Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Buzău is a city in the Buzău county, Wallachia, Romania, situated near the right bank of the Buzău river, between the Carpathian Mountains and the fertile lowlands of south Moldavia and east Wallachia. Buzău is important as a market for petroleum, timber and grain. It is the meeting-place of railroads from Rāmnicu Sărat, Brăila and Ploieşti. Population 1900: 21,000 2000: 133,000 History Buzau is the seat of a bishop, whose cathedral was erected in 1640 by Prince Matthias Bassarab of Walachia, on the site of an older church. In the neighborhood there are many monasteries. Buzău was formerly called Napuca or Buzograd. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.