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Tārgovişte (also spelled Tīrgovişte; IPA: [tɨr.ˈgo.viʃ.te]) is a
city in the Dāmboviţa county of Romania. It is situated on the right
bank of the Ialomiţa River. As of 2003, it has an estimated
population of 89,000.
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Hotel Dāmbovita, included in the 3 stars hotels category can satisfy the most exigent requests.
The hotel disposes of 166 places in apartaments, and rooms with one or two beds, with the following facilities:
bathroom
radio
color tv
telephone
central heating
air-conditioning
minibar
The apartaments have a spacious terrace with a nice view over the city.
Other facilities:
two modern elevators
three restaurants
bar
bar with terrace
souvenir store
two fitness gyms
carpark
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Early Tārgovişte History
The Lord's Church in Tārgovişte
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 Bătrān, 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 Tārgovişte.
After Constantin Brāncoveanu moved the capital to Bucharest, Tārgovişte
lost its importance, decaying economically as its population decreased.
Tārgovişte 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) 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 -ite, and means
"marketplace".