Târgovişte : Romania

Târgovişte is a city in the Dâmboviţa county of Romania, it is situated on the right bank to the Ialomiţa River and it has a population of 89,000 (2003).
History
First attested in 1396, in the “Travel Memories� of Johannes Schiltberger, it became the capital of the Wallachian voivodship, probably during the reign of Mircea the Elder, when the Royal Court (“Curtea Domnească�) was built. Vlad Ţepeş built the Chindia Tower, now a symbol of the city.
Mihai Viteazul fought and won a decisive battle against the Turks in Târgovişte in 1597.
After Constantin Brâncoveanu moved the capital to Bucharest, Târgovişte lost its importance, decayed economically and its population decreased.
Târgovişte was the site of the trial and execution of Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena in December 1989.
Turnul Chindiei
Population
16th century: 60,000
1900: 9,400
1977:61,300
2003: 89,000