Iași (rou)

Iași

Iași ranks 506th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Stockport, Toledo, Spain, and Novosibirsk. Memorable people born in Iași include George Emil Palade, Mihail Kogălniceanu, and Benjamin Fondane. Memorable people who died in Iași include Ion Creangă, Grigory Potemkin, and Besiki. Iași has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many writers, and politicians. Iași is located in Romania.

Iași, also referred to mostly historically as Jassy, is the third largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, it has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life. The city was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia from 1564 to 1859, then of the United Principalities from 1859 to 1862, and the capital of Romania from 1916 to 1918. Read more on Wikipedia