Durlești

Sister cities

• Tradate
• Plovdiv
• Blaj

History

Archaeological excavations indicate that the area of present-day Durlești has been inhabited since the early centuries of the 2nd millennium CE, with evidence of stable medieval settlements. The locality as known today developed from two earlier settlements — Cartușa and Durlești. An early reference dates to 7 April 1636, mentioning a land grant held by Magda, daughter of a certain Drulea-Spătar, from Voivode Ștefan. The village, originally called Drulești, shared its name with another settlement in the Romanian lands — for example, a document by Voivode Ștefan Tomșa mentions “Ionașco from Drulești” in Roman County — which can complicate interpretation of historical sources. While the settlement was previously believed to exist since 1721, during Mihai Racoviță’s reign (Statistical Dictionary of Bessarabia, 1923), the earliest confirmed record dates to 1 June 1656, when Voivode Gheorghe Ștefan issued a charter confirming land purchases by Onofrei and Ionașcu Bucșan.

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  547
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  422
• Rook

  Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  413
• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  413
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  412
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  410
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  326
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  305

Most recent

• M 4.3 — 2021-08-01
  3 km W of Vulture?ti, Romania
• M 3.7 — 2005-04-07
  1 km E of Vii?oara, Romania