Targoviste, my town

1. Vlad Tepes

1.1. Chindia Tower

2. Historical roots

2.1. First attested in 1396, in the Travel Accounts of Johannes Schiltberger

2.2. In 1597 a decisive battle against the Ottoman Empire was won by....

2.3. the reign of Mircea cel Bătrân

2.4. the capital of the Wallachian voivodship

3. Economy

3.1. Stear Industry Mechel

3.2. Romlux

4. General

4.1. population

4.1.1. 2002: 89,930

4.2. County

4.2.1. Dambovita

4.3. status

4.3.1. County capital

4.4. Government

4.4.1. Gabriel Boriga (Democratic Party)

4.5. Time zone

4.5.1. EET (UTC+2) - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

4.6. website

4.6.1. http://www.pmtgv.ro/

4.7. Symbol

5. Famous native

5.1. Ion Heliade Rădulescu (1802 - 1872), writer, philologist, politician

5.1.1. New node

5.2. Vasile Blendea [1] (1895 - 1988), painter, sculptor artist

5.3. Theodor Stolojan (1943), economist, politician

5.4. Alexandru Brătescu-Voineşti (1868 - 1946), writer

5.5. Laura Stoica (1967 - 2006), singer, composer, actress

6. Mihai Viteazu