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Botosani

Country
Romania
State
Judetul Botosani
City
Botosani
Type of Location
Multiple
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Places to Visit
How to Reach

By Air

Botosani is served by the Suceava "stefan cel Mare" Airport (SCV), located 30.5 km west of the city centre.

By Train

Railway line Veresti-Botosani (44 km) was put into operation in 1871.Through this line, municipiulul Botosani is connected to one of the country's major rail lines, one connecting the Bucharest-Suceava-Vicsani.The city has one train station.

By Bus

In town there are several bus stations in the daily services they provide to other cities (eg, Brasov, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Constanta, Iasi, Timisoara, etc.) and to most towns in the county.The main problems of road transport is the existence of pirates intrajudetean self and the poor state of roads.

By Road

Botosani is located at the intersection of national road 29B (Tg Beautiful-Dorohoi) and 29 (Suceava-Saveni) default route E58 European road which connects the northwestern border of the country Halmeu to the east, northeast, Sculeni.Thus the city was in ancient times a bridge between Romania and Bukovina and Bessarabia to the north and also with Ukraine, Poland and Russia.A4 motorway which links the Iasi and Targu Mures will be at 70 km distance.Link to the route section Botosani, Iasi and Targu-Targu Neamt Beautiful will be on E58.

Key places to visit
Nicolae Iorga Memorial House, Octav Onicescu Memorial Museum, County Museum, Stefan Luchian Art Galleries, Mihai Eminescu State Theatre, Vasilache Puppet Theatre, Mihai Eminescu County Library


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Places to Visit

Nicolae Iorga Memorial House

situated in one of the houses where great historian Nicolae Iorga passed his childhood.Two sections of the house hold a photodocumentary exposition and an exhibition of Iorga's first editions.Another section holds a regularly updated library of history.The Iorga family's salon boasts an interior dating from the final decades of the 19th century organized in one of the houses where he was born and grew great historian Nicolae Iorga.Two rooms in the house are affected a photo-documentary exhibition and a multipurpose hall that exhibits first editions of works of Nicolae Iorga.In another room is housed a historical library consisting of current books purchased in recent years.Show family plays an interior dating from the last decades of last century.

Octav Onicescu Memorial Museum

founded in October 1995, houses the furniture that belonged to the mathematician and philosopher Octav Onicescu is also exposed manuscripts, letters, diplomas, books, personal library, family photos, awards making images of intimate rooms mathematician.

County Museum

housed in a fine example of late-18th-century architecture that once served as the house of Manolache Iorga, grandfather of the great historian Nicolae Iorga.Open to the public since 1989, the museum displays the most important elements of the area's rural culture, artifacts of the principal occupations (farming, animal husbandry, hunting, fishing, and beekeeping), traditional crafts (spinning, embroidery, furriery, pottery), traditional costumes and other customs and traditions specific to the Botosani region.

Stefan Luchian Art Galleries

the fine-arts section of the County Museum, pays tribute to Botosani's rich artistic heritage, including the paintings of Stefan Luchian, Octav Bancila and many contemporary artists; the works of many renowned illustrators, foremost among them Ligia Macovei, the most celebrated illustrator of the poems of Eminescu, the sculptures of Iulia Onila and Dan Covataru and the tapestries of Cela Neamtu, Aspazia Burduja and Ileana Balota.

Mihai Eminescu State Theatre

the building was opened in 1914, partially destroyed by the bombings of 1944 and restored in 1958 and again in the 1990s.The theatre hosts a team of actors whose remarkable evolution was crowned by their winning of the Grand Prize at the International Theatre Festival in 2001 at Piatra Neamt.The Grand Hall of the theatre also hosts numerous other cultural activities of which the most notable are the concerts of the Botosani State Philharmonic.

Vasilache Puppet Theatre

home to a troupe of puppeteers appreciated not only in Romania but also abroad as evidenced by their win at the International Puppet Festival in Silistra, June 2001.Every two years the theatre organizes the International Gala of Puppet Theatre which brings to Botosani the most prestigious names in puppet theatre from Romania and abroad.

Mihai Eminescu County Library

housed in a building known as the "Casa Moscovici" a late-19th-century structure that combines French and German architectural elements in a unique synthesis.The library contains a collection of around 380,000 volumes.

Right Time to Visit

November - March
June - September

Temperature

November - March -> 22(°C) - Winter
June - September -> 27(°C) - Summer


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