Old streets from Iasi medieval town

1. MEDIEVAL IASI
According to Romanian historiography,
Middle age is between 602 and 1821

2. The first document dates Iasi from October 6, 1408
and consists of privilege by which the ruler
Alexandru cel Bun provide merchants from Lviv
(Poland) right to trade with Moldavia. We infer that
the city existed long before that date.

4. In Iasi there was a Princely Court, on the site of the
present Palace of Culture.
Iasi was the capital of Moldavia during the ruler of
Alexandru Lapusneanu (1552-1561, 1564-1568), until
1859.

6. 5C grade students created a
model of the medieval city
streets
IASI – XVII CENTURY

7. MEDIEVAL IASI
 stretched on the eastern coast of the Princely Court, up to where is
now White Church
 the main street was called for a while the Russian street, then the
Fair Down street
 its slum was called Great Fair or Barnovschi Down Town because
in the midst the ruler Miron Barnovschi exalted a church

8. White Church Barnovschi Church

9. MEDIEVAL IASI
 The old city expanded to the north, because to the south and west were
Bahlui river swamps and to the east was Calcaina river valley (parallel to the
street of Fair down)
 Another old street was Holy Friday (today Anastasie Panu street)

10. HOLY FRIDAY STREET

11. Old street called Old Bridge – Podu Vechi (today Costache
Negri Street) store historical monuments which attract
groups of tourists. It was called so because it had been
bridged with wooden cases.

12. Armenian Church
Barboi Church

13. On Iasi long road travelled caravan that stopped for
customs clearance to Carvasara (Royal Customs near the
Church St. Lazar).
The Custom had been endowed with large underground
vaults to store goods arriving from side to side, waiting
departure: skins, corn, wax, honey, cheese, cloth, shoes,
carpets, embroideries, silks, spices, linen, utensils, weapons.

14. ST. LAZAR CHURCH

15. The French Captain Dupont, came to Moldova with
Sobietschi army at 1687, have noticed that Iasi had about 12
castles and monasteries strengthened with weapons for
defense
"Moldavians are good craftsmen in such trade.“
Ancient craftsmen who make weapons were on the street
Old Bridge.

16. Another important old street was the main street (Ulita
Mare), in front of the Three Hierarchs Monastery. Here
were the watchmakers and an old pharmacy (Locman).

17. Iasi was then a rich multinational market.
There was a saying that if a Jew merchant compete ten
Moldavians, a Greek sold ten Hebrew and an Armenian
destroyed ten Greeks.