Dridu is a commune located in Ialomița County , Muntenia , Romania . It is composed of two villages, Dridu and Dridu-Snagov. It also included the village of Moldoveni until 2005, when it was split off to form Moldoveni Commune.
7-402: Dridu is situated at the west side of Ialomița County, on the right side of the river, which gave the name of the county at the confluence of Prahova and Ialomița rivers. Is 80 km away from Slobozia (county capital) 18 km from Urziceni , and 50 km from the national capital Bucharest . It has a surface of 71 km and 3428 inhabitants as of 2011. The origin of the name lost in
14-592: Is the capital city of Ialomița County , Muntenia , Romania , with a population of 41,550 in 2021. Its name is from the Romanian "slobozie", which meant a recently colonized village which was free of taxation. The word itself comes from the Slavic word "slobod" which means "free". As it is located in the middle of flat land ( Bărăgan Plain ), it was very vulnerable to Tatar and Ottoman incursions. To encourage peasants to settle there, they were exempted from some taxes, hence
21-654: The Cultural Centre Ionel Perlea entered the UNESCO circuit. The city is the headquarters of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Slobozia and Călărași , established in 1993. At the 2002 census, 97.6% of inhabitants were ethnic Romanians and 2.2% Roma . 98.6% were Romanian Orthodox, 0.4% Seventh-day Adventist and 0.2% Roman Catholic . The main tourist attraction consists of the nearby Lake Amara , situated 5 km (3.1 mi) away. Amara Resort
28-473: The mist of history, some documents shows "Dridih" as origin (Radu cel Mare's manuscript) others "Dridova" (Vladislav The Third's manuscript). The first documented naming of the village dates from 28 October 1464, when Radu cel Frumos donated the lands to the Snagov Monastery . In the second part of the 18th century a small wooden church was built, with very interesting sculpted pillars and no fresco. Some of
35-550: The name. Slobozia lies roughly in the middle of the county, on the banks of Ialomița River , at about 120 km (75 mi) east of Bucharest and 150 km (93 mi) west of Constanța , important port at the Black Sea . The city is within 17 km (11 mi) of the Bucharest-Constanța A2 Motorway (Autostrada Soarelui). The total area of the municipality is 126.72 km (48.93 sq mi). In
42-505: The original parts are in a new wooden church built after a dig was built and the waters rose above the church level. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989 , a new monastery was built over the remaining of Dridu culture (Quaternary relict ware found there). This Ialomița County location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Slobozia Slobozia ( Romanian pronunciation: [sloboˈzi.a] )
49-507: The present administrative form, Slobozia consists of Slobozia proper and the neighbourhoods of Bora and Slobozia Nouă. The main activity in the area is agriculture, processing of the agricultural products and light industry. In 1990 the Cultural Centre was inaugurated, bearing the name of the conductor and composer Ionel Perlea , a city native. The building houses exhibition and performance rooms, bookstores, cultural institutions. In 1999
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