Calarasi, Moldova

Călăraşi, formerly known as: Calarasi-Targ, is a town in the homonymous district of the Republic of Moldova. Here is located "Calarasi-Divin:, an important enterprise of coniac. Calarasi is for the first time certified at 1432 - 1433 with the name Tuzara. The town of Tuzara is mentioned in a series of royal documents belonging to different historical periods and people: from Alexandru cel Bun, who gave Tuzara to the wealthy lords (before 1430), until Mihai Şutu who confirmed the existence of Tuzara - (September 28, 1794) detailii regiuni excursii
Calarasi is situated on both banks of the Bâc River, in the area of ​​miraculous hills of Codru, about halfway between Chisinau and Ungheni (59 km to Ungheni and 49 km to the capital of Moldova and 132 km to Iasi, Romania), embracing the two communication arteries leading to the border - the highway and the railway. The Hill near Tuzara, covered with a secular forest, has an altitude of 383 m, the one that goes up to Niscani, on the Calarasi-Orhei road, rises to 353 m. The total surface of Călăraşi is 4,233 ha, of which 2,279 Ha are agricultural land. The structure and agricultural land is represented by 885 ha of arable land, 881 ha of multiannual crops, of which vineyards occupy 476 ha, orchards 404 ha, pastures and hay fields 485 ha.
The legend's and stories suggest that the voivodes of Moldova have repeatedly dismantled, on the territory of Tuzara, a place of strategic importance. The people of Moldova admired the nature of the Codrs around and framed by the charm of the Podgorian landscape, have unpacked and stayed here forever with their rulers.