Căile Ferate Române">Romanian Railways</a> (CFR). <a href="/wiki/Calea_Ferat%C4%83_din_Moldova" title="Calea Ferată din Moldova">Moldovan railway</a> also serves these stations for travel into <a href="/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova">Moldova</a>. </p><p>The Grand Railway Station, located about 1 km (0.6 mi) from the city centre, provides direct rail connections to all the major Romanian cities and to <a href="/wiki/Chi%C8%99in%C4%83u" title="Chișinău">Chișinău</a>, Moldova. The rail stations are very well connected to all the parts of the city by the <a href="/wiki/Tram" title="Tram">trams</a> and buses of the local public transport companies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Iași is connected by European routes E583/<a href="/wiki/European_route_E85" title="European route E85">E85</a> with <a href="/wiki/Bucharest" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a> through a four lane road, by <a href="/wiki/European_route_E58" title="European route E58">European route E58</a> with Central Europe and <a href="/wiki/Chi%C8%99in%C4%83u" title="Chișinău">Chișinău</a> in <a href="/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova">Moldova</a>, and by <a href="/wiki/Roads_in_Romania" title="Roads in Romania">DN National Roads</a> with all major cities of Romania. The <a href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Motorway_(Romania)" class="mw-redirect" title="East–West Motorway (Romania)">East-West Motorway (A8)</a> (also known as The Union Motorway), in various stages of construction and planning, which starts at the Romanian border with Moldova in <a href="/wiki/Ungheni,_Ia%C8%99i" title="Ungheni, Iași">Ungheni</a>, will connect the city to the <a href="/wiki/A7_motorway_(Romania)" title="A7 motorway (Romania)">A7 Moldavia Motorway</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pa%C8%99cani" title="Pașcani">Pașcani</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/A3_motorway_(Romania)" title="A3 motorway (Romania)">A3 Transylvania Motorway</a> near <a href="/wiki/T%C3%A2rgu_Mure%C8%99" title="Târgu Mureș">Târgu Mureș</a>. </p><p>The Iași Coach Station is used by several private transport companies to provide <a href="/wiki/Coach_(vehicle)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coach (vehicle)">coach</a> connections from Iași to a large number of locations from all over the country. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Health_care">Health care</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Health care"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Iași is home to 14 public hospitals, including the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Spiridon_Hospital&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint Spiridon Hospital (page does not exist)">Saint Spiridon Hospital</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitalul_Clinic_Jude%C8%9Bean_de_Urgen%C8%9B%C4%83_%E2%80%9ESf%C3%A2ntul_Spiridon%E2%80%9D_Ia%C8%99i" class="extiw" title="ro:Spitalul Clinic Județean de Urgență „Sfântul Spiridon” Iași">ro</a>]</span>, the second largest and one of the oldest in Romania (1755),<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> St. Maria Clinic Children's Hospital (one of the largest children's hospitals in the country), Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Regional Oncology Institute, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Socola_Psychiatric_Institute&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Socola Psychiatric Institute (page does not exist)">Socola Psychiatric Institute</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitalul_Clinic_de_Psihiatrie_%E2%80%9ESocola%E2%80%9D" class="extiw" title="ro:Spitalul Clinic de Psihiatrie „Socola”">ro</a>]</span> (1905 – first psychiatric hospital in Romania). The public system is complemented by numerous private clinics. </p><p>In December 2021, the Ministry of Health signed the contract for the design of a new hospital that will serve the entire <a href="/wiki/Nord-Est_(development_region)" title="Nord-Est (development region)">North-East region</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total investment in the construction of the Iași Regional Emergency Hospital (<a href="/wiki/Romanian_language" title="Romanian language">Romanian</a>: <i lang="ro">Spitalul Regional de Urgență (SRU) Iași</i>), with a completion date of 2027, is estimated at over 500 million euros.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_pollution_concerns">Air pollution concerns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Air pollution concerns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2014, the <a href="/wiki/European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a> started environmental law <a href="/wiki/Infringement_procedure" class="mw-redirect" title="Infringement procedure">infringement procedures</a> against Romania, citing <a href="/wiki/Bucharest" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a>, Iași, and <a href="/wiki/Bra%C8%99ov" title="Brașov">Brașov</a> cases as examples.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, while the <a href="/wiki/Particulates" title="Particulates">atmospheric particulate matter</a> has repeatedly reached and exceeded legal thresholds for PM<sub>10</sub>, Iași came to be regarded as the city with the second worst air quality in Romania, after Bucharest.