Câmpina
Encyclopedia
Câmpina (ˈkɨmpina) is a city in Prahova
county, Romania
, north of the county seat Ploieşti
, located on the main route between Wallachia
and Transylvania
. In 2003, the city celebrated 500 years since its founding.
and Wallachia
, the town developed at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century as an oil extraction and processing center. Between 1897 and 1898, Câmpina was the site of the largest oil refinery
in Europe
.
There is also a Police Agents School in Campina, Scoala de Agenti de Politie "Vasile Lascar", the only school in Romania for police agents.
Prahova County
Prahova is a county of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Ploieşti.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 829,945 and the population density was 176/km². It is Romania's most populated county, having a population density double than the country's mean...
county, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, north of the county seat Ploieşti
Ploiesti
Ploiești is the county seat of Prahova County and lies in the historical region of Wallachia in Romania. The city is located north of Bucharest....
, located on the main route between Wallachia
Wallachia
Wallachia or Walachia is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians...
and Transylvania
Transylvania
Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...
. In 2003, the city celebrated 500 years since its founding.
History
Formerly a customs point on the trade route between TransylvaniaTransylvania
Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...
and Wallachia
Wallachia
Wallachia or Walachia is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians...
, the town developed at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century as an oil extraction and processing center. Between 1897 and 1898, Câmpina was the site of the largest oil refinery
Oil refinery
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into more useful petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt base, heating oil, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum gas...
in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
.
Notable residents
- Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu, philologist
- Eugen JebeleanuEugen JebeleanuEugen Jebeleanu , Romanian poet, was born in Câmpina, where he attended elementary school. After graduating from high school in Braşov at age 11 in 1922, he published his first poems five years later in the literary review Viaţa literară...
, poet - Nicolae GrigorescuNicolae GrigorescuNicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.-Biography:He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age , he became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Anton Chladek and created icons for the church of...
, painter - Gherasim Rusu-Togan, writer
Tourist attractions
- Nicolae Grigorescu Memorial Museum
- Iulia Hasdeu CastleIulia Hasdeu CastleThe Iulia Hasdeu Castle is a folly house built in the form of small castle by historian and politician Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu in the city of Câmpina, Romania. Work on it began in 1893, after Hasdeu's daughter, Iulia Hasdeu, died at the age of 19, an event that dramatically shook and changed...
- Biserica de la han (de la brazi) (The Inn Church)
- Geo BogzaGeo BogzaGeo Bogza was a Romanian avant-garde theorist, poet, and journalist, known for his left-wing and communist political convictions. As a young man in the interwar period, he was known as a rebel and was one of the most influential Romanian Surrealists...
Cultural Center - Casa Tineretului (The House of the Youth)
- The Hernea Chapel
- Fantana cu Ciresi (on the Muscel hill)
- Muscel, Ciobu and Pitigaia hills
- Prahova and Doftana riverbanks
Education
There are 5 high schools in Campina:- Nicolae Grigorescu National College
- Energetic Industrial High School
- Constantin Istrati Technical College
- Forestier Industrial High School
- Machines Construction Industrial High School
There is also a Police Agents School in Campina, Scoala de Agenti de Politie "Vasile Lascar", the only school in Romania for police agents.
Local websites
- 105600.ro (http://www.105600.ro)