TO STEP BY BRĂILA

Posted by NEGOTEI ELENA
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Dec 12, 2016
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City located on the left bank of the Danube, 170 kilometers from its mouth, is the second largest port of the country. First mentioned in a document of the city, as a settlement on the Danube, named ,, Brayla ", dating from 1368, in a transmission privilege granted Brasov merchants. The city was first documented now 630 years when the Romanian ruler Vlaicu gave traders of Brasov the privilege of selling their goods in Braila.

BRAILA, ROMANIA
Traian market is in fact the old city center, where open as sunlight all its arteries. The market dates back to 1833 when the cobbled. Square was originally called "St. Michael and Gabriel" and have an area of ​​11,000 square meters. In this market we have attractions, all interesting.

BRAILA, ROMANIA

Among the ancient traditions it is to mention keeping up today to recover the Holy Cross in frozen Danube waters religious feast of Epiphany at the beginning of the year. 

BRAILA, ROMANIA

The bravest men thrown into the Danube, regardless of the cold outside, to bring ashore cross Orthodox priest thrown into the river.

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