<sup id="cite_ref-ro_2016-05-13_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ro_2016-05-13-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pollution from vehicular traffic, construction works, and a lack of green spaces (the city only has about 11 m<sup>2</sup> (118 sq ft) of public green spaces per capita) make up some of the reasons behind these problems.<sup id="cite_ref-ro_2016-05-13_99-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ro_2016-05-13-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Monuments_and_history">Monuments and history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Monuments and history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional centre"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RO_IS_Stefan_cel_Mare_statue_2.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stephen the Great"><img alt="Stephen the Great" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/RO_IS_Stefan_cel_Mare_statue_2.jpeg/120px-RO_IS_Stefan_cel_Mare_statue_2.jpeg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/RO_IS_Stefan_cel_Mare_statue_2.jpeg/250px-RO_IS_Stefan_cel_Mare_statue_2.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3872" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_the_Great" title="Stephen the Great">Stephen the Great</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Statuia_lui_Dosoftei_din_Ia%C5%9Fi.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dosoftei"><img alt="Dosoftei" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Statuia_lui_Dosoftei_din_Ia%C5%9Fi.jpg/120px-Statuia_lui_Dosoftei_din_Ia%C5%9Fi.jpg" decoding="async" width="87" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Statuia_lui_Dosoftei_din_Ia%C5%9Fi.jpg/250px-Statuia_lui_Dosoftei_din_Ia%C5%9Fi.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2190" data-file-height="3005" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Dosoftei" title="Dosoftei">Dosoftei</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Statuia_lui_Miron_Costin_din_Ia%C5%9Fi.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Miron Costin"><img alt="Miron Costin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Statuia_lui_Miron_Costin_din_Ia%C5%9Fi.jpg/79px-Statuia_lui_Miron_Costin_din_Ia%C5%9Fi.jpg" decoding="async" width="79" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Statuia_lui_Miron_Costin_din_Ia%C5%9Fi.jpg/118px-Statuia_lui_Miron_Costin_din_Ia%C5%9Fi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Statuia_lui_Miron_Costin_din_Ia%C5%9Fi.jpg/158px-Statuia_lui_Miron_Costin_din_Ia%C5%9Fi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1255" data-file-height="1905" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Miron_Costin" title="Miron Costin">Miron Costin</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Monumentul_lui_Grigore_Ghica_III_din_Ia%C5%9Fi7.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Grigore III Ghica Monument"><img alt="Grigore III Ghica Monument" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Monumentul_lui_Grigore_Ghica_III_din_Ia%C5%9Fi7.jpg/90px-Monumentul_lui_Grigore_Ghica_III_din_Ia%C5%9Fi7.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Monumentul_lui_Grigore_Ghica_III_din_Ia%C5%9Fi7.jpg/135px-Monumentul_lui_Grigore_Ghica_III_din_Ia%C5%9Fi7.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Monumentul_lui_Grigore_Ghica_III_din_Ia%C5%9Fi7.jpg/180px-Monumentul_lui_Grigore_Ghica_III_din_Ia%C5%9Fi7.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Grigore_III_Ghica" title="Grigore III Ghica">Grigore III Ghica</a> Monument</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Statuia_lui_Gheorghe_Asachi_din_Ia%C5%9Fi2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gheorghe Asachi"><img alt="Gheorghe Asachi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Statuia_lui_Gheorghe_Asachi_din_Ia%C5%9Fi2.jpg/68px-Statuia_lui_Gheorghe_Asachi_din_Ia%C5%9Fi2.jpg" decoding="async" width="68" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Statuia_lui_Gheorghe_Asachi_din_Ia%C5%9Fi2.jpg/102px-Statuia_lui_Gheorghe_Asachi_din_Ia%C5%9Fi2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Statuia_lui_Gheorghe_Asachi_din_Ia%C5%9Fi2.jpg/136px-Statuia_lui_Gheorghe_Asachi_din_Ia%C5%9Fi2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="636" data-file-height="1118" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Asachi" title="Gheorghe Asachi">Gheorghe Asachi</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Obeliscul_Leilor_din_Ia%C5%9Fi.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Obelisk of Lions"><img alt="The Obelisk of Lions" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Obeliscul_Leilor_din_Ia%C5%9Fi.jpg/90px-Obeliscul_Leilor_din_Ia%C5%9Fi.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Obeliscul_Leilor_din_Ia%C5%9Fi.jpg/135px-Obeliscul_Leilor_din_Ia%C5%9Fi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Obeliscul_Leilor_din_Ia%C5%9Fi.jpg/180px-Obeliscul_Leilor_din_Ia%C5%9Fi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Copou_Park" title="Copou Park">The Obelisk of Lions</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Statuia_lui_Vasile_Alecsandri_din_Ia%C5%9Fi10.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vasile Alecsandri"><img alt="Vasile Alecsandri" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Statuia_lui_Vasile_Alecsandri_din_Ia%C5%9Fi10.jpg/90px-Statuia_lui_Vasile_Alecsandri_din_Ia%C5%9Fi10.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Statuia_lui_Vasile_Alecsandri_din_Ia%C5%9Fi10.jpg/135px-Statuia_lui_Vasile_Alecsandri_din_Ia%C5%9Fi10.