Our city, Ploiesti  

Ploieşti is one of the most important cities of Romania. It lies in the south-east of the country at about sixty kilometers from our capital, Bucharest.

Our city  has 254000 people.It is one of the biggest cities of  Romania. Ploiesti is an important city of transport. It is surnamed The Capital of Black Gold. In 2002, it had a population of 232,527, making it the ninth-largest city in Romania. Ploieşti is home to the Oil & Gas University.There are many cultural and architectural monuments, hotels and restaurants.

Statue of Liberty The Monument of our Heroes

The town was found by Michael the Brave in 1596, but the legend says that the founder is ,,The old man Rain”. For a few days, in 1870, our town was ‘The republic of Ploieşti”.

Ploieşti town hall The Oil Museum

Ploieşti is a big industrial center, especially in the oil production and it has three refineries: Lukoil, Brazi, Rompetrol.

We have a lot of cultural or architectural monuments such as: Cultural Palace, the Clock Museum (it has a collection of clocks and watches), the Oil Museum, The Covered Market.

The Clock Museum Central Park

We are proud with many famous men who were born in our city such as: I.L, Caragiale- writer, Nichita Stănescu - poet, Take Ionescu - politician.

Bache Emanuela, Dinu Andreea, 6th C grade