"Oraşul de Floci" Museum Exhibition

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Name:
"Oraşul de Floci" Museum Exhibition
General profile:
Main profile:
Archaeology
Collection(s):

It is a modern building located right by the roadside to Hârsova and the limit of the archaeological site, which includes a permanent exhibition hall on the theme "A city disappeared in mediaeval Wallachia”, a conference room and storage room in the basement. The exhibition presents the history of archaeological works (from 1975 till now) of this important mediaeval trading city, at the end of the road from Brasov and close to crossing over the Danube at Vadu Oii, documented in 1431 as customs, in the time Prince Dan II. Oraşul de Floci, with houses, shops, workshops, barns, churches, cemeteries, is the former residence of Ialomiţa, of the subprefect and captain, an...d saw a flourishing period in the time of Prince Matei Basarab (first half of the 17th century), when an army of 15,000 people stationed here for the defence of the zone against Turkish incursion. The exhibits include beautiful glazed bowls, locally manufactured, coins, pipes, ornaments, copies of mediaeval maps, digital reconstruction of the buildings discovered. Nearby you can visit the archaeological reserve on the site of the former city, the ruins of a few churches and a barn with stone foundations, and the excavations on the way.


County:
Ialomiţa
Locality:
Giurgeni
Commune:
Giurgeni
Postal code:
927135
Time table:
10:00 - 16:00
Administrative subordination:
Ialomiţa County Council
Importance:
Local
Museum code:
6944505
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