city
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Ploiești
Ploiești ( , , ), formerly spelled Ploești, is a city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located north of Bucharest.
The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Blejoi commune ...
, located on the main route between
Wallachia
Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and s ...
and
Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...
. Its existence is first attested in a document of 1503. It is situated in the historical region of Muntenia.
History
Formerly a customs point on the trade route between
Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...
and
Wallachia
Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and s ...
, the town developed at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century as an oil extraction and processing center. Between 1897 and 1898, Câmpina was the site of the largest
oil refinery
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into useful products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, lique ...
in Europe.
Notable residents
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Bogdan Petriceicu Hașdeu
Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu ( 26 February 1838 – ) was a Romanian writer and philologist, who pioneered many branches of Romanian philology and history.
Life
He was born Tadeu Hâjdeu in Cristineștii Hotinului (now Kerstentsi in Chernivtsi ...
Nicolae Grigorescu
Nicolae Grigorescu (; 15 May 1838 – 21 July 1907) was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.
There is a metro station named after Grigorescu in Bucharest. It was given his name in 1990, before which it was named after Communist army ...
, painter
* Henrik Kacser (1918–1995), biochemist and geneticist
Climate
Câmpina has a
humid continental climate
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(''Cfb'' in the
Köppen climate classification
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Iulia Hasdeu Castle
The Iulia Hașdeu Castle is a folly built in the form of small castle by historian and politician Bogdan Petriceicu Hașdeu in the city of Câmpina, Romania. Work on it began in 1893, after Hasdeu's daughter, Iulia Hasdeu, died at the age of 1 ...
*Biserica de la Han (de la brazi) (The Inn Church)
* Geo Bogza Cultural Center
*Casa Tineretului (The House of the Youth)
*The House with Griffons (the actual city-hall), the first building with electric gates in Romania.
*The Hernea Chapel
*The Saint Nicholas Parish
*Fântâna cu Cireși (on the Muscel hill)
*Muscel, Ciobu and Piţigaia hills
*Prahova and Doftana riverbanks
*Near "Paltinu" Dam
Education
There are 5 high schools in Câmpina:
*Nicolae Grigorescu National College
*Forestier Industrial High School
*Energetic Industrial High School
*Constantin Istrati Technical College
*Machines Construction Industrial High School
There is also a Police Agents School in Câmpina, Școala de Agenți de Poliție "Vasile Lascăr", one of the two police agent schools in the country and Louis Pasteur Nursing and Pharma School.
Sport
The city is home to the 3rd-division football club FC Unirea Câmpina and to 4th-division football club
FCM Câmpina
FCM Câmpina was a Romanian football team from Poiana Câmpina, Prahova County founded in 1936 and dissolved in 2008.
History
The team was founded under the name ''Astra Câmpina'', which was a local factory that was sponsoring the team. Later ...