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Statuia_lui_Vasile_Alecsandri_din_Ia%C5%9Fi10.jpg/180px-Statuia_lui_Vasile_Alecsandri_din_Ia%C5%9Fi10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2250" data-file-height="2990" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Vasile_Alecsandri" title="Vasile Alecsandri">Vasile Alecsandri</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Statuia_lui_Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_din_Ia%C5%9Fi5.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Alexandru Ioan Cuza"><img alt="Alexandru Ioan Cuza" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Statuia_lui_Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_din_Ia%C5%9Fi5.jpg/90px-Statuia_lui_Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_din_Ia%C5%9Fi5.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Statuia_lui_Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_din_Ia%C5%9Fi5.jpg/135px-Statuia_lui_Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_din_Ia%C5%9Fi5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Statuia_lui_Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_din_Ia%C5%9Fi5.jpg/180px-Statuia_lui_Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_din_Ia%C5%9Fi5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza" title="Alexandru Ioan Cuza">Alexandru Ioan Cuza</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Statuia_lui_Mihai_Eminescu_din_Iasi.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mihai Eminescu Monument"><img alt="Mihai Eminescu Monument" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Statuia_lui_Mihai_Eminescu_din_Iasi.jpg/90px-Statuia_lui_Mihai_Eminescu_din_Iasi.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Statuia_lui_Mihai_Eminescu_din_Iasi.jpg/135px-Statuia_lui_Mihai_Eminescu_din_Iasi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Statuia_lui_Mihai_Eminescu_din_Iasi.jpg/180px-Statuia_lui_Mihai_Eminescu_din_Iasi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Mihai_Eminescu,_Ia%C8%99i" title="Statue of Mihai Eminescu, Iași">Mihai Eminescu Monument</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Statuia_lui_Mihail_Kog%C4%83lniceanu_din_Ia%C8%99i2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mihail Kogălniceanu"><img alt="Mihail Kogălniceanu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Statuia_lui_Mihail_Kog%C4%83lniceanu_din_Ia%C8%99i2.jpg/120px-Statuia_lui_Mihail_Kog%C4%83lniceanu_din_Ia%C8%99i2.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Statuia_lui_Mihail_Kog%C4%83lniceanu_din_Ia%C8%99i2.jpg/250px-Statuia_lui_Mihail_Kog%C4%83lniceanu_din_Ia%C8%99i2.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mihail_Kog%C4%83lniceanu" title="Mihail Kogălniceanu">Mihail Kogălniceanu</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RO_IS_independence_monument_1.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Independence Monument"><img alt="Independence Monument" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/RO_IS_independence_monument_1.jpeg/80px-RO_IS_independence_monument_1.jpeg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/RO_IS_independence_monument_1.jpeg/120px-RO_IS_independence_monument_1.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/RO_IS_independence_monument_1.jpeg/160px-RO_IS_independence_monument_1.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3872" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Romanian_War_of_Independence" title="Romanian War of Independence">Independence</a> Monument</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Monumentul_Unirii_din_Ia%C5%9Fi4.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Union Monument"><img alt="Union Monument" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Monumentul_Unirii_din_Ia%C5%9Fi4.jpg/120px-Monumentul_Unirii_din_Ia%C5%9Fi4.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Monumentul_Unirii_din_Ia%C5%9Fi4.jpg/250px-Monumentul_Unirii_din_Ia%C5%9Fi4.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Union_Monument,_Ia%C8%99i" title="Union Monument, Iași">Union Monument</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ia%C8%99i_Pogrom_Monument_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Victims of Iași Pogrom Monument"><img alt="Victims of Iași Pogrom Monument" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Ia%C8%99i_Pogrom_Monument_1.jpg/90px-Ia%C8%99i_Pogrom_Monument_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Ia%C8%99i_Pogrom_Monument_1.jpg/135px-Ia%C8%99i_Pogrom_Monument_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Ia%C8%99i_Pogrom_Monument_1.jpg/180px-Ia%C8%99i_Pogrom_Monument_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Victims_of_Ia%C8%99i_Pogrom_Monument" title="Victims of Iași Pogrom Monument">Victims of Iași Pogrom Monument</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Victims_of_Communism_Memorial_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Victims of Communism Memorial"><img alt="Victims of Communism Memorial" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/The_Victims_of_Communism_Memorial_1.jpg/90px-The_Victims_of_Communism_Memorial_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/The_Victims_of_Communism_Memorial_1.jpg/135px-The_Victims_of_Communism_Memorial_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/The_Victims_of_Communism_Memorial_1.jpg/180px-The_Victims_of_Communism_Memorial_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Romania">Victims of Communism</a> Memorial</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns/sister_cities"><span id="Twin_towns.2Fsister_cities"></span>Twin