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Kishinev is a significant administrative, political, economic, scientific, cultural and touristic centre of the Republic of Moldova. The first historic record of the name Kishinev goes back to July 17 1436. The name derives from a word meaning “spring, pump, pipe”.

The city is located on seven hills and stretches over 120 km2. The population of Kishinev is over 752 thousand. Kishinev is crossed by two rivers – the Bic and Isnovat. The climate is moderate continental. The City is divided into 5 sectors: Centre, Buiucani, Botanica, Riscani and Ciocana. The Greater Chisinau area comprises 18 territorial administrative areas: 1 municipality, 6 towns, 8 communities and 3 villages. The local administrative state body is the City Hall of Chisinau.

Annual City celebration:14th of October.

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Kishinev is a compact city,
its centre – the place of our future walk – is well connected with all the administrative sectors.

Center

About Moldova
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The Monuments of Kishinev

Architecture

The achievements of the Kishinev inhabitants in the area of architecture are considerable. The capital of Moldova is indebted for its status of the “historical city”, received in 1986, to its centre. It was formerly the whole Kishinev, and now just a little part of it, encircled with the massive row of the new buildings of 60-80th. That time the people used to joke: "Kishinev is a village in the centre and the city in the suburbs". That was time when the industrial building in Kishinev was accelerating. The high buildings that had been unthinkable in seismic area aroused public admiration. The accurate strait lines of the new houses were found modern and beautiful. Newspapers, presenting the capital of Moldova, were only publishing the photographs of the new buildings and boulevards and the old ones were ashamed and scolded for architectural extravagances. Fortunately, the industrial building did not affect the beauty of the old city. The people got tired with the strait lines and rediscovered the dignity of the scales, proportionate to man and even fascination of the architectural extravagances. The middle-80-ies Kishinev dwellers had very painful attitude to all the changes in the centre of the city and even opposed them.

City day and Wine festival 14 October

Wine festival

The UNESCO DigiArts Team

Links about Kishinev

Multimedia Centre

Moldova State University

My Moldova

Multimedia Centre YDC

Fountain

Theatre opera-house

Aeroport Kishinev

Panorama

Degustation

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Winter

Meria

Ripple

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