Talk:Constanţa

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What is this "Great wall of Trajan" that 1911 Britannica talks about ? Is it really such a wall near Constanta ? I couldn't find any reference on the web. Bogdan | Talk 18:38, 17 Feb 2004 (UTC)

There was a wall about where is the border of Wallachia and Moldova. Could be that? Can you give a link? MihaiC 18 Dec 2004

There is a wall built by Romans in Tomis, protecting the North - North-West side, it's currently known (at least by me :-)) as The Old City. The zone it's in is now a park and an outdoor museum. The wall was built in the III-rd century A.D., at which time Trajan was dead. I will try to get more info on this, especially what is its proper name. Gcbirzan 01:19, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

On second thought, it might be refering to Trajan's Wave. Gcbirzan 02:06, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] There is no 'main square' in Constanta

A statue of Ovid stands in the main square of Constanta, in front of the History Museum (the former City Hall).

That is not really true. The square the article is called Ovid Square (Piaţa Ovidiu).

If anything, the main square is the one in front of the current City Hall, which is near km 0 (center of town) and the old mosaic/Roman wall. Granted, it's sort of a park/square combination thingy, whose name is unkown. Best I've been able to come up with was 'Central Park'. Gcbirzan 15:23, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I'm from Constanta. That park from the city hall is called 'Parcul Arheologic' (Archeological Park). Anonymous

Sounds better, heh. While I don't mean to claim you're wrong, I'm not familiar with that name myself. Do you have any sources for this, or is this solely based on your personal knowledge (I've asked friends and family, and neither seem to know of that park having a name. Same for the park down on Tomis avenue, from the municipal hospital.)? gcbirzan 22:05, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

My source is "popular culture". If I'm not mistaken, I've once heard the mayor calling that park by the same name. The park on Tomis avenue is named "Parcul Tineretului", but I'm not sure about that either. If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to ask. I find the page of Constanta on Wikipedia quite lacking in informations. Pirlinho (I'm the same as Anonymous above, just that I've registered now)

[edit] The Romanians are 59.46% of Constanta's population?

That's what the romanian version says. Where did you guys get this info? I lived there and it certainly did not seem like it. The city's offical site does not give any numbers? Did you consult the Romanian census of 2001? —This unsigned comment is by 24.201.83.39 (talk • contribs) .

Romanians are somewhere around 90%, with Turks and Tatars being 7% together. That number you've quoted is obviously wrong. May have been a typo. Pirlinho 17:34, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

you can find census result here [1] - Anonimu 08:47, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Any reason for putting all those nationalities in the template? Wouldn't be Romanian, Turk and Tatars (maybe Aromanians too if we can find some estimation that shows an important communitty) enough? Greeks are about 550, and the rest (Germans, Armenian) all under 400. Anonimu 14:16, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Modern History

I'm going to add a small bit of WW1 history of this town.Cameron Nedland 01:53, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

I think the phrase "They [the Bulgarians] would have kept it [Constanţa] had the French and British not intervened" is a bit simplistic if not incorrect. Firstly, Constanţa was occupied in October 1916 by the Central Powers (i.e German, Turkish and Bulgarian troops) not only by the Bulgarians. Secondly, the city remained under the joint control of the Central Powers until September 1918. According to the Treaty of Bucharest in May 1918, article 10.b (treaty which has never been ratified by Romania), Constantza remained under the control of Central Powers and it was NOT ceded to Bulgaria ([10-12 of the Treaty]).
The Allied offensive on the Thessaloniki Front knocked Bulgaria out of the war and made possible the return to the pre-WWI borders.
Mentatus 09:20, 31 March 2006 (UTC) 09:20, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tomis

The Tomis article should be merged into this one. There is no separate article for Moguntiacum (Mainz) or Londinium (London). Mentatus 10:53, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wrong Coat of Arms?

I think that the CoA from the article isn't used anymore. Probably it felt into disuse in 1948. On the city hall site another one appears (the one in the header). This one is used during special days (Constanta's days, National Day), and also appears in the background in every press conference given by municipal officials. Anonimu 14:35, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I just realised that the CoA in the article appears on schools refurbished by the current mayor. Probably i'll e-mail the city hall and ask what's the right one. Anonimu 14:42, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

AFAIK, the CoA from the article is the right one. I've been told (I don't know for sure whether this is true or not) that Mazăre and the City Council tried to adopt the CoA featured on the city hall website (depicting Saint Constantine and Saint Helena), but the County Council overruled the decision and replaced it with the one depicting goddess Fortuna. Mentatus 12:04, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Municipiul

It is a municipality, but of all Romanian municipalities, I think only Bucharest has this label above the infobox. Any particular reason it should stay? Biruitorul 03:09, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

why not put "Municipiul" in all other romanian municipalities? The easier way is not always the best. Anonimu 10:08, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

No, but in this case it can't hurt. Biruitorul 03:48, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Costanza

The Italian Costanza is an exonym, not a historical name. I've reverted 87.19.255.151's edit. Mentatus 11:05, 26 February 2007 (UTC)