towns/sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Twin towns/sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Romania" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Romania">List of twin towns and sister cities in Romania</a></div> <p>Iași is <a href="/wiki/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin towns and sister cities">twinned</a> with: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt"><img alt="Egypt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/35px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/45px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Assiut" class="mw-redirect" title="Assiut">Assiut</a>, Egypt (1995)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Athens,_Georgia" title="Athens, Georgia">Athens, Georgia</a>, United States (2001)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"><img alt="Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chernivtsi" title="Chernivtsi">Chernivtsi</a>, Ukraine (2012)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova"><img alt="Moldova" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/40px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/60px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chi%C8%99in%C4%83u" title="Chișinău">Chișinău</a>, Moldova (2008)<sup id="cite_ref-Chișinău_twinnings_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chișinău_twinnings-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Eindhoven" title="Eindhoven">Eindhoven</a>, Netherlands (2011)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/40px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/60px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Filacciano" title="Filacciano">Filacciano</a>, Italy (1999)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/40px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/60px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Forano" title="Forano">Forano</a>, Italy (1999)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/40px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/60px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ilioupolis" class="mw-redirect" title="Ilioupolis">Ilioupolis</a>, Greece (2007)</li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan"><img alt="Jordan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/40px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/60px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Irbid" title="Irbid">Irbid</a>, Jordan (2000)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran"><img alt="Iran" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/40px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/60px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Isfahan_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Isfahan (city)">Isfahan</a>, Iran (1999)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Palestine" title="Palestine"><img alt="Palestine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/40px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/60px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jericho" title="Jericho">Jericho</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_of_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Palestine">Palestine</a> (2003)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/40px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/60px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kozani" title="Kozani">Kozani</a>, Greece (1928)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/40px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/60px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Monterrey" title="Monterrey">Monterrey</a>, Mexico (2002)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/40px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/60px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Morlupo" title="Morlupo">Morlupo</a>, Italy (1999)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/40px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/60px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nazzano" title="Nazzano">Nazzano</a>, Italy (1999)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel"><img alt="Israel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Netanya" title="Netanya">Netanya</a>, Israel<sup id="cite_ref-Netanya_twinnings_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Netanya_twinnings-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/40px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/60px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Padua,_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Padua, Italy">Padua</a>, Italy (1995)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/40px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/60px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Peristeri" title="Peristeri">Peristeri</a>, Greece (2002)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/40px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/60px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Poitiers" title="Poitiers">Poitiers</a>, France (1969)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/40px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/60px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sant%27Oreste" title="Sant'Oreste">Sant'Oreste</a>, Italy (1999)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/40px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/60px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Torrita_Tiberina" title="Torrita Tiberina">Torrita Tiberina</a>, Italy (1999)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" 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Wayne State University Press. p. 35. