Târgovişte

Târgovişte
	Târgovişte
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Location of Târgovişte
	Coordinates: 44°55′27″N 25°27′24″E / 44.92417°N 25.45667°E
Country	Romania
County	Dâmboviţa County
Status	County capital
	Government
- Mayor	Gabriel Boriga (Democratic Party)
	Population (2002)
- Total	89,429
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.pmtgv.ro/

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For the Bulgarian city, see Targovishte.

Târgovişte (old spelling: Tîrgovişte; Romanian pronunciation: [tɨrˈgoviʃte]) is a city in the Dâmboviţa county of Romania. It is situated on the right bank of the Ialomiţa River. As of 2003^[update], it had an estimated population of 89,000.

[edit] Name

Târgovişte is a name derived from Slavic, its original meaning being of marketplace, cf. Serbian Трговиште and Bulgarian Търговище, being derived from the slavic word trъgъ, which means market.

[edit] History

First attested in 1396, in the Travel Accounts of Johannes Schiltberger, it became the capital of the Wallachian voivodship, probably during the reign of Mircea cel Bătrân, when the Royal Court ("Curtea Domnească") was built. Vlad III Dracula later added the Chindia Tower, now a symbol of the city.

In 1597 Mihai Viteazul fought and won a decisive battle against the Ottoman Empire in Târgovişte.

After Constantin Brâncoveanu moved the capital to Bucharest, Târgovişte lost its importance, decaying economically as its population decreased.

Târgovişte was the site of the trial and execution of Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena in December 1989. Interestingly, there are towns with the same name (albeit with different spellings as they are written in our days in the Cyrillic alphabet) in both Bulgaria and Serbia. The Romanian and Bulgarian towns are twinned. The name is of Slavic origin, from the root -trg- or -tǎrg- ("trade") and the placename suffix -ište, and means "marketplace".

[edit] Population

16th century: 60,000
1900: 9,400
1977: 61,300
2002: 89,930

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Railway

Targoviste Railway station is an important railway junction, linking Bucharest from the Ploieşti and Pietroşiţa. Railway station building was inaugurated on 2 January 1884, with rail Titu-Târgovişte. This railway was built by VII Company of the railway of I Engineering Regiment. On 27 May 1894 was inaugurated Târgovişte-Pucioasa railway. Ploiesti-Targoviste was inaugurated on 29 June 1946, although its construction had been started since 1929.

The city is served by Teis halt, Târgovişte Nord station and the stopping of the Romlux and Valea Voievozilor.

The railway station is open for both passenger traffic - with sales / reservation electronic tickets - and merchandise traffic. Lines serving the large industrial operators of the city - MECHEL, Otelinox, UPET, Erdemir, Romlux, Rondocarton.

Railway station Targoviste in 1930. The building was inaugurated in 1884.

the building of railway station was renovated in 2000-2004.

[edit] Roads

Located at a crossroads of ancient trade routes, the city is now a road and rail junction, can be easily approached from all sides. Targoviste Municipality is located near the capital of Romania, at a distance of 80 km Otopeni International Airport Henri Coanda, along with the smaller Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu.

Drum naţional	Traseu	Lungime (km)	Drum european	Observaţii
DN 71	Tărtăşeşti — Târgovişte — Pucioasa — Sinaia
DN 72	Găeşti — Târgovişte — Ploieşti
DN 72A	Târgovişte — Câmpulung

Also, a number of county roads pass the city:

DJ 711 Târgovişte — Bujoreanca
DJ 712 Târgovişte — Şotânga — Vulcana-Pandele — Brăneşti — Pucioasa
DJ 718A Târgovişte — Mănăstirea Dealu
DJ 719 Târgovişte — Valea Voievozilor
DJ 721 Târgovişte — Colanu — Văcăreşti — Perşinari — Gura Şutii — Produleşti —Costeşti Deal

[edit] Public Transport

In the city, public transport is provided by SC Public Transport S.A. and include bus, trolley and maxi-taxi. In 2005 was developed and modernized public transport, SC Public Transport S.A. making passenger transport company in public-private partnership.