Geographical location
Iasi offers a unique image through its position. It is situated in the NE of ROMANIA, it is spread on seven smooth hills, just like the city of Rome.


The surface is of 3.770 ha. The population is of 339.889 inhabitants (2002 census).

Access ways
National Road DN28 (from Roman) and DN24 (from Vaslui), Railway, Airport.

History
Who wants to discover Iasi will enter here as through an immense gate of our history. In Iasi "each stone speaks about the past", through the great number of monasteries, museums, memorial houses.



That is why we can say that the city Iasi is a real national museum, through the historical and art treasures that it possesses. Many of the important events in the history of the Romanians happened in Iasi, the capital of Moldavia for three centuries (1564-1862). In this place there have been Alexandru cel Bun (Alexandru the Good), Stefan cel Mare (Stefan the Great), Mihai Viteazul (Mihai the Brave), Alexandru Lapusneanu, Vasile Lupu and other famous voivodes of Moldavia. Although it has been through many difficult times, Iasi was reborn each time, becoming nowadays a modern city.  

Iasi is also the city of great ideas, of the great unification, of the most ancient university, of the first theatre play in Romanian, of the first literary memorial museum (Bojdeuca din Ticau). There is here the church Trei Ierarhi (Three Hierarchs), as a testimony of the esthetical tastes of some of our great rulers, The Metropolitan Cathedral, Dosoftei House, Culture Palace, Pogor House with "The Table of Shadows", the alleys on the Copou hill with the lime tree aroma and with echoes of Eminescu's verses (Eminescu's lime tree and "Mihai Eminescu" Museum), the Memorial Houses "Mihail Sadoveanu", "George Toparceanu", "Mihail Codreanu", "Otilia Cazimir", University Library "Mihai Eminescu", founded as the library of the Mihaileana Academy.

TWINNING TOWNS OF IASI

•   Poitiers Franta
•   Xi'an China
•   Padova Italia
•   Vinita Ucraina
•   Assiut Egipt
•   Isfahan iran
•   Sant'Oreste Italia
•   Nazzano Italia
•   Torrita Tiberina Italia
•   Filacciano Italia
•   Forano Italia
•   Morlupo Italia
•   Villeneuve D'Ascq Franta
•   Quebec Canada
•   Athens America
•   Jerihon Palestina
•   Peristeri Grecia
•   Monterrey Mexic