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780814338568" title="Special:BookSources/9780814338568"><bdi>9780814338568</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Origins+and+Onset+of+the+Romanian+Holocaust&rft.pages=35&rft.pub=Wayne+State+University+Press&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=9780814338568&rft.aulast=Eaton&rft.aufirst=Henry&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DzA6JdrbCkJwC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIa%C8%99i" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wmf.org/project/great-synagogue-ia%C5%9Fi">Great Synagogue of Iași</a> at wmf.org</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.romania-insider.com/iasi-synagogue-reopens">https://www.romania-insider.com/iasi-synagogue-reopens</a> at romania-insider.com</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Iasipogrom-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Iasipogrom_41-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/holocaust/0099_Iasi.html">Jewishgen</a><br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rri.ro/art.shtml?lang=1&sec=9&art=149652">The Iași Pogrom</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120518231651/http://www.rri.ro/art.shtml?lang=1&sec=9&art=149652">Archived</a> 2012-05-18 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at Radio Romania International<br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.zionism-israel.com/dic/iasi_pogrom.htm">Iași Pogrom</a> quotes 13,266 or 14,850 Jews killed.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ziarullumina.ro/articole;1985;1;2005;0;20-august-1944-ultima-zi-de-razboi-la-Iasi.html">The last day of the war in Iași</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged July 2018">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> <span class="languageicon">(in Romanian)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ieseanul.com/al-doilea-razboi-mondial-bombardamentele-care-au-mutilat-iasul/">"Al doilea război mondial: bombardamentele care au mutilat Iașul"</a> [World War II: the bombings that mutilated Iasi] (in Romanian). ieseanul.com. 25 February 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Al+doilea+r%C4%83zboi+mondial%3A+bombardamentele+care+au+mutilat+Ia%C8%99ul&rft.pub=ieseanul.com&rft.date=2020-02-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ieseanul.com%2Fal-doilea-razboi-mondial-bombardamentele-care-au-mutilat-iasul%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIa%C8%99i" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-monumente-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-monumente_44-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-monumente_44-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.monumenteiasi.ro/pagina.php?v=iasi_prezentare">General View-The historical and architectural Iași</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130403215517/http://www.monumenteiasi.ro/pagina.php?v=iasi_prezentare">Archived</a> 2013-04-03 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <span class="languageicon">(in Romanian)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFPaftală-Ciubotărița2011" class="citation journal cs1">Paftală-Ciubotărița, Mădălina (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.humangeographies.org.ro/articles/51/5_1_11_9_paftala.pdf">"The contemporary dilemma of the cultural landscape. 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Stoleriu and C. Stoleriu</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150508144635/http://bioge.ubbcluj.ro/maegs16/volume/6%20urban%20geology%20and%20impact%20of%20geohazards.pdf">"Microsoft Word - 6 urban geology and impact of geohazards.doc"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioge.ubbcluj.ro/maegs16/volume/6%20urban%20geology%20and%20impact%20of%20geohazards.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 8 May 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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class="mw-selflink selflink">Iași</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bal%C8%99_House_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Balș House (Iași) (page does not exist)">Balș House</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Braunstein_Palace_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Braunstein Palace (Iași) (page does not exist)">Braunstein Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Calimachi_Palace_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Calimachi Palace (Iași) (page does not exist)">Calimachi Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cantacuzino-Pa%C8%99canu_Palace_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cantacuzino-Pașcanu Palace (Iași) (page does not exist)">Cantacuzino-Pașcanu Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cuza_Palace_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cuza Palace (Iași) (page does not exist)">Cuza Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Hotel_Traian" title="Grand Hotel Traian">Grand Hotel Traian</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grigore_Sturdza_Palace_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grigore Sturdza Palace (Iași) (page does not exist)">Grigore