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Siret (city)

Located in the zone of the hills of the higher Moldavian plate, the city of Siret is L ’ one of oldest of Moldavia, contemporary.

It was always for the tradesmen come from remote regions, one place or they could make a halt and sometimes even to install there.

The oldest documentary mention of the city goes back to 1340, twelve years before L arrived of Dragos.

In 1371, one évêché catholic founded barrel with Siret under the reign of Latcu voïvode, which had embraced the Roman confession.

The catholic prince avoided residing in old capital, with Radauti, or church and the necropolis of Bogdan constituted a center orthodoxy.

In Siret there was a catholic population, traders from Poland, of Génois, which represented the parishioners of news éparchie.

Is in this context it is necessary to include/understand the foundation of L ’ church St Treime (Holy Trinity) by the successor of Latcu, Petru 1st Musat.

Face has influence catholic, which brought of course in are wake Polish claims with suzerainty. But this also shows there was in the town of Siret enough of believing orthodox, of Moldavians, of Rumanian originating in place.

It remains of these old times very can of vestiges of the borough of Siret. Church itself underwent many transformations, as for interior it has more princely magnificence it had at the time of are construction.

With the XIX éme century Siret became a small provincial town, are center was enriched by several buildings of traditional style néo on skirting floor commercial artery and of the central place.

The town of Siret has two cemeteries Jews, oldest located on a hill it is surrounded by a stone wall today partially collapsed, at the exit of the city on the road while going towards Gramesti. The other, the new one located on a terrace, with respect to hill or rises the church St Treime.

In addition to its provincial existence of small cheap of Siret in margin of country, appears like the last city of the south of Bucovine.

Nowadays Siret is a small frontier town with the Ukraine in north - is of Romania.


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