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County Brăila
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The Bogs of Brăila
 Brăila may well share more with the other lower
Danube counties of Galaţi and
Tulcea than with the
other counties in the Muntenia region, with a focus on the mighty rivers
which dominate more than half of County Brăila.
The Port of Brăila on the Danube river serves as
sister facility to larger Galaţi just down the
river. With a population of 220,000, Brăila
is a major transhipment point between ship, rail and road.
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In the City of Brăila
The Greek Orthodox Church
Erected at 1865 by the Greek community
Sfinţii Arhangheli Church
Former jāmi during the Ottoman rule
Sfântul Nicolae Church
From the 19th century
The Maria Filotti Theatre
The Old City Centre
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 centre of the city, aiming to transform Brăila into a
tourist attraction in Eastern Wallachia.
The Lacu Sărat Resort
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Some Natives of Brăila
Brăila has batted above
it's weight in producing famous Romanians
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Ana Aslan
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Beatrice Căslaru
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Hariclea Darclee
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Maria Filotti
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Nae Ionescu
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Panait Istrati
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Mina Minovici
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Diana Mocanu
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Serge Moscovici
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Gheorghe Munteanu Murgoci
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Dimitrie Panaitescu Perpessicius
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Gheorghe Petraşcu
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Camelia Potec
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Johnny Răducanu
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Mihail Sebastian
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Ilarie Voronca
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Iannis Xenakis
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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 (239) 614422 FAX: +40 (239) 614422 +40 (239) 692363 FAX: +40 (239) 692300 +40 (239) 689800 FAX: +40 (239) 692158 +40 (239) 619247 FAX: +40 (239) 619247 +40 (239) 682129 FAX: +40 (239) 682129 +40 (239) 683477 FAX: +40 (239) 611016 +40 (339) 102916 FAX: +40 (339) 102916 +40 (239) 612454 +40 (239) 623490 FAX: +40 (239) 606027       Călătorii pt. sporturi şi activităţi,    +40 (239) 619742 FAX: +40 (239) 619742
+40 (239) 613982 FAX: +40 (239) 613982 +40 (239) 612928 +40 (239) 611168 |
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The City of Brăila is centred at 45°16′09.1″N,
27°57′26.9″E
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Geography
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County Brăila is bordered by counties
Tulcea and Constanţa in
the Dobrogea region in the east and south-east respectively,
Buzău
County in the west, Galaţi County and Vrancea
County in Moldova the north, and fellow Muntenian county Ialomiţa County
on it's southern border.
All of county Brăila
lies on a flat plane: the Bărăgan Plain, one of the
best areas for growing cereals in Romania. The county has a total area of
4,766 km˛, and on the east side there is the Danube, which forms an island
- The Great Brăila Island surrounded by the Măcin channel, Cremenea
channel and Vâlciu channel. On the northern side there is the Siret River
and on the north-western side there is the Buzău River.
Demographics
In 2002, it had a population of 373,174 and the
population density was 78/km˛, with a 98% Romanian population and the rest
made up of Rromas, Russians, Lipovans, Aromanians and others.
Economy
The agriculture is the main occupation in the
county. Industry is almost entirely concentrated in the city of Brăila.
The predominant industries in the county include food, textiles,
mechanical components and the main port harbour of Brăila on the Danube,
once the biggest cereal harbour in Romania.
Administrative divisions
Other than the main port city of Brăila, the county has 3 smaller
towns, Ianca, Însurăţei, and Făurei. There are
also 40 communes and many villages.
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A Commune is a larger village which usually acts as a regional centre, with a
mayor, postal and police services, and sometimes larger stores. Other
villages may belong to the commune, and the over 2500 communes in Romania vary
widely in size.
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Bărăganul
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Berteştii de Jos
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Bordei Verde
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Cazasu
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Chiscani
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Ciocile
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Cireşu
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Dudeşti
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Frecăţei
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Galbenu
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Gemenele
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Grădiştea
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Gropeni
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Jirlău
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Măraşu
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Măxineni
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Mircea Vodă
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Movila Miresii
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Racoviţa
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Râmnicelu
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Romanu
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Roşiori
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Salcia Tudor
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Scorţaru Nou
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Siliştea
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Stăncuţa
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Surdila-Găiseanca
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Surdila-Greci
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Şuţeşti
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Tichileşti
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Traian
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Tudor Vladimirescu
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Tufeşti
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Ulmu
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Unirea
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Vădeni
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Victoria
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Vişani
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Viziru
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Zăvoaia
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Nice clock in Brăila
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History of Brăila
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.
From the Rest Romania Website at
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.
Brăila (old postcard) 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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Hotel Korona, Str. M. Sebastian, nr.25 in Baraganul (239) 619650 (239) 686916 Pensiunea Sabrina, Lacul Sărat in Lacul Sarat 722 257127 (239) 895370
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