Turnu Măgurele
Turnu Măgurele () is a city in Teleorman County, Romania, in the historical region of Muntenia. Developed nearby the site once occupied by the medieval port of Turnu, it is situated north-east of the confluence between the Olt River and the Danube, at the edge of the Wallachian Plain. The first documentary attestation of the town appears in a diploma issued by Sigismund of Luxembourg, king of Hungary, on the occasion of the battles fought here in 1394. The fortress belonged to the Ottoman Empire, intermittently, between 1417 and 1829, being a Turkish raya. During the Iancu Jianu's hajduk raids against the Vidin pasha Osman Pazvantoglu, the fortress was burned and destroyed. After the Russo-Turkish war of 1828-1829, the town became part of Wallachia, as a result of the Treaty of Adrianople. After 1829, the locality was relocated on a nearby hill, near the localities of Odaia and Măgurele, and the fortress was demolished. Turnu Măgurele was the residence of Teleor ...
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Turnu Măgurele Courthouse
The Turnu Măgurele Courthouse ( ro, Judecătoria Turnu Măgurele) is a judicial building located at 1 Decembrie 1918 Street, nr. 6, in Turnu Măgurele, Romania. Work on the courthouse began in 1903, at a time when Turnu Măgurele was the seat of Teleorman County. The builders were Italian, and they finished in 1914. Another wing was added in 1923, and the structure underwent a thorough renovation in 1997.Description
at the Justice Ministry site The facade is in , the columns and frieze recalling the , the staircase imposing. The lobby is rectan ...
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