Targoviste



         


Târgovişte is a city in the Dâmboviţa county of Romania and has a population of 89,000 (2003).

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History

First atested in 1396, in the "Travel Memories" of Johannes Schiltberger, it became the capital of the Wallachian voivodship, probably during the reign of Mircea the Elder, when the Royal Court ("Curtea Domnească") was built. Vlad Ţepeş built the Chindia Tower, now a symbol of the city.

Târgovişte was the site of the trial and execution of Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena in December 1989.

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