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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 1010 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TIRGOVISHTEA (Rumanian Ttrgoeiltea, or Tdrgovigtea, sometimes incorrectly written Tergovista or Tirgovist) , the See also:capital of the See also:department of Dimbovitza, See also:Rumania; situated at the See also:foot of the Carpathians, on the right See also:bank of the See also:river Jalomitza, 48 m. N.N.W. of See also:Bucharest. Pop. (1900), 9398. A See also:branch See also:line connects Tlrgovishtea with the See also:main Walachian See also:system, and is prolonged northwards into the hills, where there are See also:rich deposits of See also:petroleum, See also:salt and See also:lignite. See also:Coal is also found but not worked. Apart from the scanty ruins of a 14th-See also:century See also:palace, the most interesting See also:building in the See also:town is the See also:Metropolitan See also:church, still one of the finest in the See also:country, with its nine towers and monuments of the princely See also:house of See also:Cantacuzino. It was founded in 1515 by Neagoe Basarab, builder of the famous See also:cathedral of Curtea de Argesh. TIrgovishtea is a See also:garrison town, with a See also:cavalry training school and an fastening is most largely used, supplemented by See also:security bolts See also:artillery See also:depot and repairing See also:arsenal. of y Fastenings of Motor Tires to Rims.—The " beaded edge " See also:TIREH-TIRGOVISHTEA 1009 Under Mircea the Old (1383–1419) Tirgovishtea became the third capital of See also:Walachia. In the 15th century it was sacked by the See also:Szeklers. See also:Michael the Brave defeated the See also:Turks under its walls in 1597.

In the 16th century it had a See also:

population of 6o,000 and contained 70 churches and 40 convents. After See also:Constantine See also:Brancovan moved the seat of See also:government to Bucharest in 1698, Tir ovishtea lost its importance and the population decreased.

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