Melchisedec Ștefănescu
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Melchisedec Ștefănescu was a Moldavian, later Romanian historian and bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church. A native of the Piatra Neamț area, he was educated at Iași and in Kiev. After a decade of t
Melchisedec Ștefănescu
The chapel in Roman dedicated to Ștefănescu; his statue is at left.
The nearby Melchisedec Foundation
Monument dedicated to Ștefănescu in Gârcina
Alexandru Ioan Cuza
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Alexandru Ioan Cuza was the first domnitor of the Romanian Principalities through his double election as Prince of Moldavia on 5 January 1859 and Prince of Wallachia on 24 January 1859, which resulted
Photograph by Carol Szathmari, 1859
Hungarian newspaper Vasárnapi Ujság commented "with sympathy and respect" (Carol C. Koka) Cuza's double election in Moldavia and Wallachia
Alexandru Ioan Cuza official portrait
The Al.I. Cuza family residence in Ruginoasa