CENTRE-VILLE

In the largely concrete-covered city center, there are a few elegant buildings, such as the prefecture. The tiny Sfânții Voievozi cathedral stands along strada Victoriei, in the center of the pedestrian plateau. It was built in 1764 to replace a wooden church. Its paintings date from 1855 and its bell tower from 1792. A sarcophagus-shaped mausoleum in memory of Ecaterina Teodoroiu stands in front. A heroine of the First World War, she died in 1917 at the age of 23, at the battle of Mărășești, while fighting dressed as a man.