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Brăila in County Brăila
Brăila (pronunciation in Romanian: /brə'i.la/, Turkish: Ibrail)
is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the
capital of the Brăila County, in the close vicinity of Galaţi.
Brăila currently has a population of 216,929.
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Church in Brăila
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Activities
The most important monuments are:
The Greek Church, erected at 1865 by the Greek community
Sfinţii Arhangheli Church, former jāmi during the Ottoman rule
Sfântul Nicolae Church, also from the 19th century.
Maria Filotti theatre.
The old centre of the city has many 19th century buildings, some of them
beautifully restored. An important tourist site is the Public Garden, a
park situated above the bank of the Danube with a nice view over the river
and the Măcin Mountains.
The old Water House is here, with a restaurant at the top, which has a
rotation system (360° in one hour). Brăila features one of the oldest
electrical tram lines in Romania, inaugurated at the end of the 19th
century and still in use.
Early in 2006 the municipality obtained European funds to renovate the
old, classical center of the city, aiming to transform Brăila into a
tourist attraction in Eastern Wallachia.
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Listed below are some local agents who can help you with bookings and organize local tours in the Brăila area.
  +40 (239) 613488 FAX: +40 (239) 613488
+40 (239) 692034  Escapada, Str. G-ral Eremia Grigorescu, bl.9, parter in Brăila
+40 (239) 611233 FAX: +40 (239) 611233 +40 (239) 617048 FAX: +40 (239) 617048 +40 (339) 102916 FAX: +40 (339) 102916 +40 (239) 692363 FAX: +40 (239) 692300 +40 (239) 689800 FAX: +40 (239) 692158 +40 (239) 682129 FAX: +40 (239) 682129       Călătorii pt. sporturi şi activităţi,    +40 (239) 619742 FAX: +40 (239) 619742
+40 (239) 619247 FAX: +40 (239) 619247 +40 (239) 614422 FAX: +40 (239) 614422 +40 (239) 613982 FAX: +40 (239) 613982 +40 (239) 683477 FAX: +40 (239) 611016 +40 (239) 623490 FAX: +40 (239) 606027 +40 (239) 612454 +40 (239) 612928 +40 (239) 611168 |
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(239) 612300 FAX: (239) 687500 (239) 632024 (239) 619524 (239) 619928 Hotel LMS, Calea Galaţi, nr.9 in Brăila (239) 611900 Hotel Sport, Str. Dimitrie Bolintineanu, nr.2 in Brăila (239) 611346 Hotel Tineretului, Str. Călăraşilor, nr.56 in Brăila (239) 619018 Motel Steluţa, Şos. Brăila-Galaţi,kilometrul 0.50 in Brăila (239) 619221 Motel Viky, Şos. Râmnicu Sărat, nr.94 in Brăila (239) 615991 Pensiunea Donaris, Str. Ana Aslan, nr.19 in Brăila (239) 626119 Hotel Delta, Str. Mihai Eminescu, nr.5 in Brăila (239) 613946 Hotel Traian, Piaţa Traian, nr.4 in Brăila (239) 611404 Hotel Korona, Str. M. Sebastian, nr.25 in Brăila (239) 619650 |
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The area code for County Brăila is (2AA) or (3AA)
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Early Brăila History
Clock in Central Park
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A settlement at this location on the left bank of the Danube (in
Wallachia) appears with the name Drinago in a circa 1350 Spanish Libro de
conoscimiento ("Book of knowledge") and in several Catalan portolan charts
(Angelino de Dalorto, 1325/1330 and Angelino Dulcert, 1339).
This may have
been an erroneous transcription of Brillago. In Greek documents of roughly
that time the city is referred to as Proilabum or Proilava, being a Greek
language adaptation of its Slavic name, Brailov. In German source, it
appears as Uebereyl. The origin and meaning of the name is unknown.
As a kaza, the town and its surrounding area was controlled by Ottoman
Turks from 1538-1540 until 1829 (it was restored to Wallachia through the
Akkerman Convention); the Turks called it Ibrail or Ibraila. It was
attacked, plundered, and burned by the forces of Ştefan cel Mare February
2, 1470, while the Moldavian ruler was repressing the forces of Radu cel
Frumos, who had allied himself with the Turks. Also, it was briefly ruled
by Michael the Brave, prince of Wallachia, in 1595-1596.
During the 19th century, the port became one of the three most
important ports on the Danube in Wallachia, the other two being Turnu and
Giurgiu.
The city's greatest period of prosperity was at the end of the
19th century and in the early 20th century, when it was an important port
for most of the merchandise coming in and going out of Romania. After the
1989 Revolution, the city entered a period of economic decline.
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Read More about Brăila at:
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