Ghidighici is a village in Chișinău municipality, Moldova.[2]
Ghidighici | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Ghidighici Location in Moldova | |
| Coordinates: 47°09′N 28°56′E / 47.150°N 28.933°E | |
| Country |  Moldova |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Victoria Calmîș (PAS) |
| Population | |
• Total | 5,051 |
| Time zone | UTC 2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 3 (EEST) |
It is the location of the Ghidighici Reservoir.
History
editOn November 1, 1942, King Michael I of Romania, his mother Helen, and Foreign Minister Mihai Antonescu joined the opening ceremony of the monumental Liberation Tower in Ghidighici. The tower was destroyed in 1944, after the Soviet re-occupation.[3][4][5]
References
edit- ^ Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014: "Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)" (XLS). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ^ Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM) (in Romanian)
- ^ "Monumentul "Turnul Dezrobirii Basarabiei"" (in Romanian). Vocea Basarabiei. Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- ^ Vlad Dumbravă, Turnul dezrobirii Basarabiei de la Ghidighici, Cugetul: Revistă de istorie și cultură. 1999, Nr. 4, P. 48-50.
- ^ "Turnul Dezrobirii Basarabiei" (in Romanian). Literatura și Arta. Archived from the original on 2013-03-09. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ghidighici, Chișinău.
- Turnul dezrobirii Basarabiei de la Ghidighici[permanent dead link]
- Turnul Dezrobirii Basarabiei (Башня освобождения)
- (FOTO, VIDEO) Monumentul „Turnul Dezrobirii Basarabiei”
- Satul Ghidighici on CASATA.MD
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