Sturdza Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Palace_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Metropolitan Palace (Iași) (page does not exist)">Metropolitan Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mihai_Sturza_Palace_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mihai Sturza Palace (Iași) (page does not exist)">Mihai Sturza Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neuschotz_Palace_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Neuschotz Palace (Iași) (page does not exist)">Neuschotz Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Culture_(Ia%C8%99i)" title="Palace of Culture (Iași)">Palace of Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roznovanu_Palace" title="Roznovanu Palace">Roset-Roznovanu Palace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cultural</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Culture_(Ia%C8%99i)" title="Palace of Culture (Iași)">Art Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dosoftei_House&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dosoftei House (page does not exist)">Dosoftei House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Culture_(Ia%C8%99i)" title="Palace of Culture (Iași)">Ethnographic Museum of Moldavia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Top%C3%AErceanu_Memorial_House&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George Topîrceanu Memorial House (page does not exist)">George Topîrceanu Memorial House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_Athenaeum" title="Iași Athenaeum">Iași Athenaeum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_National_Theatre" title="Iași National Theatre">Iași National Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ion_Creang%C4%83_Memorial_House,_Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ion Creangă Memorial House, Iași (page does not exist)">Ion Creangă Bojdeuca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luceaf%C4%83rul_Theatre_(Ia%C8%99i)" class="mw-redirect" title="Luceafărul Theatre (Iași)">Luceafărul Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ludic_Theatre" title="Ludic Theatre">Ludic Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Cathedral,_Ia%C8%99i" title="Metropolitan Cathedral, Iași">Metropolitan Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mihai_Codreanu_Memorial_House&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mihai Codreanu Memorial House (page does not exist)">Mihai Codreanu Memorial House</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mihai_Eminescu_Museum_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mihai Eminescu Museum (Iași) (page does not exist)">Mihai Eminescu Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mihail_Sadoveanu_Memorial_House_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mihail Sadoveanu Memorial House (Iași) (page does not exist)">Mihail Sadoveanu Memorial House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Culture_(Ia%C8%99i)" title="Palace of Culture (Iași)">Moldavia's History Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_%22Moldova%22_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="Iași "Moldova" Philharmonic Orchestra">Moldova Philharmonic Orchestra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jewish_Community_Museum_of_Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jewish Community Museum of Iași (page does not exist)">Jewish Community Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipal_Museum_of_Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipal Museum of Iași (page does not exist)">Municipal Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Museum_of_the_Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_University&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Museum of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (page does not exist)">Museum of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Natural_History_Museum_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Natural History Museum (Iași) (page does not exist)">Natural History Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicolae_Gane_Memorial_House&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nicolae Gane Memorial House (page does not exist)">Nicolae Gane Memorial House</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Otilia_Cazimir_Memorial_House&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Otilia Cazimir Memorial House (page does not exist)">Otilia Cazimir Memorial House</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pogor_House&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pogor House (page does not exist)">Pogor House</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poni-Cern%C4%83tescu_Memorial_House&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Poni-Cernătescu Memorial House (page does not exist)">Poni-Cernătescu Memorial House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_National_Opera,_Ia%C8%99i" title="Romanian National Opera, Iași">Romanian National Opera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Culture_(Ia%C8%99i)" title="Palace of Culture (Iași)">Science and Technology Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theatre_Museum_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Theatre Museum (Iași) (page does not exist)">Theatre Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_Museum_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Union Museum (Iași) (page does not exist)">Union Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Monasteries,<br /> churches<br />and synagogues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Church_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armenian Church (Iași) (page does not exist)">Armenian Church</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aroneanu_Monastery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aroneanu Monastery (page does not exist)">Aroneanu Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnovschi_Church" title="Barnovschi Church">Barnovschi Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C4%83rboi_Monastery" title="Bărboi Monastery">Bărboi Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A2rnova_Monastery" title="Bârnova Monastery">Bârnova Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bucium_Monastery" title="Bucium Monastery">Bucium Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cet%C4%83%C8%9Buia_Monastery" title="Cetățuia Monastery">Cetățuia Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frumoasa_Monastery" title="Frumoasa Monastery">Frumoasa Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galata_Monastery" title="Galata Monastery">Galata Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golia_Monastery" title="Golia Monastery">Golia Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Synagogue_(Ia%C8%99i)" title="Great Synagogue (Iași)">Great Synagogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hlincea_Monastery" title="Hlincea Monastery">Hlincea Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Cathedral,_Ia%C8%99i" title="Metropolitan Cathedral, Iași">Metropolitan Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adormirea_Maicii_Domnului_Cathedral&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Adormirea Maicii Domnului Cathedral (page does not exist)">Old Catholic Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Old_Metropolitan_Cathedral,_Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Old Metropolitan Cathedral, Iași (page does not exist)">Old Metropolitan Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicholas_Princely_Church" title="Saint Nicholas Princely Church">Saint Nicholas Princely Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Sabbas_Church,_Ia%C8%99i" title="Saint Sabbas Church, Iași">Saint Sabbas Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Spyridon_Church,_Ia%C8%99i" title="Saint Spyridon Church, Iași">Saint Spiridon Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socola_Monastery" title="Socola Monastery">Socola Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trei_Ierarhi_Monastery" title="Trei Ierarhi Monastery">Trei Ierarhi Monastery</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Educational</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_University" title="Alexandru Ioan Cuza University">Alexandru Ioan Cuza University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Asachi_Technical_University_of_Ia%C8%99i" title="Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași">Gheorghe Asachi Technical University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Enescu_National_University_of_Arts" title="George Enescu National University of Arts">George Enescu National University of Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grigore_T._Popa_University_of_Medicine_and_Pharmacy" title="Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy">Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_University_of_Life_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Iași University of Life Sciences">Ion Ionescu de la Brad University of Life Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_University_Library_of_Ia%C8%99i" title="Central University Library of Iași">Central University Library</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gheorghe_Asachi_Ia%C8%99i_County_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gheorghe Asachi Iași County Library (page does not exist)">Gheorghe Asachi Iași County Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_College_(Ia%C8%99i)" title="National College (Iași)">National College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costache_Negruzzi_National_College" title="Costache Negruzzi National College">Costache Negruzzi College</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mihai_Eminescu_National_College_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mihai Eminescu National College (Iași) (page does not exist)">Mihai Eminescu College</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Statues<br />and monuments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexandru_Dimitrie_Xenopol_Statue&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol Statue (page does not exist)">Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol Statue</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexandru_Ioan_Cuza_Statue,_Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alexandru Ioan Cuza Statue, Iași (page does not exist)">Alexandru Ioan Cuza Statue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attacking_Cavalryman_Statue" title="Attacking Cavalryman Statue">Attacking Cavalryman Statue</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dosoftei_Statue&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dosoftei Statue (page does not exist)">Dosoftei Statue</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gheorghe_Asachi_Statue,_Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gheorghe Asachi Statue, Iași (page does not exist)">Gheorghe Asachi Statue</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grigore_III_Ghica_Monument&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grigore