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The Church of St. Dumitru was built by Vasile Lupu, ruler of Moldavia (1634 – 1653). There is no information about the exact year when it was built, but the Catholic missionary Petru Bogdan Bakšic (Deodato), who was in Galaţi in September, the 22nd 1641, notes that in the city "there is a large and beautiful church built by the ruler and dedicated to St. Dumitru, the martyr". The church was built with brick and stone taken from Barboși Castrum, the church was dedicated to the Vatoped Monastery from Mount Athos, built by the same ruler. The construction of the church can be related to the bringing in the relics of St. Paraschiva, which the ruler had received in 1640 from the Patriarchy of Constantinople for the great money help he had provided. Text and photo sources: http://galatituristic.ro; http://www.edj.ro/

Testimony of the presence of a Catholic community in the city, the cathedral building impresses with its romantic and cross-shaped architecture and a still functional pipe organ, the first of its kind in the city of Galati.

Mavromol Church (from Greek works meaning “black rock”) from Galați has the patron “Adomirea Maicii Domnului” (the Assumption), and its construction was begun by the ruler Gheorghe Duca during his third reign in Moldova (1678-1683) and finished by his son, the ruler Constantin Duca in 1702. This church was dedicated to Mavromol Skite from Constantinopol. After it was burned down by the Turcs in 1736, Grigore Duca, the son of Costantin Duca, dedicated this church to Iași Mitropoly. The current building dates from 1858-1861 and respects the original plan, although the original style has been altered by the introduction of apses, buttresses, windows and niches. Text and photo sources: http://galatituristic.ro; http://www.biserici.org/Bogdan Frunză

In more than half a century, the Orthodox community of Galati was rewarded with an impressive Cathedral, with elements of neo-Romanian style and original interior fresco. The monument today is founded by King Ferdinand I of Hohenzollern -Sigmaringen and Queen Mary.

The oldest medieval church in Galati, subjected to many human hazards, but preserving the first form in which it rose on the spur of the hill since the eighteenth century. Being dependent of the Metropolitan Church of Proilavia, the edifice captures the dual utility (ecclesiastical and military) and the ingenious way in which the brick and stone, originating from the Roman Barbosi camp, blends in a synthesis of glorious history and Christian spirituality.

Manorial house, that later - in 1939 -became a museum, precisely because it belonged to the Cuza family and because it was inhabited by the Chief Magistrate of Galati, the future Lord of the Little Union in 1859.

The building situated in an ensemble including the statue of ruler Alexandru loan Cuza and the Public Garde is now a museum that impresses with the sober elegance of the building and the religious relics present in the exhibition halls. As an episcopal cathedral, the palace was inaugurated in the presenceof the royal family and the governors of the time.

The two sections of the museum are placed on one side of this Danubian Agora: old history and lapidarium, with relics and othertestimonies about the millennial civilization of the place.