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"The central market
has since 1825 been the place where Moldovans
haggle over prices for fresh produce. It's well worth a
visit for its choice of fresh food and lively ambience.
It sprawls out around the central bus station on Str
Bendery, and Str Armeniasca. There's always something
going on here at all times of the day or night."
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One Day
in Chisinau
There's
a lot Chisinau for 1 day:
You have a short
amount of time
and want to see
the main sights
of the city in
just one day? Or
you love
challenge? Or,
ahm, whatever
makes you have a
race around the
city , this is
the route we
propose taking
to see a lot on
your way .
To get around
the city is best
by foot and
public transport
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After enjoying the view of our terrace (Italian
old green street style) walk up the street Banulescu-Badony up
to the street Columna. You pass just two crossroads. On the left
you can see the Town Florist 24/24.You need to cross the
road! We hope you are not so tied, because it takes you only 5
minutes. Now you are in the main position. Begin to have a fun
in the centre, where two Chisinau's best-known parks diagonally
oppose each other, representing two diamonds at the city's core.
Here are the most well-known highlights of the city - the
Holy Gates(1841),more commonly known as the Chisinau's
Arc de Triumph. Behind of this place the Cathedral Park
is dominated by the city's main Orthodox Cathedral(1836)
with it’s lovely bell tower. After you can see the huge building
of the Government House, that is situated opposite the
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If you face the
Government House, please turn
right ! Now go back to the
street Banulescu-Badony and
cross the road. Walk straight
and from the right-hand you can
see the
Presidential
Palace,
situating next to
the
Opera & Ballet
Theatre
.Opposite it the Parliament
convenes in
Parliament House
( the building of the former
Central Communist Party
committee). From the left-hand
you will see the large
Cinema Patria,
built by German prisoners of war
in
1947,
and still showing films, which
is situated in the northeast
section of the
Stefan cel Mare
Park (1928) .The
Stefan cel Mare Park is the
city's main place for strolling
and cruising. Following the
Cinema Patria you will pass by a
Classick’s Alley
(free
wi-fi zone).
At the end you will see the
beautiful fountain and the
Pushkin's
monument
(this
is one of the first monuments of
the great Russian poet).
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Ok, now across the Park diagonally to the
Stefan cel Mare statue.
The medieval prince is the greatest symbol of Moldova's strong,
brave past. Every Moldovan will be happy to tell you that during
Stefan's 40-years reign, he lost merely two battles (somewhere
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Now you are on the Stefan cel Mare Boulevard
- which length is 3.8 kilometers. Now you can cross the square (
from the left-hand the Holy Gates ,from the right-hand the
Government House) and walk straight up to the Organ Hall
(it was built in the beginning of the XX century by engineer M.
Cherekuli-Kush for the city bank). |
 
The sight of the centre is the Organ Hall located
on the odd side of the street. On the right of the Organ Hall,
there is the building of the National Drama Theatre.
There is an open exhibition between them. On the left, there is
a beautiful building of City Hall, and in front of it you
can see the central post office. Now we can look round to see
the part of the avenue where we have already walked.
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If you wanna take a nice and
interesting walk, just walk on the main street until the Tighina
street. Turn right and walk until the 31 August street . Here you
can also take a look at small
open-air military exhibition
displays Soviet-made tanks, fighter planes and other military
equipment.
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After go two blocks up the Mateevici street. Then
turn left and walk one block up to the Ismail street. Here is
the
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Bounded by the A.Mateevici street and Str Ismail
the
Memorial Park
is
dominated by the
Victory Memorial
of the Soviet army in
1945.
An eternal flame burns in the centre in the memory of Chisinau's
unknown soldiers who died in WWII. Soldiers' graves are situated
along the boundaries of the park and there is a small
military cemetery
at its northern end. In the centre of the park is a memorial
devoted to those who died during the fight for Moldovan
independence in the early nineties. At the far northern end of
the park is the
civil cemetery,
known locally as the Armenian cemetery, it’s main entrance is on
the corner of Str.A.Mateevici and Str.Armeneaska. The blue and
silver-domed
All Saints Church
in the centre of the cemetery dates
1830.
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At the south of the cemeteries, on the corner of
Str P.Halippa and Str Vasile Alecsandri, is another
Soviet memorial,
with a small
market
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"In any case
you have a tongue and you have your ears, so you can ask and you
can hear. If you lose your way you can ask about your route
anybody, saying only the name of street and they can show you
how to reach it. Don’t be ashamed or afraid. In our country
people are very kind and hospitable. In any way they will try to
help you. It’s a tradition of many hundreds years and this
feature is in their blood. So you are well-come!"
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"My own city, you're a flower of
stone,
That's washed upon by soft and sunny rain,
Like winds, by ages you are blown,
Like song of youth, you come to me again" |
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Holy Gates |
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Orthodox Cathedral |
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Cathedral Park |
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Cathedral lovely bell tower |
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Presidential Palace |
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Opera&Ballet Theater |
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Parliament House |
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Stefan cel Mare Park |
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Classick’s
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Cinema Patria |
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Stefan cel Mare Boulevard |
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Ñentral
Post Office |
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Organ Hall |
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Air military
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Prison
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Tower |
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Victory
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