III Ghica Monument (page does not exist)">Grigore III Ghica Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independence_Statue,_Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independence Statue, Iași (page does not exist)">Independence Statue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Mihai_Eminescu,_Ia%C8%99i" title="Statue of Mihai Eminescu, Iași">Mihai Eminescu Statue</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mihail_Kog%C4%83lniceanu_Statue,_Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mihail Kogălniceanu Statue, Iași (page does not exist)">Mihail Kogălniceanu Statue</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miron_Costin_Statue,_Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Miron Costin Statue, Iași (page does not exist)">Miron Costin Statue</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_the_Great_Statue,_Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stephen the Great Statue, Iași (page does not exist)">Stephen the Great Statue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Monument,_Ia%C8%99i" title="Union Monument, Iași">Union Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vasile_Alecsandri_Statue,_Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vasile Alecsandri Statue, Iași (page does not exist)">Vasile Alecsandri Statue</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Voievodes_Statuary&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Voievodes Statuary (page does not exist)">Voievodes Statuary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Parks, squares and<br />natural landmarks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=B%C3%A2rnova_Lime_Tree&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bârnova Lime Tree (page does not exist)">Bârnova Lime Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_Botanical_Garden" title="Iași Botanical Garden">Botanical Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Market_Square_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Market Square (Iași) (page does not exist)">Central Market Square</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ciric_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ciric Park (page does not exist)">Ciric Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copou_Park" title="Copou Park">Copou Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eminescu%27s_Linden_Tree" title="Eminescu's Linden Tree">Eminescu's Linden Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_Exhibition_Park" title="Iași Exhibition Park">Exhibition Park</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independence_Square_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independence Square (Iași) (page does not exist)">Independence Square</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mihai_Eminescu_Square_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mihai Eminescu Square (Iași) (page does not exist)">Mihai Eminescu Square</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odd_Poplars_Alley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Odd Poplars Alley (page does not exist)">Odd Poplars Alley</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palace_Square_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palace Square (Iași) (page does not exist)">Palace Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palas_Ia%C8%99i" title="Palas Iași">Palas Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Podu_Ro%C8%99_Square_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Podu Roș Square (Iași) (page does not exist)">Podu Roș Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Repedea_Hill_Fossil_Site" title="Repedea Hill Fossil Site">Repedea Hill Fossil Site</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theatre_Square_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Theatre Square (Iași) (page does not exist)">Theatre Square</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_Square_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Union Square (Iași) (page does not exist)">Union Square</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_Square_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="University Square (Iași) (page does not exist)">University Square</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Voievozilor_Square_(Ia%C8%99i)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Voievozilor Square (Iași) (page does not exist)">Voievozilor Square</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sports venues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stadionul_Emil_Alexandrescu" class="mw-redirect" title="Stadionul 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title="Palas Iași">Palas Mall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_International_Airport" title="Iași International Airport">Iași International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_railway_station" title="Iași railway station">Central Railway Station</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicolina_International_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nicolina International railway station (page does not exist)">Nicolina International Railway Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CTP_Ia%C8%99i" title="CTP Iași">CTP Iași</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><small>By type</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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