Central Market
– Come to the market, come to the market! That’s what the merchants were shouting, inviting people to shop in the markets of Chisinau. The largest market in the city is the Central Market, and its history begins in the mid-19th century. By the 60s of the last century Chisinau...
The Heroes’ Cemetery Memorial Complex
The Heroes’ Cemetery Memorial Complex, known in different eras as the Heroes’ Cemetery, the Cemetery of Honour or the Romanian Military Cemetery, is a historical monument located on bd. Decebal 17 in Chisinau. Here were buried soldiers of different ethnicities participating in the two world wars. The cemetery appeared in...
Carol Schmidt (Karl-Ferdinand Alexander Schmidt) (1846 – 1928)
The longest-serving mayor of Chisinau (1877-1903) was born into a German-Polish family. One of his sons, Alexander Schmidt, also served as the mayor of Chisinau during the turbulent years of 1917-1918. Under Carol Schmidt’s leadership, numerous impactful developments took place in the city. Many streets were paved, and various public...
Jewish cemeteries
One of the old Jewish cemeteries preserved in what is now the city is the one in the Buiucani sector, next to the fire station on Milano Street. It is estimated that between 40,000 and 50,000 Jews are buried here. The current land is 12 hectares, originally around 15-16 hectares....
Tomb of the Oganowici family
In the Valley of Roses, we find the ruined Catholic cemetery chapel: Polish and Armenian, built in 1912. In the west wing, we encounter a memorial building – the tomb of the Polish Oganowici family. Of modest proportions, the chapel is designed in an eclectic style, inspired by the Gothic...
