2. BUZAU IN ROMANIA
The city of Buzău (formerly Buzeu, or Buzĕu;
ə
Romanian pronunciation: [buˈz w]) is the
county seat of Buzău County, Romania, in the
historical region of Wallachia. It lies near the
right bank of the Buzău River, between the
south-eastern curvature of the Carpathian
Mountains and the lowlands of Bărăgan Plain.
During the Middle Ages, Buzău was as an
important Wallachian market town and
Eastern Orthodox episcopal see. It faced a
period of repeated destruction during the 17th
and 18th century, nowadays symbolized on the
city seal by the Phoenix bird.
3. Buzău
FIRST RECORDED HISTORICAL ATTESTATION
According to Romanian archaeologist Vasile Pârvan,
the river Mousaios (Μουσαίος) mentioned in a
letter from Ioannis Soranus, governor of Scythia
Minor, to the archbishop of Caesarea Mazaca
(about 400 A.D.) should be identified with the
modern Buzău. The document, kept in copies at the
Vatican Library and San Marco Library in Venice,
tells about the martyrdom of a Christian missionary
by the name of Sabbas, drowned by the Goths in
the river Mousaios. Beginning with the 20th
century, Sabbas has been presented as the spiritual
The Communal Palace patron of the city of Buzău as well as of several
local villages.
Several graves (3rd to 5th century) were found in
Buzău, as well as coins that prove the presence of a
settlement on the territory of the modern city.
5. The marble patterns on the Dacia square, similar to
traditional costumes from Bisoca
6. Buzău natives
• Ion Băieşu, playwright
• Constantin Budeanu, electrical engineer
• Vasile Cârlova, poet
• George Ciprian, actor, playwright
• Constantin C. Giurescu, historian
• Ştefan Guşă, Romanian Army general
• Paul Ioachim, Actor, playwright
• Alexandru Marghiloman, statesman, Prime Minister of
Romania
• Mihaela Runceanu, pop singer
• Radu G. Vlădescu, professor at the Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine at the University of Agronomical Sciences and
Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest, member of the Romanian
Academy and correspondent member of the French Academy
• Vasile Voiculescu, poet, writer, playwright
![BUZAU IN ROMANIA
The city of Buzău (formerly Buzeu, or Buzĕu;
ə
Romanian pronunciation: [buˈz w]) is the
county seat of Buzău County, Romania, in the
historical region of Wallachia. It lies near the
right bank of the Buzău River, between the
south-eastern curvature of the Carpathian
Mountains and the lowlands of Bărăgan Plain.
During the Middle Ages, Buzău was as an
important Wallachian market town and
Eastern Orthodox episcopal see. It faced a
period of repeated destruction during the 17th
and 18th century, nowadays symbolized on the
city seal by the Phoenix bird.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)